Also: Pandemic forces changes for FIG; ITF AGM goes virtual; UCI’s 2020 event calendar undergoes another overhaul
— Read on aroundtherings.com/site/A__100341/Title__Federation-Focus-Bach-Praises-WBSCs-New-Headquarters/292/Articles

Associated Press research finds that four-year U.S. colleges have eliminated 171 sports programs because of budget problems blamed on the coronavirus outbreak
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/

The Ohio State, Stanford and Ivy League developments tell us where we are in college athletics: adrift, lacking answers and failing to gain ground on a relentless pandemic.
— Read on www.si.com/

Field hockey, men’s volleyball among the sports eliminated as coronavirus issues create the need for financial stability.
— Read on www.mercurynews.com/2020/07/08/stanford-eliminates-11-varsity-sports/

About 8,500 women attended the camps inspired by the CCC and organized by Eleanor Roosevelt—but the “She-She-She” program was mocked and eventually abandoned.
— Read on www.history.com/

Nichol Whiteman
— Read on www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2020-07-07/nichol-whiteman-dodgers-foundation-ceo-strong-voice-black-women

You may not yet know Rachel Luba’s name, but you absolutely know who she represents. Former Cleveland pitcher and current Cincinnati Reds hurler Trevor Bauer met the founder of Luba Sports during his time at UCLA. In 2020 Rachel successfully ne…
— Read on twinsdaily.com/articles.html/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins/paving-a-path-women-in-baseball-rachel-luba-r9528

High school coaches know the importance of preparation. You spend hours developing practice and game plans. You work tirelessly to perfect performance all in an effort to help your students excel in their sport or activity and in life.
Every year high school students endure serious injuries and suffer life-threatening medical emergencies while participating in sports and activities. The causes are many and varied. Some may result from known medical conditions, while others may be a consequence of the activity, environmental conditions, or an unrecognized medical condition.
The bottom line, when you witness the collapse of an athlete, you may be responsible for their immediate and appropriate care. But what do you do? Who do you call? Where do you start?
This course will teach you the importance of developing Emergency Action Plans and practicing them, including assigning responsibilities to team members. You’ll discover the three H’s; HEART, HEAT and HEAD and their relationship to potentially fatal injuries and illnesses.When your athlete collapses and you need to act, you will know an action plan designed to take you step by step through the process of helping the collapsed athlete. You will be prepared when any emergency arises.
— Read on nfhslearn.com/courses/the-collapsed-athlete

The COVID 19 pandemic presents a myriad of challenges to high school athletic and activity programs. To help address some of those challenges, the National Federation of State High School Associations has developed “COVID-19 for Coaches and Administrators.”
The NFHS Sports Medicine Advisory Committee developed “Guidance for Opening Up High School Athletics and Activities” to aide state associations during this unprecedented event. This course will present material from that document along with some other helpful information and materials to assist school administrators and coaches conduct workouts, practices and contests as safely as possible.
— Read on nfhslearn.com/courses/covid-19-for-coaches-and-administrators

The San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics have officially released their schedules for 2020.
— Read on abc7news.com/mlb-schedule-2020-san-francisco-giants-sf-oakland-athletics/6303207/

The coronavirus has exposed colleges’ skyrocketing salaries.
— Read on tucson.com/content/tncms/live/

Nick Cordero, a Broadway actor who had admirers across the world rallying for his recovery, has died after a battle with Covid-19, according to his wife, Amanda Kloots.
— Read on www.cnn.com/2020/07/05/entertainment/nick-cordero-obit/index.html

MLB has run into delays in processing COVID-19 tests, delaying workouts for at least one team
— Read on www.lonestarball.com/2020/7/6/21314525/mlb-testing-problems-creating-issues-early-on

Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa is so serious about not contracting the coronavirus that he’s asked his wife, Daniella to stay out of beauty salons until the season is over.
— Read on www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8492331/Correa-asks-wife-stay-salons-season-ends.html

Mexican Baseball League season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
— Read on www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1095985/mexican-baseball-league-covid-19

J.D. Martinez, Boston Red Sox DH: ‘I’m asthmatic. I’m very scared of everything … I think my love for the game is going to outweigh my fear’ – masslive.com
— Read on www.masslive.com/redsox/2020/07/jd-martinez-boston-red-sox-dh-im-asthmatic-im-very-scared-of-everything-i-think-my-love-for-the-game-is-going-to-outweigh-my-fear.html

