College campuses are obliged to have policies regarding sexual harassment/sex discrimination. These very broad overlapping categories include sexual assault and the systemic cover-up of abusive behavior within a department. These kinds of a matters are handled by Penn State's Affirmative Action Office.

As we read one editorial after another expressing outrage at Penn State's failure to respond to complaints regarding Sandusky, and try to wrap our minds around the consequences of this "scandal," we should step back and remember that U.S. universities have a long history of failing victims of sexual assault.

As we read one editorial after another expressing outrage at Penn State's failure to respond to complaints regarding Sandusky, and try to wrap our minds around the consequences of this "scandal," we should step back and remember that U.S. universities have a long history of failing victims of sexual assault.

Christie Rampone looking very captain-like at the NACWAA Convention
U.S. WNT captain Christie Rampone, the last active member of the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup championship team, accepted the Honor Award on behalf of that 1999 team from the National Association of Collegiate Women's Athletics Administrators last Tuesday and by some accounts, might have have set up some post-soccer career opportunities for herself!

The National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators (NACWAA) will bring more than 500 attendees, speakers and special guests to Pittsburgh October 9-11 for its 2011 National Convention. U.S. Soccer's Women's National Team captain Christie Rampone and NCAA President Mark Emmert and will headline the event at the historic Omni William Penn Hotel.

Call for Proposals, Special Issue of GLQ: The Athletic Issue
Jennifer Locke, Black/White (2009) This issue aims to collate interdisciplinary queer scholarship on sports and physical culture. This work should engage major issues in contemporary criticism – e.g. discourse on nationalism, autonomy and escape; neoliberalism esp.

Comstock and Adams will guide strategies for promoting Olympic sports within the NCAA, encouraging the use of institutional facilities in creative ways, creating coaching education and fundraising programs that increase the value of at-risk programs and Olympic sports at the institutional level, and ensuring a continued review of the mutual obligations of all the involved stakeholders.

Pretty Smart! On Monday June 6, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will launch the Women's World Cup Initiative: Empowering Women and Girls Through Sports. The event, which will be streamed live on www.state.gov. will take place 9:30 am ET at the Department of State with members of the U.

By Dr. Raf Crowley What I am about to write today may incense some – for this I do not apologize. If you are offended by what I write, open your mind and try to think independently. For the self-proclaimed feminists that read and lament Puck's weekly Happy Hour (and are sure to read this [...]

I'm really excited by In the Game. This film by the producers of Hoop Dreams looks the realities of the highest levels of professional women's sports and the daily grind of girls fighting for access to training and facilities at especially urban high schools. From a leader in the WNBA, "Our biggest challenge is media coverage.

This is the 1st guest post by TSG community member Jacob Chambliss. Well done.

As promising as the latest MLS expansion teams seem, their inception does little to dull my own apathy regarding the league's newest franchises (Disclaimer: I do love Jay DeMerit).