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Women, Deep Closets : Lesbians and Homophobia in Sport by
Pat Griffin
Griffin draws on her
experience as a lesbian coach and athlete for this groundbreaking
work intended to "challenge the despised sexual predator
image" that so often stalks when women and sport come
together. She also draws on 15 years of leading various workshops
on homophobia in the world of sport, on previously published
writings, and, perhaps most important, on interviews with lesbian
athletes, coaches, and sports administrators that she conducted
specifically for this book. The resulting 11 chapters consider
such things as stereotypes old and new that keep many women out of
sport; the defenses of institutionalized sport against lesbianism,
including silence, heterosexual-image promotion, and downright
attacks on lesbians; the role of the Christian right in sport; and
identity management for lesbian coaches and athletes. Written in a
brisk, readable style, this generously referenced summary of the
lesbian sporting life will appeal to readers of serious sports
studies as well as lesbian studies. Whitney Scott
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Liberty GM returns to the site of her most
memorable moment as a player
Excerpt:
When she was young, Carol Blazejowski always
made it a point to show up at the local basketball court with her
own ball. Little girls weren't welcome in neighborhood pick-up
games and bringing a ball increased her odds of getting to play.
It wasn't long, though, before Blazejowski could afford to show up
empty-handed. "Once they saw me play, it didn't matter,"
she said. "I went from not even being considered to the first
pick the next time."
Those early days in Cranford, N.J., were the
start of a Cinderella tale of a tomboy more comfortable in
sneakers than glass slippers. Best known as "Blaze," she
went on to a record-setting college career, a coveted place as one
of only 11 women in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame,
six years as a National Basketball Association executive and now
Vice President and General Manager of the New York Liberty...
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By Clay Kallam
Publisher
Excerpt:
You can still hear the bitterness.
"Our favorite president," said Carol
Blazejowski, 16 years after her chance at Olympic glory was
sacrificed on the altar of global politics by Jimmy Carter.
The Blaze arrived too early for professional
basketball too, though she did lead the Women's Basketball League
in scoring and was named MVP in her one year of play before the
WBL flamed out.
In fact, she almost missed high school
basketball, as Cranford High School didn't even have a girls team
until 1974, her senior year. And a big-time scholarship? Not
quite. Blazejowski went to Montclair State in New Jersey and
forged a legend -- a legend lost in the foggy dawn of the women's
game.
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Basketball Hall of Fame entry with biographical
and sports statistics.
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