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athletes receive less media coverage than male athletes? Male athletes dominate professional sport that airs on television. The media easily overlooks female athletes except during occasion like the Winter Olympics. The articles Media Coverage of Women’s Sports is Important (Lopiano, 2008) and Take Back the Sports Page? (Sommers, 2010) acknowledge factors that determine the amount of media coverage female athletes receive. [Lopiano and Sommers address this issue in regards to media coverage on female

It’s no secret that WNBA players are grossly under paid in comparison to NBA players. This article will truly show you how bad this wage gap is. Sylvia Fowles is the reigning WNBA MVP and a huge contributor for the Minnesota Lynx (2017 champs). Just to give you some numbers of what exactly she did last season, she had the top field-goal percentage, second in rebounds per game, second in blocks per game and overall the fifth leading scorer in the league. Sylvia got paid an estimated $109,000 this

The WNBA - Women's Basketball will Never be the Same I know I will never forget my first WNBA basketball game. It was the inaugural season, the inaugural game in Madison Square Garden, June 27, 1997. The president of the WNBA Val Ackerman tossed the ball up in center court as cameras recorded Kim Hampton of the New York Liberty and Lisa Leslie of the L.A. Sparks reached to tip the ball. This was a huge event and the crowd's noise level was a complete acknowledgement of that fact. Madison Square

recreation or YMCA (Young Men’s Christian Association) to build their skills and IQ of the game. This sport also consists of two genders: male and female. One of the top associations in American sports today is The National Basketball Association (NBA) and the Women’s Basketball Association (WNBA). The association of women’s basketball and men’s basketball is almost equivalent. This essay will analyze the differences and similarities of the two sports and associations. The following differences and similarities

Jeff Denham Jeff Denham is a congressman who represents the 10th district of California in the Stanislaus County, Modesto area. He is one of fifty-three representatives from the state of California, and one of fifteen Republicans in a very Democratically controlled state, making him a minority in the his state legislature as well as in the current congress (California’s 10th Congressional District). His views on the economy, energy, civil rights, homeland security, and gun-control, oppose many

There are women and girls all around the world competing in this sport called barrel racing, even little 9 year olds are barrel racing. It is rated a pretty dangerous sport. Some barrel racers have even died while racing. There have been many different accidents in this sport. It is mostly ran by girls/women, so it is categorized as a woman’s sport. It has a lot of history behind it. The arena and barrels have to be set up correctly and in a certain way for this all to work. There are three fifty-five

So, you think barrel racing is easy? Barrel racing, a rodeo event for women in which a rider runs thirty miles per hour towards a barrel to go around it and run to the next. Even though you can have a horse that teaches you, you should pick the horse that matches your riding style. The experience of the rider is how you know whether you and the horse are going to be a good match. (Lisa Thomas) The conformation of the horse, and having a horse with more muscle makes the picking process easier. Looking

the NBA Board of Governors approved the concept of a Women’s National Basketball Association. The Women’s National Basketball Association is the most prevalently known professional basketball league in the United States for women, most commonly referred to as its’ acronym WNBA. It was finally the ladies’ turn as they made their statement that they would be playing the next game. The first season for the Women’s National Basketball Association began in 1997. Sheryl Swoopes, one of the league’s first

Jessica Boldman ENGL 1102-07 16 September 2015 Women’s Equality in Sports: Annotated Bibliography Women’s equality is an issue that has been around for awhile. While women have been given many rights to increase equality, including the right to vote and go to college, the problem hasn’t completely vanished. One area that still sees this is in sports. Women’s sports do not draw nearly as many fans and are not covered in the media as much as men’s sports, pay differences between male and female athletes

The Women’s National Basketball Association, more commonly known as the WNBA, is a professional basketball league consisting of 12 teams spanning across the United States. The league was founded in 1996 but didn’t officially kick off until 1997. While it’s not the first major women’s professional basketball league in the United States, the WNBA is the only league that has received full backing from the National Basketball Association, more commonly, the NBA. Now in its 20th season under the direction