Interesting article about the link between sports and other benefits in life for women

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/15/as-girls-become-women-sports-pay-dividends/?em

This article state that doing sports during the teenage years is a significant predictor to success in early adult life for women. However, this isn't surprising as, in general, being an overachiever in one discipline often makes you an overachiever in many other aspects of life. Success breeds on success as one might say.