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Cheryl Haworth is a young woman with a big dream: to be the strongest woman in the world. As the 300-pound U.S. Olympic weightlifter prepared for Beijing 2008, she struggled with injury, confidence, and her place in a world where larger women are not readily accepted. Documentary film pPremieres July 2012 on PBS.

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Female Racers Revving up for Indy 500 Memorial Day Weekend

5/26/12 2:58pm by @jschonb
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Indy 500 racer Katherine Legge via Zumapress

The Indianapolis 500 may be in Danica Patrick's rear view mirror, but the race will still take place this Sunday,  just as it has every Memorial Day weekend for nearly 100 years.  Once the green flag drops, a 33- car field will accelerate to more than 200 mph and continue at a blistering speed around the track for 500 miles.  Read more >

A Crisis of Faith: Gender-Neutral Parenting in a Gender-Obsessed World

5/25/12 2:33pm by bhanvoyage
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Teen boy in pink via Shutterstock

Driving down a rural road, tears welling in my eyes, my voice scaling octaves and my hands banging the steering wheel as the breakdown I never saw coming comes barreling toward me like a freight train.I was on my way to Kohl's.  To buy running shoes.Track shoes, to be exact, for my son.  The same son we drove hundreds of miles to Kansas for the national USATF meet last year.  Shoes that same son wasn't sure he wanted.  Read more >

What's Tougher Than Training for the Olympics? Staying a Virgin

5/23/12 3:45pm by @jschonb
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Hurdler Lolo Jones

American hurdler Lolo Jones is no stranger to the media. The gorge athlete with rocking abs has appeared on plenty of magazine covers and was even photographed naked for ESPN's The Body Issue. But none of the media exposure is anything compared to the firestorm surrounding Jones' pronouncement this week that she is a virgin.  Read more >

Four Die on Everest -World's Greatest Challenge or Highest Graveyard?

5/22/12 6:01pm by @jschonb
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Mount Everest via Zumapress.com

A day after 73 year-old Tamae Watanabe became the oldest woman to summit Mount Everest — the mountain took the lives of four other climbers.  Read more >

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