by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
At some point today, 2018 WNBA MVP and two-time champion Breanna Stewart will fire off a tweet. It will be nearly identical to the tweet she posted yesterday, and the day before, and every day for a few months. The only difference will be the incremental change of a...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kaillie Humphries is off to a strong start to a four-year cycle that she hopes ends with her breaking the record as the oldest female Olympic bobsledder. Humphries, the women’s record holder with three Olympic bobsled titles, earned her first World Cup victory since...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Stéphanie Frappart has been showered with praise after she became the first woman to referee a men’s World Cup match. Joined by assistant referees Neuza Back and Karen Díaz Medina, the 38-year-old took charge of Germany’s thrilling 4-2 victory against Costa Rica. Read...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Brown University first-year student Olivia Pichardo made history by becoming the first woman in history to play Division 1 college baseball. Pichardo spoke with ABC News’ Stephanie Ramos about how she has persisted and achieved success, the biggest challenges she sees...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Eight new women’s soccer teams are coming to Northern California, sources with knowledge of United Soccer League’s expansion plans told The Standard. The new teams will compete in the USL W League’s newly formed NorCal Division, starting May 2023. Read...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Jill Ellis was voted into the US Soccer Hall of Fame after coaching the American women to World Cup titles in 2015 and 2019. The 56-year-old British-born coach was picked on 20 of 24 ballots in the builder voting that included only coach candidates for the 2023 class....
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It was a rare sight: Katie Ledecky being matched stroke for stroke in a distance race in an American pool. She was up for the challenge. Ledecky out-touched emerging 16-year-old Canadian Summer McIntosh by eight hundredths of a second in the 400m freestyle at the U.S....
by admin | Dec 1, 2022 | Pay Equity, SEW
I felt a rush of emotions last week when a Bleacher Report TikTok post featured National Soccer Hall of Famer Abby Wambach speaking directly to my 9-year-old daughter Addison at the Inaugural USWNT Players Ball. The video went viral with over 1 million viewsin just 48...
by admin | Dec 1, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
USA’s World Cup win over Iran on Tuesday paid dividends for both the men’s and women’s national teams. The US men are guaranteed $13m in prize money for reaching the last 16 in Qatar. That will be shared equally between the men’s and women’s teams under the equal pay...
by admin | Dec 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Early on in her career as a hammer thrower, Janee’ Kassanavoidlearned a simple yet important lesson from her coach, Greg Watson. The equation for power, he told her, was work over time. Kassanavoid keeps this physics lesson in mind each time she competes in her chosen...
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