Accomplished academics have written about how “Charlie’s Angels” – “jiggle” television that it was – has its place in feminist history, pop-culture division.
I’m not an accomplished academic _ or any kind of academic _ just someone who’s watched an inordinate amount of 1970s television. So what I offer here, in tribute to the passing [...]
Archive for June, 2009
One for the ‘Angels’
Posted in Uncategorized on June 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Keep on throwing and catching, Jody
Posted in Women's sports on June 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Today is the 37th anniversary of Title IX being signed into law by Richard Nixon. As anniversaries go, No. 37 isn’t necessarily very notable, but still worth mentioning.
In “honor” of that important date – June 23, 1972 _ I was trying to think of something a little different to write in this blog entry. [...]
Decisions, decisions at 21 … and beyond
Posted in Women's basketball on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In a recent conversation with a new acquaintance, the name “Crematia Mortem” came up. I can’t remember just how, but it did, much to my delight.
She was the “ghostess” of the Creature Feature on Saturday nights during the 1980s on a Kansas City television station. Crematia was played by Roberta Solomon, a very talented radio/TV [...]
Soccer fever: Was it really a decade ago?
Posted in Women's sports on June 19, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It was June 19, 1999, and that ‘N Sync song was playing again. And again. And one more time.
I didn’t really know anything about ‘N Sync except that a curly-haired kid named Justin was the lead singer. And I only knew this because I’d seen it on magazine covers at grocery stores.
But on the field [...]
Did Laimbeer deserve more heat for leaving?
Posted in Women's basketball on June 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
When Don Zierden resigned from the Minnesota Lynx a couple of days before the season started, I blasted him and called the move unprofessional. When Bill Laimbeer resigned from the Detroit Shock on Monday, a little over a week after the season started, I did not criticize him.
While the timing is still bad, I [...]
Goodbye, and good luck
Posted in Women's basketball on June 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Bill Laimbeer is on his way out as Detroit Shock coach, and he leaves trusted assistants Rick Mahorn and Cheryl Reeve to take over.
The Detroit Free Press and Mel Greenberg _ who always has a Philly connection to everything (Reeve is from that area and played at La Salle) _ both reported this Monday [...]
Thinking about difference-makers
Posted in Women's basketball on June 14, 2009 | 1 Comment »
How do you measure positive “impact” on the world and other people? Three stories to consider …
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This particular interview with Tennessee coach Pat Summitt was eight years ago, not very long after 9-11. We were talking about various things, and at some point I asked her how difficult it was for her – as it [...]
Yo Griffith, here’s to your perseverance
Posted in Women's basketball on June 11, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Yolanda Griffith had that baffled expression Tuesday like, “Ouch! What did I just step on? Where is it?” She looked at the space on the Conseco Fieldhouse court where her left foot had just been, trying to find what apparently had ended her career a few months ahead of schedule.
There was nothing there.
And so [...]
Shock pulls the reversal on Sparks
Posted in Women's basketball on June 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is what I wrote after the Sparks’ 78-58 season-opening win over Detroit on Saturday:
Not sure how we’ll see a much different game on Monday, despite the Shock having home-court advantage then.
And, of course, I was right. It wasn’t much different. Once again, it was a blowout. Errr ….
OK, well, I wasn’t exactly right. How [...]
And they’re off …
Posted in Women's basketball on June 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »
It was the first day of the WNBA season, and it’s kind of bad luck that the biggest blowout of the day – LA’s 78-58 win over Detroit – was the televised game on ABC.
At some point during this one, it was a little easy to get distracted and go check “Rotten Tomatoes” for [...]
