Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. May 27, 2008. A 12 year old girl who is six feet tall was banned from playing with the boys because she was too good.
Robert Lipsyte, The Nation. March 28, 2008. A new book advocates equality for men and women on the playing field. But is that field of dreams everything it's cracked up to be?
Amanda Marcotte, Pandagon AlterNet: PEEK. March 17, 2008. Brett Favre teared up at his retirement press conference, Laura Ingraham decided this was a good opportunity to call Favre a woman.
Melissa McEwan, Shakesville AlterNet: Reproductive Justice and Gender. February 19, 2008. The reason given, according to the referees: a woman could not be put in a position of authority over boys because of the academy's beliefs.
Nico Pitney, Huffington Post AlterNet: Election 2008. January 22, 2008. Unbeknownst to him, basketball legend-turned-author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was pulled into the 2008 campaign fray this week.
Russell Wellen, Scholars and Rogues AlterNet: Health and Wellness. December 26, 2007. Which sets a worse example for young T-ball players? Drug use or a witch hunt?
Satyam Khanna, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. December 14, 2007. Ironically, Bush wants to put "behind us" a steroid culture that his negligent management helped foster.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. December 3, 2007. Sean Taylor's murder ignited an orgy of stereotypes about black men as dangerous and criminal-prone.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. November 26, 2007. For Marion Jones, Michael Vick, Barry Bonds, and O.J. Simpson, their mistakes will forever hold them in infamy.
Faiz Shakir, Think Progress AlterNet: PEEK. November 17, 2007. Faiz Shakir: Bonds' biggest mistake? Breaking a record and maybe not looking enough like Scooter Libby.
Sandra Kobrin, Women's eNews. August 23, 2007. Football superstar Michael Vick is in big trouble for his role in a dog fighting ring. So where’s the outrage when guys beat their wives and girlfriends and stay in the game?
Sara Whitman, AlterNet: PEEK. August 22, 2007. Sara Whitman: If Vick had been beating women? He'd be in pre-season games instead of probably heading to jail.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson, AlterNet. August 21, 2007. Michael Vick was tried, convicted and sentenced in the only court that counts in the big money world of sports and celebrity-hood -- and that's the court of public opinion.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. July 23, 2007. Sheldon Drobny: The mainstream press has no problem editorializing about how awful Barry Bonds is, even though Bush has broken far more rules with far more tragic results.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. July 18, 2007. Dana Kennedy: No apology will suffice for NFL star Michael Vick, who's been indicted for participating in an illegal dog fighting ring.
Guest Blogger, AlterNet: PEEK. June 6, 2007. Elizabeth G. Hines: It's not ok for Michael Vick to abuse his dogs, yet when athletes abuse their spouses and girlfriends, the press generally has looked the other way.
