Dragonwing Blog
August 25: Happy Birthday, Althea Gibson!
Happy birthday to Althea Gibson, the first African American to compete on the world tennis tour. Called "the Jackie Robinson of tennis" for breaking the color barrier in her respective...
September 26: Happy Birthday, Serena Williams!
Happy birthday to Serena Williams, 27, Grand Slam title holder. Williams has won more career prize money than any other female athlete, in any sport, in history and is the...
October 18: Happy Birthday, Martina Navratilova!
Happy birthday to Martina Navratilova, arguably the greatest all-around tennis player of all time. Navratilova has won 18 Grand Slam singles titles, 31 Grand Slam women's doubles titles, and 12...
June 26: Happy Belated Birthday, Babe Didrikson Zaharias!
Happy belated birthday to Babe Didrikson Zaharias, named the 9th Greatest Athlete of the 20th Century by the Associated Press and the 10th Greatest North American Athlete of the 20th...
Climbing Competitions & the Power of Smiling
It's September already!! The summer was one of the best and, sadly, the shortest. I'm so glad I've had the opportunity to be part of Dragonwing girlgear, an amazing company...
Donate a Sports Bra & Help Keep a Girl in the Game
A sports bra can mean the difference between a girl sitting on the sidelines and being able to play. Without the proper coverage, fit, and support of a sports bra,...
OMEGA SPORTS is an Official retailer of Dragonwing girlgear™
(Chapel Hill, NC; November 23, 2011)— Dragonwing girlgear ™ -- the first line of athletic sport and support wear designed for young sporty girls ages 8-17 -- announced today that...
Don't be fooled by common misconceptions about concussions.
Awareness of the danger – and frequency – of concussions is growing. It’s not just in football. It’s a health risk in girls’ soccer too, whether from heading, collisions or falls. In August, I joined a taping of the Chapel Hill radio show, Your Health with Dr. Adam Goldstein and Dr. Cristy Page. Former Olympic player Cindy Parlow Cone was there too.
A Proper Warm-up
One of the goals of the Dragonwing girlgear™ blog is to provide readers with evidence-based, practical information to help encourage safe and healthy participation in sports for all athletes, but...
Passing on the Stories
The most popular professional sports in America, in the world, even, are dominated by men- think football, baseball, basketball, soccer, and, though an increasingly large number of females are playing...
Tomorrow will be bitter sweet for Rampone
I enjoyed this article. http://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/news/newsid=1475840/index.html
Mary Lou Retton: Admired her as an Olympian, Love her as a Mom.
On exercising, healthy body image, letting girls do what they love to do and raising four girls.