Articles
Women are Playing Sports, but Not Coaching Them
If women can run companies and countries (and the House), why not teams?
Wellesley Centers for Women blogpost
February 6, 2019
Unraveling Power Structures in Sports
If sports are more than athletic contests — if they have social, political and economic value — we must care who gets to play.
Wellesley Centers for Women blogpost
February 11, 2018
Commentary: Olympics are Gold for Women Athletes
The Cold War push that showed how our opponents made us better — even now.
Wellesley Centers for Women Research and Action Report
December 26, 2016
When Is a Girl Not a Girl?
What sex testing in sport is really about. (Hint: Not catching guys in skirts and wigs)
Women's Review of Books
November 23, 2016
Did 1900’s female PE teachers see what the NCAA can’t?
National Girls and Women in Sports Day
Wellesley Centers for Women blogpost
February 3, 2015
Gym Class Blues
Review of Active Bodies: A History of Women’s Physical Education in Twentieth-Century America by Martha H. Verbrugge.
Women's Review of Books
February 3, 2013
Ponytail Pull Was Bad (But Good for Women’s Sports)
Why Elizabeth Lambert’s ponytail pull was bad — but is (alas, sadly) good for women’s sports.
Huffington Post
November 18, 2009
Baseball is War
A book review of Stolen Bases: Why American Girls Don’t Play Baseball by Jennifer Ring.
Women's Review of Books
October 31, 2009
The Price Gap Between Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tickets is Madness
Op Ed.
Christian Science Monitor
April 2, 2009
Women and men in sports: separate is not equal
Viewpoint essay.
Christian Science Monitor
January 30, 2008
Closing the Gender Gap: Wrestler Nikki Darrow Beats Boys-And She Is Not Alone.
Cover story.
Boston Globe Magazine
September 27, 2003