After Atalanta

Wrestling, of course. With Wimbledon on its day off, it's time to tackle other issues. Or rather wrestle with other issues. Found this interesting story about the group in Oregon, SOW (Save Oregon Wrestling), that attempted to bring some attention to its cause by buying ad time on ESPN and ESPNU. The group, which is suing the school for dropping the program and adding competitive cheer and baseball, bought spots to air during the DI wrestling championships. But ESPN execs turned back the ads saying they don't take ads that contain political advocacy or issue-oriented advertising. Wow--so many issues here. First, SOW is claiming that Oregon had no reason to drop the program: it costs less than the programs they are adding; the department was in compliance with Title IX (I haven't checked out the reality of this situation, though). And in general they seemed pissed off the the athletic director, a man without a college degree, seemed to make the decision unilaterally. Sounds ...

I was vacationing in NH a couple of weeks ago and visited with a friend who bemoaned the lack of sport opportunities for adult women. She did mention the Wolfeboro She-Wolves, a local hockey team for adult women at any level of play. I found and have added the website to the side bar. It looks like a strong program with 75 women participating. This also gave me renewed sense of purpose to find and list such opportunities. And if you leave in Eugene, Oregon you are in luck. It looks like there are a few options for adults who want to participate in rec sports according to the community notices posted in yesterday's Register-Guard . There's women's volleyball (no age restrictions listed, both co-ed and women-only), flag football, ice hockey and ice skating (no ages mentioned), bowling, and rugby. As always email or post in the comments any opportunities you know about. UPDATE: It looks like the rugby club in Eugene is men only. But I found the Eugene Rec Department offers soc...