Sportsmanship

Empowerment Through Sport Leadership Conference – Los Angeles 2013

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Empowerment Through Sport, founded by two-time Olympic gold medalist Angela Hucles, is an organization providing educational and motivational conferences, workshops, and speaking engagements for girls, their parents, and their coaches. On Saturday, November 2nd, the Empowerment Through Sport Leadership Series will conduct its first annual Los Angeles Conference at the University of La Verne.  ETSLS …

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The Challenge of Competing Against Your Friends

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Published by the Game On! Sports Girls Talk Blog (www.gameonsportscamp.com/blog) One of the advantages of participating in sports is playing on and bonding with teams throughout the years. Taking this benefit even a step further, you tend to play against the same local or regional teams from year to year. So you start recognizing the …

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Do professional athletes have to be good sports?

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The Los Angeles Lakers have won the second-most championships in NBA history. This week, they may have shown the worst sportsmanship in NBA history. The Dallas Mavericks were up 3-0 in their Western Conference best-of-seven series semi-final and leading Game 4 by 30 points. Lakers Lamar Odom and Andrew Bynum were both pissed and ejected …

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