Lessons from the Driveway
This is not any old basketball hoop on a random driveway. This is the hoop at my childhood home. The driveway where I spent hours practicing my shot and my ball handling skills and running wind sprints to stay in shape. In those hours of dribbling and shooting, I learned about myself and about life.
I started “shooting around” with my brothers when I was eleven or twelve…
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Opportunity — Title IX gave us what our mother’s didn’t have
One year ago tonight, my high school recognized the women who played on the first girls’ sports teams in the 1970s. Over one third of the 150 who played reunited to share stories and think about the contributions they made. As a reminder of how far we’ve come, enjoy the story I wrote to honor these women, while I take a personal timeout.
We blazed the trail for girls’ sports
A few years on the court provided a lifetime of memories for these 12 women and thousands more, thanks to Title IX.
Girls just want to play ball
Girls have always wanted play basketball—and for more than 80 years people tried to stop them.
Why do we play the national anthem at sporting events?
Here is the history behind the long-time tradition.
Check out a Title IX story to celebrate the 50th anniversary!
If you are a woman, or if you have a mother, sister, wife, daughter, niece, or granddaughter—take some time this month to learn one new thing about Title IX and the challenges women have faced in sport, in work, and in life.
What would James Naismith say today about the game he invented?
We’ll never know, but he was certainly excited about the game he invented at Springfield College 130 years ago. Listen to a radio interview from the 1930s!