Category: Sports

Like Other Girls | Britta Lundin | “What if I played football?” I ask. As soon as it’s out of my mouth, I feel stupid. Even suggesting it feels like I’ve overstepped some kind of invisi

De la Cretaz Britni | Hail Mary | In the early 1970s, a businessman had a brilliant idea: why not start a women’s football league? It was conceived as a gimmick and a publicity stunt t

Michael A. Messner | Out of Play | From beer ads in the Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue to four-year-old boys and girls playing soccer; from male athletes’ sexual violence against wom

Don Van Natta Jr. | Wonder Girl | Experience the extraordinary story of a nearly forgotten American superstar athlete. Texas girl Babe Didrikson never tried a sport too tough and neve

Jane Cuthbertson | Game Changers | Rachel Johnston’s solitary life is upended by an unexpected encounter with soccer player Jaye Stokes. Jaye is younger, confident, attractive…and dedic

Angela Madsen | Rowing Against the Wind | In September of 1993, at the age of 33, Angela Madsen underwent back surgery for an injury she sustained while on duty in the military. Her goal was t

Susan E. Cayleff | Babe | One of the most gifted athletes of all time, Babe Didrikson Zaharias dominated track and field, winning two Olympic gold medals and a controversial si

D. Jackson Leigh | Bareback | Betrayal is a wound that rarely heals. A devastating accident that claims the life of her Olympic-bound mount lands Jessica Black and her new stallion

Chris Paynter | Playing For First | Lisa Collins feels she has it all as an Indianapolis sportswriter covering the city’s minor league baseball team and as a freelancer for the newspaper

Eleanor Hill | All in the Game | This realistic romance is set inside women’s amateur football (soccer), Robin, once a star player, is coach to her small-town team when Penn joins the