What is Wrong With the Phoenix Mercury? Just Take a Look at the Numbers
While many basketball fans have spent the past few weeks focused on the NBA playoffs, the WNBA tipped off its 20th season. When the WNBA first began, there were 8 teams. Of those 8 teams, one -- the Phoenix Mercury-- holds a special place in my heart like all of my other hometown teams. In 2014, the Phoenix Mercury were the WNBA champions and in 2015, they lost to the Minnesota Lynx (who went on to be the 2015 WNBA champions) in the conference final. So for the last few seas
Post WCWS: A Team-by-Team Performance Analysis
Well folks, the Women’s College World Series (WCWS) has come to an end, but not before leading the cable sports TV ratings for the last day of the series. With 78,072 fans attending, attendance this year was only 6 fans short of the WCWS record. The ratings and attendance marks should come as no surprise. Women's softball is – as everyone who watches knows – immensely entertaining. And for this particular WCWS, all eight teams showed up, ready to play (though some seemed lik
Eating & Competing: The Dangers of Female Athletes’ Eating Disorders
Within athletics, a healthy balanced diet is important to help the competitor reach the next level. Most athletes are placed on some sort of diet to help them stay healthy and fully primed for competition. It is when this push for perfection is taken too far, that athletes are prodded down a path that is neither healthy, nor safe. Athletes are at a higher risk for eating disorders, especially those who are in aesthetically important sports, such as gymnastics and figure skat
What You'll See in OKC: Pre-Tourney Analysis of the NCAA Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series -- the most watched of the College World Series (yes, women attract more viewers than men!) -- is set to begin on Thursday. Here is what you need to know before the first pitch! There are eight teams left in the Women’s College World Series, all of which battled hard this last weekend to secure their spots in Oklahoma City. The number one seed (Florida) was knocked out, three teams won their series after being down their first game, and the S
Downgrading Excellence
2009: LeBron James scored an impressive 55 points against the Milwaukee Bucks. Well it would be impressive if someone else did this. But LeBron has been excellent since day one. So now that is what is expected of him: excellence. It still may be fun to watch, but no longer mind-blowing. 2016: The talk is not LeBron, but Steph Curry. Now I may be a little biased because my husband is a die hard LeBron James fan, but it really drives me crazy when being great at your sport is d
