General
Sports
Sports
Illustrated
A general sports site, co-produced by CNN and Sports Illustrated.
Includes links to information on pro and college sports, a
multimedia section where you can listen to athlete interviews
and even see videos of games, and games that you can play
online. The site is searchable, though you have to scroll
to the bottom of the first page in order to see the link to
the search feature.
ESPN
Sportzone
Another general sports site, including information on
a variety of team and individual sports, including the usual
football, baseball, hockey, etc., as well as extreme sports,
NASCAR, horse-racing & more. The site provides: opportunities
to chat with athletes, frequently updated headline stories,
audio & video clips, online games that you can play and
online surveys that you can take. Some of these features require
that you download RealPlayer, a free plug-in.
History
of Women in Sports
This timeline provides an extremely thorough history of
women in sports, from the Games of Hera in 776 B.C. to the
Williams sister's dominance in tennis. Chances are,
you'll find everything you ever wanted to know about women's
achievements in sports on this site.
The
Official Site of the U.S. Olympic Team
Keep up with your favorite Olympians between games. This
site includes athlete blogs, news of current competitions,
as well as archives of results from past Olympic Games.
The
Official Site of the Olympic Movement
The Olympic Movement is an organization responsible for bring
together sporting organization a around the world in agreement
with the Olympic Charter and International Olympic Committee
(IOC). Find information on event winners back to Athens 1896,
current events, even get advice from an “Olympic Personal
Trainer”.
Olympics:
Science of the Sporting Life
With funding from the National Science Foundation, the Why
Files helps you explore the interactions of sciences and the
news of the day. This Olympic page delves into the science
of health and biomechanics as it relates to sports. This is
only one of many articles that take you on a learning adventure.
Women
and Girls in Sports
From controversies over equality in men's and women's
college sports to a campaign to save Title IX (which prevents
discrimination based on gender), this website provided by
the Feminist Majority Foundation gives information on how
to take action.
