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Is Diana Taurasi Right About Women’s Team Not Getting Respect?

Is Diana Taurasi Right About Women’s Team Not Getting Respect?

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  Technically, the 2012 Olympics in London got started earlier this week when the soccer tournaments began. However, the official start is tonight as it’s the day of Opening Ceremonies. Basketball is one of the major sports talked about most during the summer Olympics. However, is that talk fairly distributed?…

New York Fury Plays First Round of the Playoffs Tonight

New York Fury Plays First Round of the Playoffs Tonight

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  The New York Fury play their first round playoff game in the WPSL Elite League tonight at 5pm at Sahlen Stadium in Rochester, New York.  The Fury finished in third place after posting a 2-0 win over Philadelphia and a 1-1 tie to Chicago last weekend.  They will play…

Carly Patterson Predicts Gold for Team USA and Jordyn Wieber

Carly Patterson Predicts Gold for Team USA and Jordyn Wieber

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  Carly Patterson is one of the bigger names in USA Gymnastics history. Her biggest moments came during the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, where she became an Olympic Champion by winning the All-Around Gold medal. She also came away from those games with Silver medals in both the team…

New Professional Women’s Soccer League Proposed for 2013 to Include Sky Blue FC

New Professional Women’s Soccer League Proposed for 2013 to Include Sky Blue FC

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After a meeting of U.S national team leaders, WPSL Elite League team owners, W-League leaders, and former WPS team owners in Chicago, there is an announcement that there will be a new coast to coast professional women’s soccer league.  The league will have 12-16 teams from one end of the…

WPSL Elite Announces Playoff Schedule

WPSL Elite Announces Playoff Schedule

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The WPSL Elite League has announced it’s playoff schedule.  The playoffs and championship will be run like that of a tournament, and all games will be played in Sahlen’s Stadium in Rochester New York. The games are scheduled with a 5pm start time for the 2nd place regular season finisher…

New Jersey’s Asjha Jones Talks Olympic Preparation and Expectation of Gold

New Jersey’s Asjha Jones Talks Olympic Preparation and Expectation of Gold

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Team USA’s women’s basketball team is set to begin a 4-game 3-country preparation tour for the Olympic Games tonight in Washington DC against Brazil. I caught up quickly with center Asjha Jones after the team’s practice on Sunday to talk about the state of the team and their Olympic expectations.…

10 Questions with Team USA Synchronized Swimmer, Mariya Koroleva

10 Questions with Team USA Synchronized Swimmer, Mariya Koroleva

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Synchronized Swimming may not be one of the more popular sports in the United States, but Mariya Koroleva and her partner Mary Killman are out to show their country and the rest of the world that they belong in London. The pair qualified for the duets portion of the synchro…

Featured Interview: A Conversation with Team USA Gymnast Aly Raisman

Featured Interview: A Conversation with Team USA Gymnast Aly Raisman

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One of the last things Aly Raisman said to me before our conversation ended was that she thinks about the fact that she is an Olympian everyday.  So, on a rare day outside the gym, less than a week before she was scheduled to reunite with her teammates in a…

10 Questions with Team USA Rhythmic Gymnast, Julie Zetlin

10 Questions with Team USA Rhythmic Gymnast, Julie Zetlin

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In London, Julie Zetlin will be the first athlete to represent the United States in rhythmic gymnastics at the Olympic Games since Athens in 2004.  It took years of hard work, dedication and a refusal to give up.  Is gold on her mind?  She says she won’t even be thinking about…

10 Questions with Team USA Rowing Star, Sarah Trowbridge

10 Questions with Team USA Rowing Star, Sarah Trowbridge

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  Earlier in our Team USA Interview Series we featured rower Margot Shumway. Today we show you our conversation with her partner, Sarah Trowbridge. While rowing is not generally one of the first events that come to mind when American’s think about the Olympics, Sarah and Margot do not let…

10 Questions with Team USA Swimming Star, Chloe Sutton

10 Questions with Team USA Swimming Star, Chloe Sutton

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Last week in Omaha, Nebraska, freestyle swimmer Chloe Sutton qualified for her second Olympic Games; her first as a pool swimmer.  As an open water swimmer in Beijing, Sutton came up short of a medal.  Perhaps that is because, as she says, when she closed her eyes and envisioned herself…

10 Questions with Team USA Rowing Star, Margot Shumway

10 Questions with Team USA Rowing Star, Margot Shumway

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Margot Shumway qualified for the London Olympic Games in the double sculls event with partner Sarah Trowbridge. Shumway was a member of Team USA at the 2008 Olympics where she had a fifth place finish in quadruple sculls event. She loves rowing so much the general lack of publicity it…