After Atalanta

Donna Lopiano and historian Susan Ware are co-presenting a talk on Billie Jean King and second-wave feminism tomorrow night at Harvard, 6pm. Sounds interesting.

This article from a Dayton, OH newspaper does a good job chronicling the growth in women's basketball and contains a good story about Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt driving the team van.

The NY Times article about cheerleaders in New York being required to cheer for both girls' and boys' basketball games has generated a lot of letters and editorials (more than just the one I referenced yesterday). So I thought I would put this letter into the mix. From the Letters section of Ms. magazine, May 1978: Last night I attended a high school basketball game. I felt a sense of pride watching the young women on the court displaying their abilities as athletes and finally sharing some of the "glory" that goes along with interschool competition. Suddenly, in the third quarter and with our team only four points behind, one of our top players ran from the court. "Where's she going?" I cried. A student turned around and explained that she had to change into her cheerleader's uniform for the upcoming boys' game As I left the gym, I was stopped by several students in the stands. "You're not leaving before the boys' game?" the...