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For all the progress made during the Title IX era, girls have 1.3 million fewer opportunities to play sports in high school than boys do. The participation rate among senior-year girls is 31.4...
Tags: sports and society, title ix Last November we honored tennis legend and Founder of the Women's Sports Foundation Billie Jean King with the Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership. In advance of our May 31 Sports...
Tags: Preston Robert Tisch Award in Civic Leadership, sports and society, title ix, Billie Jean King On June 23, 1972, President Richard Nixon signed into law the statute known as Title IX, declaring, “No person in the United State shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be...
Tags: sports and society, title ix You may have noticed the front page headline earlier this month, that analysts now forecast that 42 percent of Americans could be obese by 2030 (up from 36 percent in 2010) and that 11 percent could...
Tags: sports and society, title ix Roundtable participants consider the challenges and benefits of creating a national model of sport development that serves the needs of communities and athletes of all ages and skill levels.•...
Tags: sports and society Highlighted are breakthrough strategies and scalable solutions that have helped sport providers add participants, lower the dropout rate, and protect the safety of children. Elite athletes also share...
Tags: sports and society Welcome and Introductions by Tom Farrey
Tags: sports and society The US is both the world’s sports superpower and a nation with one of the most serious obesity problems. This discussion explores the contribution sport organizations can make in confronting the...
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