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An Olympic-Sized Achievement: Scholar-Athlete Amanda Scott

1/12/12 9:24am by HLeveyFriedman
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Marathoner Amanda Scott

2012 is not only a leap year, it’s an Olympic year. That means that in the next few months thousands of hopefuls are gearing up for Olympic Trials to try to secure a spot to represent their country at the summer games, to be held in London.  How many of those who have qualified to compete can say that they were also one of the top collegiate scholars in the world?  Read more >

"Aunt Flo" and the Female Athlete

11/19/11 7:13pm by HLeveyFriedman
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Feminine products via Shutterstock

No, not Flo-Jo (aka the legendary Florence Griffith-Joyner—still considered the fastest woman ever). I’m talking about our monthly visitor, curse, and any other number of nicknames/euphemisms we women use to describe our menstrual cycles.  Read more >

Throw Like a Girl: Reviewing Softball Legend Jennie Finch's New Book

10/7/11 10:05pm by HLeveyFriedman
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Jennie Finch

You may recognize her from her pitching in the Olympics. Or from the swimsuit issue of Sports Illustrated. Or even from The Apprentice. Now you should also recognize her as an author.  Read more >

Age Cut-offs, Limits, and Manipulations in Sports

8/2/11 7:39pm by HLeveyFriedman
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Chinese gymnasts Credit Image: © The Denver Post/ZUMAPRESS.com

This past weekend I enjoyed watching the kick-off to the US women's gymnastics season at the Covergirl Classic, which featured the "comebacks" of Shawn Johnson and Chelsie Memmel, the continued dominance of Alicia Sacramone, and the debut of several new stars.  Of course the veterans "coming back" are around 23-years-old, and the newcomers are 15.  I also watched the first night of the FINA World Championships on Sunday as the  Read more >

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Hilary Levey Friedman
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April 2011
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Hilary Levey Friedman is a sociologist currently writing and researching at Harvard. Recently she was a post-doctoral fellow as a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy at Harvard. Dr. Levey Friedman’s award-winning work on childhood, parenting, competition, and child beauty pageants has appeared in The Boston Globe Magazine, USA Today, The Denver Post, BostonMagazine.com, Contexts, and various academic journals. She holds degrees from Harvard University, University of Cambridge, and Princeton University and her work has been funded by the Gates Cambridge Trust, the Spencer Foundation, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, among others. She has just completed a book manuscript on elementary school-age children who compete in chess, soccer, and dance. Currently, Dr. Levey Friedman is quantitatively studying youth sports injuries.

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Sociologist and Writer
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Cambridge, MA

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