CHART: National Girls and Women in Sports Day

  • Article by: RACHEL BLOUNT , Star Tribune
  • Updated: January 30, 2012 - 10:11 PM
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NATIONAL GIRLS AND WOMEN IN SPORTS DAY

What: A nationwide celebration, now in its 26th year, to honor those who have advanced and promoted girls' and women's sports.

When: Wednesday

In Minnesota: A ceremony, open to the public, will be held at noon at the State Capitol to recognize 21 people in five categories. Honorees include Val Teichroew, a longtime coach and teacher at Richfield High School; Peggy Brenden, a Title IX trailblazer and board member of St. Paul Urban Tennis; Mary Jo Kane, director of the U's Tucker Center for Research on Girls and Women in Sport; track athlete and cancer survivor Gabriele Anderson; Janis Klecker, a 1992 Olympian in the marathon; and Lynette Sjoquist, radio analyst for Gophers women's basketball.

RACHEL BLOUNT

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Chicago Cubs - LP: E. Jackson 2 FINAL
Pittsburgh - WP: V. Mazzaro 4
Baltimore - LP: K. Gausman 6 FINAL
Toronto - WP: B. Morrow 12
Cleveland - WP: Z. McAllister 12 FINAL
Boston - LP: R. Dempster 3
Minnesota - LP: J. Burton 6 FINAL
Detroit - WP: J. Benoit 7
LA Angels - WP: J. Blanton 5 FINAL
Kansas City - LP: E. Santana 4
Boston 3 FINAL(OT)
NY Rangers 4
Chicago 0 FINAL
Detroit 2
San Jose 0 FINAL
Los Angeles 3

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