In the 1960s, baseball, football, soccer, basketball, track and any other sports were only for boys. Girls could jump rope, roller skate, twirl batons, play backyard badminton, and become cheerleaders. I was 9-years-old when my brother Bernie taught me to throw a football. I remember my mother yelling to me and my brother that catching the football near my chest was going to ruin my bosom. I could…
