Happy Mother’s Day from Team Fenom!  We acknowledge and applaud your countless sacrifices for your family. We appreciate you not only annually, on the second Sunday of May, but every day! On Mother’s Day weekend Team Fenom finds it fitting to participate in the Susan G. Komen Atlanta Race for the Cure, a run/walk dedicated to [...]

It’s National Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and almost 40,000 are expected to lose their lives to the disease. Team Fenom contributor Rachel Harmeling reminds us that we all can make a difference. The following is reposted from Rachel’s blog, Well Rudy Bell. Life is short! [...]

July 20, 2012 is a date that will forever be engraved in our hearts and minds. Late that evening in Aurora, Colorado a young man went on a shooting rampage in a movie theater, killing a dozen people, injuring so many more. Thousand of miles away a young woman by the name of Missy Franklin [...]

On the brink of their first sponsored run and 25,000 members strong after three years, Black Girls RUN! continues to make an impact. Founders Ashley Hicks and Toni Carey began the organization with the mission to “encourage African-American women to make fitness and healthy living a priority.” “It was important to start Black Girls RUN! [...]

By Dr. Brenda Pitts                 I started playing sports, I think, before I even popped out of my mom! And this will reveal my young age, but I was one of the FIRST recipients of the benefits of Title IX when it was passed. I played basketball at [...]

Thursday, in a room filled with current and former professional women athletes, press, and other invited guests—a captive audience if ever there was one, the Aspen Institute’s Tom Farey moderated a lively discussion. The panel discussion both commemorated and investigated the effectiveness of Title IX as the landmark legislation’s 40th anniversary. For those who are [...]

Athletes’ charitable contributions are often lost amidst sensational stories on the missteps of a few. However, many professional athletes begin giving back to their communities long before they ever make it to the pros—doing so through high school and college athletic programs. Female athletes, in particular, are giving back and changing communities in the process. [...]