Major League Baseball could’ve had a really special opening day on July 4th. Instead, money squabbles between players and owners pushed it back.
— Read on www.latimes.com/sports/story/2020-07-03/mlb-july-4th-fizzle-no-games

Tipping Your Cap is dedicated to keeping alive the memory of those who
played in the Negro Leagues and changed baseball … and America.
— Read on www.tippingyourcap.com/

AFI Movie Club: A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN | American Film Institute
— Read on www.afi.com/news/afi-movie-club-a-league-of-their-own/

Directed by Rachel Griffiths. With Teresa Palmer, Sam Neill, Sullivan Stapleton, Brooke Satchwell. The story of Michelle Payne, the first female jockey to win the Melbourne Cup.
— Read on www.imdb.com/title/tt7600382/

WBSC – World Baseball Softball Confederation
— Read on www.wbsc.org/news/historic-british-federation-launches-womens-baseball-league-names-amanda-hocking-first-national-team-manager

Belmont’s Katie Reynolds robbed of senior season pitching for boys team – Boston Herald
— Read on www-bostonherald-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.bostonherald.com/2020/06/08/katie-reynolds-story/amp/

Emily Waldon
— Read on dugoutdish.com/2020/06/08/women-who-inspire-emily-waldon/amp/

Forty years ago, Kim Green and dozens of other girls fought for and won the right to play baseball with boys.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/sports/othersports/the-girls-who-fought-for-the-right-to-play-in-little-league-look-back-40-years-later/2014/08/13/f86e4c88-2234-11e4-8593-da634b334390_story.html

Women’s sport dominates list of Australia’s favourite teams | Australia sport | The Guardian
— Read on amp-theguardian-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/amp.theguardian.com/sport/2020/jun/16/womens-sport-dominates-list-of-australias-favourite-teams

Strong Women, Strong Girls (SWSG) champions the aspirations and potential of girls and women by connecting three generations through mentorship. Our innovative programs combine the power of mentoring relationships with a research-based curriculum built on the stories of strong female role models to bolster the confidence and skills of girls and young women.
— Read on swsg.org/

Eve Rosenbaum vowed to be the first girl at Ripken baseball camp. Now she’s blazing a trail in the Orioles front office. – Baltimore Sun
— Read on www-baltimoresun-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-eve-rosenbaum-20200214-f7nzucklpnfunf6kzjupccfcfy-story.html

IX Women’s Baseball World Cup 2020 – The official site – WBSC
— Read on wbwc.wbsc.org/en/2020/news/four-absolute-begginers-in-wbsc-womens-baseball-world-cup-2020

Astronaut Anne McClain sits down with Cameron to discuss her time in the military, being better at molding yourself than being yourself, and what she’s learned from being an astronaut who has spent 6 months in space!
— Read on omny.fm/shows/queery-with-cameron-esposito/anne-mcclain

Former South Carolina softball All-American Tina Plew Whitlock is on track to be a coach in the St. Louis Cardinals organization.
— Read on www.postandcourier.com/content/tncms/live/

As a follow up to someone that writes about the game, it only seems natural to check with a woman that tells stories through a different medium. Having made her own trek through the minor leagues before debuting in The Show, Melanie Newman can…
— Read on twinsdaily.com/articles.html/_/minnesota-twins-news/minnesota-twins/paving-a-path-women-in-baseball-melanie-newman-r9510

A retiring coach, a player who lost his senior year, a prospective scout and the voice of the College World Series reflect on the emptiness of a season that wasn’t.
— Read on www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29348950/summer-it-even-began-stories-lost-baseball-seasons-us

The original headstone of Oscar Charleston didn’t say a word about his long Hall of Fame career in the Negro Leagues. It didn’t mention his power as a left-hand…
— Read on theundefeated.com/features/100-years-after-the-negro-leagues-inaugural-season-its-brightest-star-is-honored/

Baseball’s front offices have embraced analytics in the 21st century. Diversity? Not so much.
— Read on www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/29369890/inside-rise-mlb-ivy-league-culture-stunning-numbers-question-next

