Friday … How I ‘Heart’ Thee

Some Friday morning meanderings …
• I think someone needs to give me a birthday cake intervention. Today is the first day all week that I haven’t eaten cake on (and there are at least 6 pieces left!!) so far … and I’m superbly aware of this fact. And yet … I don’t care. I [...]

"Hey NCAA!! Look Over Here!"

Rugby, and particularly women’s rugby, is one of the NCAA’s emerging sports. And now USA Rugby is building steam and finally rollin’ on the NCAA’s Emerging Sport Initiative for women’s varsity rugby under new USA Rugby staffer Becky Carlson.
“Female athletes in this country deserve a higher level of availability in the sport of Rugby,“ Carlson [...]

Eagle 7s Teams Announced for NAWIRA, Dubai 7s

I had heard about a few of these player selections a while ago, but here’s the announcement list on the Eagle 7s teams traveling to Barbados and Dubai …
[And why can't I find this officially on either USA Rugby or WomenEagles?]
Developmental 7s team to Barbados/NAWIRA in November and the tour’s head coach will be [...]

Because this made me laugh out loud …

I like to check in with Dennis York, an anonymous political and hilariously sarcastic blogger here in Madison, as often as I can because almost all of his posts make me laugh out loud.
Sometimes I also shoot soda out of my nose and all over my computer screen.
If you are an overly-sensitive, politically-correct blowhard, [...]

Rugby Bits & Bites … Enhanced with Purple Frosting

• Via USA Rugby, the new Board has made a big To-Do list and in case you missed it earlier, the 2007 Championship sites are set and you can buy your tickets for the USA 7s now.
• More importantly, USA Rugby is building momentum with their work on the Youth and High School rugby development [...]

"We’re people," Utley says. "We’re not these ‘pre-pregnant’ things that exist solely for the purpose of child-bearing."

Via Women’s Sports Foundation, a story on a female wrestler who was barred from competition in June because she refused to take a pregnancy test prior to a match.
According to the article:
“The athlete feels this test is discriminatory because it places an undue burden on female athletes in making pregnancy screening a prerequisite to [...]

"Rugby has kept me sane through all my academic endeavors."

Great feature article on a rugby player who’s a grad student at the University of Michigan and helping children with Down Syndrome …
Rugby player links athletics, academics She’s a team player on the field and in Down syndrome workMonday, September 18, 2006BY TRACY DAVIS News Staff Reporter
Meghann Lloyd is what you might call [...]

"I think it’s cool that my girlfriend plays rugby."

Nice article sent in by Nina (Hello Germany!) about the women’s rugby team at Florida Atlantic University starting back up again …
Rugby players unite to revive defunct women’s team at FAUBy RANDALL P. LIEBERMANSpecial to Neighborhood PostWednesday, September 27, 2006
When Molly Barrett attended Pope John Paul II High School in Boca Raton, she was [...]

oops

I was sitting here eating some of my colorful birthday cake leftovers and just got purple frosting on my keyboard …
Crap … I just did it again.
And I bet my mouth is all purple now too … plus a stomachache from the obscene amount of sugar in the frosting should be happening in 5-4-3-2- [...]

Monkey Bar

Remember last winter when I was taking classes with our trainer Chad and my teammates at the Monkey Bar Gym? The classes that not only pushed me to new levels of fitness, but were pretty awesome too?
Seriously, the strongest I’ve ever felt because of those classes. And I know my teammates agree.
Well, the [...]