Archive | June, 2017

Jr. Elite Level 8 National Champ Joshua Karnes Performs on Little Big Shots

Jr. Elite Level 8 National Champ Joshua Karnes Performs on Little Big Shots

The other night, a male gymnast was featured in a prime-time television broadcast for the first time since the 2016 Olympics. Joshua Karnes (Lakettes-Erie, PA) appeared on NBC's Little Big Shots, a series that showcases the unique talents of kids from all over the world. Karnes performed some skills on SR, PB and PH, drawing big cheers from the live audience. No stranger to gymnastics fans, Karnes won back-to-back [...more]

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Another Look at the Decline in NCAA Sponsorship of Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics

Another Look at the Decline in NCAA Sponsorship of Men’s and Women’s Gymnastics

This time the axis are set up so the actual rate of decline can be easily compared. Up until about 1992, the NCAA sponsorship of both men's and women's teams was declining at almost identical rate - something partly masked by the greater population of women's teams. One of the women's teams cut during this period was at University of Texas (Texas AD Donna Lopiano, famous as a Title lX advocate, [...more]

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