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Female Softball Players Deserve Same Preventative Care as Male Athletes

By Kristine Orion ● Commentary ● April 13, 2017

From Major League Baseball to boys’ baseball, coaches and leagues have a prescriptive to keep players safe, but the same doesn’t hold true for girl athletes.

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Makeup Boosts Confidence, Performance for These Female Teen Athletes

By Carina Tedesco ● Teen Voices ● December 23, 2016

Teen Laurel Kujan applies foundation, mascara and bronzer before her volleyball games, which she says can help minimize some of her worries while playing. She and some other teen athletes feel they play their best when they look their best.

Female game-changers in a field bent out of shape

By Caitlin Davis Fisher & Por Alison Bowen ● Culture ● March 19, 2016

The world’s soccer body just held its presidential elections, but it’s a distant pipe dream that a new president will do much to fix what has bent the “beautiful game” so badly out of shape.

In Bay Area, Anti-Trafficking Team Set for Super Bowl Kick-Off

By Tricia Taormina & Por Alison Bowen ● Crime & Law ● February 5, 2016

Nonprofits have been working with law enforcers and members of the public ahead of the big game on Feb. 7. An airport official in the Bay Area says the benefits extend beyond this single event, since the problem is year-round.

Palestinian, Israeli Girls Run Together Through Tense Times

By Eetta Prince-Gibson & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● February 1, 2016

Runners Without Borders provides a dose of normalcy that’s not always easy for its members to handle. “Some of our friends think that this is disloyal to the Palestinian cause,” says the mother of one girl. “It isn’t always comfortable for us.”

Female Teen Athletes Put Knee Safety on Coaches’ Shoulders

By Bethany Woodcock & Por Alison Bowen ● Health & Science ● January 28, 2016

Since girls have a dramatically higher risk of ACL tears, teen athletes wish the adults who are supervising them would require some simple strength-training exercises to prevent this widespread and disabling knee injury.

Patsy Mink Lives on in Today’s Fight for Title IX

By Shay Chan Hodges & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● August 26, 2015

When Patsy Mink died in 2002, she left us both a legacy and a law. This Equality Day, it is time to insist and demand that Title IX’s mandate and promise be realized. Maybe it’s time for another Women’s Strike for Equality.

NYC Vows 500 More High School Teams for Girls

By Eryn Ashleigh Mathewson & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● August 16, 2015

The new sports teams, according to the city’s Department of Education, will come over the next four years as the country’s largest school system responds to a Title IX complaint brought by the National Women’s Law Center.

Muslims Pedal for Sports Equity in Iowa Bike Ride

By Hajer Naili ● Arts & Culture ● July 22, 2015

These nine elite athletes have broken barriers and records in a variety of sports such as swimming, mountain climbing and soccer. But for some, cycling is a brand-new experience. They are riding on a team with the Persian name Shirzanan, or “female heroes.”

Serena Is a Champion, Stop Talking About Her Body

By Nicole Barden & Por Alison Bowen ● Arts & Culture ● July 17, 2015

The distracting discussion about this fantastic athlete’s “muscularity” is a window to a world where other women of color live, too. Lesbian and bisexual women are also targets. These narrow beauty norms, by the way, can be costly for all female athletes.