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February 06, 2008
Girl power

Today not only is the first day of the National Letter of Intent spring signing period, but it's also Feb. 6, officially recognized as National Girls and Women in Sports Day.

Recognition of National Girls and Women in Sports Day began in 1987, honors female athletic achievement and recognizes the participation of girls and women in athletics. The inaugural celebration was founded by the Women's Sports Foundation in honor of U.S. Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman, who died of Marfan syndrome the previous year.

Some food for thought. According to the Women's Sports Foundation, girls who participate in sports:

- learn how to take risks and be aggressive

- have greater confidence in their physical and social selves than those who do not participate

- develop leadership skills

- and learn the importance of setting goals and thinking strategically.

Posted at 10:10 AM

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Rachel is in her fourth year as a sports reporter at the Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram. A Maryland native and a former college soccer and softball player, she covered high school and college sports at newspapers in Pennsylvania, Texas and Colorado before joining the Press Herald/Sunday Telegram staff in June of 2004.

She grew up watching the NHL, the Pittsburgh Steelers, Georgetown basketball and the Baltimore Orioles and is a confessed sports nut. Her interests include reading and movies, going to the gym, Motown and '70s R&B music and following the New York City tabloids.

Married in July, she and her husband Tommy are avid Steelers and Kansas Jayhawks fans. Their toughest decision as newlyweds has been "NESN or ESPN?"



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