ROSCOE — Mike and Dave Carroll spent about 35 summers out at Roy Gayle Park, first playing baseball for their dad, Ron, and then coaching countless teams and players themselves.An annual highlight was when their mother, Margaret Jurgensmeier Carroll, would take the mound and throw batting practice.”These 11- and 12-year-old kids would see her walking out there and they’d look at each and wonder what’s going on,” Mike Carroll remembered. “They’d think this was going to be
— Read on www.journalstandard.com/sports/20200629/margaret-carroll-one-of-rockfordrsquos-remaining-rockford-peaches-dies-at-85

As Michigan’s Secretary of State, Benson chairs the Task Force on Women in Sports, which seeks to elevate female athletes, and serve as a template for the country.
— Read on www.outsports.com/2020/6/29/21306869/jocelyn-benson-michigan-women-sports-task-force

Gabrielle Union is backing calls for a black female-focused sequel to the Tom Hanks-starring 1992 baseball movie ‘A League Of Their Own’.
— Read on www.nme.com/news/film/gabrielle-union-backs-calls-for-black-female-focused-a-league-of-their-own-sequel-2698023

Four former United States presidents and a host of others gave a virtual salute to the 100-year anniversary of the founding of the Negro Leagues.
— Read on www.startribune.com/a-long-overdue-tip-of-the-cap-to-baseball-s-black-pioneers/571539232/

Advice and inspiration from women who have broken barriers in the male-dominated sports industry
— Read on www.lookoutlanding.com/2020/6/29/21306393/mariners-host-4th-annual-women-in-sports-event

Obama joined other prominent figures to salute the 100-year anniversary of the founding of baseball’s Negro Leagues.
— Read on www.huffpost.com/entry/negro-leagues-obama-bush-clinton_n_5efa00afc5b6acab2844f6df

Gabrielle Union on Twitter: “Can we make this please? Asking for a bunch of us” / Twitter
— Read on twitter.com/itsgabrielleu/status/1277433709579231232

Designers Barb Whalen and Lindsey Grant share why the F-150’s most exclusive trim packages are so posh.
— Read on robbreport.com/motors/cars/2021-ford-f-150-design-2931349/

The players want to play because they are workers, this is their job, and they, like all of us, want both a return to normalcy and to draw as much of their salaries as possible. They are also a group of athletic young men who, as a whole, likely have an inflated sense of their own physical superiority.
— Read on www.si.com/mlb/dodgers/news/the-2020-mlb-season-so-dumb-and-so-terrible

A recent open letter written by Miranda D., and published by Women at Warp highlighted the racism that exists inside the Star Trek community. Having been insulted and made to feel unwelcome by those that have determined what a true Star Trek fan is and what they look like, the author writes that the white Trek community needs to do better in making the spaces available for all Trekkies.
— Read on www.startrek.com/news/star-trek-can-teach-you-to-be-a-better-ally

To the Star Trek Community,

I write this from a place of deep respect, gratitude and compassion, and with hope that what I have to say will be received in good faith and be heard.

I am an immigrant woman of colour who found Star Trek at a time when I was at my lowest and stuck in what seemed l
— Read on www.womenatwarp.com/an-open-letter-to-the-star-trek-community/

The King and his longtime business partner Maverick Carter have formed a new company with an unapologetic agenda.
— Read on www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-06-25/lebron-james-maverick-carter-s-springhill-to-be-a-media-empire

Cubs, simCub, and MLB news from yesterday and today.
— Read on www.bleedcubbieblue.com/2020/6/22/21298507/baseball-history-unpacked-june-22

The former NFL quarterback and civil rights activist will also be conducting “high profile” interviews and writing stories about racism for Medium.
— Read on www.businessinsider.com/colin-kaepernick-medium-board-of-directors-2020-6

In June 1983, this barrier-breaking astronaut overcame discriminatory policies—and a sexist society—as the first American woman to launch into orbit.
— Read on www.nationalgeographic.com/history/reference/people/sally-ride-blazed-trail-women-astronauts/

Sixteen-year-old knuckleballer Eri Yoshida made news earlier this week when she was selected in the Kansai Independent Baseball League draft. Remember the name, because you might hear it again in a few years when the Red Sox sign Yoshida to replace her idol, Tim Wakefield. We’re kidding (we think).

Of course women playing baseball against men is nothing new. In fact, it was only 11 years ago that the all-female Colorado Silver Bullets were barnstorming across the country, challenging men’s
— Read on www.mentalfloss.com/article/20172/remembering-colorado-silver-bullets