Five myths about women’s sports
By Liz Clarke, Reporter, Washington Post (The real battle lines are between college sports’ “haves” ( football and men’s basketball) and its “have-nots” (men’s Olympic sports and women’s sports), as three-time Olympic gold medalist and law professor Nancy...
Rise in Title IX discrimination complaints highlights persistent disparities for female athletes
by Daily Kos Staff ("Anyone can file an OCR complaint, legal representation isn't necessary. But some advocates for female athletes hope the latest report will also reveal ways in which systemic discrimination can be remedied. That's the hope of civil rights lawyer...
The WNBA And Its Isiah Thomas Problem
by Alana Glass, Forbes Contributor (While the voting standards set forth by the Board of Governors are not a matter of public record, Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Esq., CEO of Champion Women, notes that sex discrimination must be viewed as seriously as race discrimination,...
Why The Number Of Gender-Related Athletics Discrimination Complaints Is Rapidly Increasing
BY Travis Waldron, Think Progress ("There's no new news. We have a very strong statute, the regulations that interpret that statute are really clear, and we have case law that says unequivocally and repeatedly that equal means equal," Hogshead-Makar said. "And yet you...
Let Girls Play Football
by Caroline Pla, (football phenom, thanks Nancy Hogshead-Makar for her legal help getting to play at her Catholic school.) Philly.com story link: http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/20150503_Let_girls_play_football.html
Boxer Mayweather’s violent history ignored, women’s advocates say
by Steve Ginsburg Former Olympic swimming champion Nancy Hogshead, who is now chief executive of Champion Women, an advocacy group for girls and women in sports, said Mayweather has gotten "a pass" on his history of domestic violence. She said boxing promoters look...
March Madness Has a $15 Million Problem That No One Is Talking About
By Julie Zeilinger, .Mic ("The link between sports, sexism and the association of masculinity with sports is a very strong bond," Nancy Hogshead-Makar, an Olympian and CEO of Champion Women) .Mic story...
The real March Madness: When will women’s teams get equal buzz?
By Kelly Wallace, CNN (I met Nancy Hogshead-Makar, a three-time Olympic gold medalist in swimming, during a spectacular and inspirational women's conference last week called Generation W, where I moderated panels on issues affecting women. "This connection with sports...
Mo’ne Davis’ life has been wild, crazy since LLWS
by Amy Rosewater, Special for USA TODAY Sports ("If people are really overwhelmed by what a great athlete Mo'ne is, and she is a great athlete, they are not seeing the many women out there who are also great athletes," said Nancy Hogshead-Makar, an Olympic gold...
WiSP: Episode 4
Chris Stafford: Women in Sport Podcast (welcome Nancy Hogshead-Makar from Champion Women as an Affiliate Partner of the Women in Sport Podcast.) WiSPmedia Podcast story...