George Blanda played in the NFL to the age of 48, and on Monday passed away at the age of 83, giving hope to those in middle age that one’s best days — and memories — don’t necessarily occur while young.
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My book, “Beyond Title IX”
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About Wendy Parker
Sports journalist and Web editor, formerly with The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Correspondent for Basketball Times. Author of "Beyond Title IX: The Cultural Laments of Women's Sports."Named to the Sports Illustrated Twitter 100 list.
Here's more about the other places I write and what I've done in journalism.
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About Extracurriculars
I explore the connections between sports and the broader (and not just pop) culture, through books, history, documentaries, reviews and the arts.
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How to Get in Touch
You may contact me via e-mail at wendygparker@gmail.com
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Recent Posts
- An American soccer historian, honored and remembered
- A proper tribute for the historian of women’s golf
- Saving a museum for a forgotten team
- No shortage of topics for baseball history books
- More Belthian quality comes to the Interwebs
- History-making Huskies find the right gear
- The understated appeal of the undercard
- More gradual steps or a big leap for the WNBA?
- The genuflection of the baseball poets
- Baseball, winter and remembrance
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Blogroll
- A More Splendid Life
- A Scout's Perspective
- American Soccer History Archives
- American Sports Council
- Association for Professional Basketball Research
- Baseball Reference
- Basketball Prospectus
- Basketball State
- Basketball Times
- Bronx Banter
- Business of College Sports
- Business of Sports Network
- College Sports Business News
- Daily Fix
- Equalizer Soccer
- Fang's Bites
- Field of Schemes
- Forbes Sports Money
- Game Theory
- Grantland Director's Cut
- Hockey Research Association
- Hoopfeed
- Internet Hockey Database
- Jack Fertig
- Jason Fry
- Joe Favorito
- Jonah Keri
- Jonathan Wilson
- Journal of Sport History
- Man, Economy and Sport
- Money Players
- New Books In Sports
- Only A Game
- Pitch Invasion
- Pro Football Reference
- Professional Football Researchers Association
- Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
- Saturday Down South
- SB Nation Longform
- Sherman Report Sunday Books
- Simon Kuper
- Slate's Sports Nut
- Sloan Sports Analytics
- Society for American Baseball Research
- Sports Business Data Pages
- Sports Business Journal
- Sports Illustrated Vault
- Sports Law Blog
- Sports on Earth
- Sportsgeekonomics
- Sweet Spot
- Swifter, Higher
- The Classical
- The Hardball Times
- The Mid Majority
- The Run of Play
- The Science of Sport
- The Sports Bookie
- The Sports Economist
- The Stacks
- The Sweet Science
- Transparency in Sport
- TrueHoop
- When Saturday Comes
- WomenTalkSports
- Your Kid's Not Going Pro
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