On your mark…. get set…. Only 97 shopping days until the 2012 London Olympic Games! Ralph Lauren, the longtime official provider of Team USA’s high-profile Olympic wear marked the “100-days-until-the-2012-London-Games” day to unveil what the American competitors will be wearing for the closing ceremony, and also around the Olympic Village. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic…
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Imagine a guy named Bubba fancying himself just a good ol’ boy, never meaning no harm. With a name like Bubba, we should have expected this from the pro golfer. No, not his winning the Masters… or even his first tweet after winning (“Glory to God”)… what we should have expected from Bubba Watson is…
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(Photo above: Tennis sensation Jack Sock coaches President Obama on his forehand) The White House has announced the activities and talent line-up for the 2012 White House Easter Egg Roll on Monday. This year’s theme is “Let’s Go, Let’s Play, Let’s Move!” — focusing on promoting health and wellness and encouraging children to lead healthy…
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She may have won 59 Grand Slam championships, but if she really cared about her post-tennis dancing career, Martina Navratilova should have spent less time at the Arthur Ashe Stadium and more time at the Arthur Murray dance studio. Fortunately for decades of tennis fans, she did not, and what was tennis history’s gain is…
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There is a striking imbalance in the media when it comes to insults on the sexes. Not only is there a disparity in the quantity and frequency, but the severity is also disproportional between invectives hurled at men and women. It is sad commentary that we can quickly name the recent offense uttered toward a…
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Spring has returned and so has The Ladies Room.
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They’re all still here: Nole, Rafa, Fed… And they have no intention of leaving Miami’s Sony Ericsson Open anytime soon. The tournament features the world’s top tennis players (both men and women). In 2011 Novak Djokovic defeated Rafael Nadal for his second Sony Ericsson Open title, while Victoria Azarenka defeated Maria Sharapova to capture her…
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What a strange and sad world we live in today. Pre 60’s and 70’s language was such an important part of civilized society. No matter what thoughts traveled the mind of mankind, the spoken word always hid the crudeness yet managed to make one’s thoughts clear. Since that time the spoken word in America has…
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The final women’s qualifying rounds of Miami’s Sony Ericsson Open are over and it’s time to start the official first-round matches. The good news for the USA is that three American women have secured places into the main draw. They are Sloan Stephens, Jamie Hampton and Madison Keys. Sloane Stephens (pictured above), the 10th seed,…
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By: Alice Lemos It must be tough to live in New Jersey these days. In addition to the indignities delivered by the cast of Jersey Shore, there is the over the top Star-Ledger editorial section which blares “And now, it is the Girl Scouts turn. . .it’s the latest round in the culture wars, and…
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