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Beyond the Accolades: How Pat Summitt Changed My Life

Over the next several days, you’re going to hear and read powerful stories about the late, great Patricia Sue Summitt. Family, friends,...

Jun 29, 20164 min read

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Feb. 7: Debi Thomas. Today’s Black History Month feature is figure skating champion, Debi Thomas. Thomas was born in 1967 in...

Feb 7, 20142 min read

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Today in 2007 the WNBA announced that Atlanta would have it’s very own team and it would be called the Dream. It didn’t take the Dream...

Oct 17, 20131 min read

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This Friday, April 12, 2013, 42 the story of Jackie Robinson hits theaters. Who doesn’t love America’s favorite pastime?! I’m...

Apr 8, 20132 min read

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Today in 1982 marked the first ever NCAA Women’s Championship. Louisiana Tech became the first NCAA Women’s Division I Champions with a...

Mar 28, 20131 min read

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I read on a couple of sites that March 25, 1916, marked the first time women were allowed to attend a boxing match. I find that hard to...

Mar 25, 20131 min read

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Today in GladiatHer history we salute a Renaissance woman, Mildred Ella “Babe” Didrikson Zaharias. Babe conquered basketball, track and...

Mar 21, 20131 min read

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Today Gladiathers.com recognizes an athlete from the lesser-celebrated field of horse racing. On this day in 1969 pioneer Barbara Jo...

Mar 14, 20131 min read

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Today we celebrate GladiatHer Oksana Baiul. On this day in 1993, at the tender age of FIFTEEN, Ukrainian figure skater, Oksana Baiul,...

Mar 13, 20131 min read

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Gladiathers in art and history. Female athletes have been used in advertising for over 100 years. In the late nineteenth and early...

Feb 17, 20131 min read

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On October 23, 1964, at the summer Olympics in Japan, the Japanese women’s volleyball team won the gold medal topping Russia. It was at...

Oct 23, 20121 min read

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