Value of sports goes beyond playing for female athletes
By Giuliana Allegrotti Before Teri Rodgers took over the girls’ basketball program at New Trier High School in 1999, all the team’s games were played in G110, a smaller practice gym on campus adjacent to the main gym, where the boys played. The whole setup felt stringent to Rodgers; the main gym somehow belonged to […]
New Trier basketball season in photos
By Giuliana Allegrotti New Trier coach Teri Rodgers walked out of the locker room, her eyes still red from crying. New Trier had just lost the regional championship to Maine West. Their season was over. “You couldn’t have been around a better group,” Rodgers said through her sniffles. “I’ve been doing this for 19 years. […]
Who are you wearing? NFL fans explain
By Giuliana Allegrotti Reporting from Houston [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/306613063″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] At NFL Experience, the hub for fan activity at Super Bowl LI in Houston, most fans roam around dressed in their favorite NFL teams’ paraphernalia. You may see t-shirts that say ‘Rise Up’ in support of the Atlanta Falcons or ‘this girl […]
Young women ‘prepare for the Super Bowl of life’
By Giuliana Allegrotti Reporting from Houston [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/306298377″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] On the Friday and Saturday before Super Bowl LI, the NFL took a break from football to host the NFL Women’s Summit, an event designed to teach teenage girls how to achieve their goals, dream big, and prepare for life’s challenges. Featuring […]
Who inspires you? New Trier girls basketball team tells us
By Giuliana Allegrotti Last week I talked to New Trier junior guard Daniela Sirott about her athletic heroes, who inspires her in professional sports. Her answer took me by surprise.
The joy of her game
By Giuliana Allegrotti Barb Rodgers peered into the elementary school gym window to watch basketball tryouts. She had her eye on one player in particular. The school principal, on his way out of the gym, turned to Rodgers and said, “That little girl is pretty good. It’s too bad we can’t keep her.” “Why not?” […]
Surging New Trier gets measure of redemption
By Giuliana Allegrotti It was their worst game of the year. Back on Dec. 2, the New Trier girls basketball team lost to conference rival Niles West 52-45. New Trier was sloppy on both ends of the floor; unforced turnovers and lackadaisical defense plagued the team the entire game. They had poor body language and […]
