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- Group says budget proposal to cut high school sports discriminates …
- Sports Business A Focus on Horses Keeps a Daily Paper From nline …
- Motor sports: Wright 17 produces first cean Speedway win in …
- Dave Newhouse: A woman for all sports seasons
Group says budget proposal to cut high school sports discriminates …
rlando Sentinel
An activist has ‘concerns’ with counting cheerleading as a sport for Title IX purposes. A group called Florida Parents for Athletic Equity says because the proposal excludes football from any cutbacks it violates the Title IX clause of the 1972 Education Act which prohibits sex discrimination in educational institutions. But the gender-equity activist leading the charge against the proposal told the Sentinel on Friday that she will hold off on filing the lawsuit after agreeing in principle to a compromise that could avoid litigation and restore games for some girls’ sports teams. The Florida High School Athletic Association board of directors met Friday to consider rescinding the controversial plan it approved in April to cut varsity schedules by 20 percent in all sports except football and competitive cheer for the next two years. Related links Sports imbalance? The proposed cut in high-school-sports games would exempt football and cheerleading.
Sports Business A Focus on Horses Keeps a Daily Paper From nline …
New York Times
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Motor sports: Wright 17 produces first cean Speedway win in …
San Jose Mercury News
“This is cool because my dad was so happy he was crying” Wright said. “Although this is our second 360 win in two weeks the win in Petaluma doesn’t even compare to this one. Racing with Brent Tommy Tarlton Brad Furr and Ronnie Day well they were racing before I was born so it’s very cool to be racing it up with those guys. ” Five different winners in the first five events make this one of the most competitive and exciting 360 sprint car series in California.
Dave Newhouse: A woman for all sports seasons
San Jose Mercury News
You’d say to yourself “I know that face from some game I just saw. But which game?”The answer: Take your pick. That’s because Wagoner is a fixture at games involving all five of those professional teams. She is an usherette at Raiders Giants and Warriors games she works with the disabled and elderly at A’s games and she has 49ers season tickets with husband Gary a warehouseman.
