by admin | Dec 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The NWSL reportedly narrowed the potential sites for expansion teams down to three cities, and one mayor is voicing her support. “Our city would obviously be an excellent home for a team of world class athletes representing the best women’s soccer league in the...
by admin | Dec 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
MILAN BOLDEN-MORRIS wanted nothing more than to make the right first impression. Just a few weeks into her first fall camp as a graduate assistant for the Michigan football team, Bolden-Morris had to stand in front of a room full of over 100 men ranging from 18 to 60...
by admin | Dec 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Claressa Shields remains atop the ESPN women’s pound-for-pound rankings, with Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano keeping their spots behind her. But then the list changes. Junior lightweight unified champion Alycia Baumgardner moves up one spot to No. 4 after her...
by admin | Dec 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The 2022 men’s World Cup in Qatar came to a close in the most dramatic way imaginable. Argentina lifted their first trophy since 1986 after beating France on penalties, with Lionel Messi and Kylian Mbappe going toe-to-toe in what will almost certainly go down as...
by admin | Dec 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky joined a select group by earning her second Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year award. Ledecky took the honor after winning all four of her races at June’s world championships and breaking Natalie Coughlin‘s female record for career world...
by admin | Dec 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin had to overcome a lot of pressure Tuesday to end her one-year drought in women’s World Cup giant slaloms. And not all the pressure on the American was coming from her rivals. Holding a big advantage of 0.72 seconds, Shiffrin found it hard to focus on...
by admin | Dec 28, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
With Brittney Griner now safely back home for the holidays, the conversation has shifted. In an interview with TMZ, ESPN broadcaster Mark Jackson was not asked about her captivity in Russia—but rather why she was there in the first place. Like many WNBA players,...
by admin | Dec 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The reason Brittney Griner is the sports story of the year, isn’t solely because of her bravery while being “wrongfully detained” in Russia. It isn’t just that she became a symbol of strength that unified large swaths of the sports world and...
by admin | Dec 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Audiences are now consuming seven times more than in 2012, which is largely a result of a five-fold increase in women’s fixtures being broadcast live on mainstream television compared to a decade ago. According to UK-based charity the Women’s Sport Trust, a record...
by admin | Dec 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Olympian Allyson Felix holds the title of “most decorated female” in track and field. But above her career in sports, Felix is a wife, a mom, an activist, and most recently, a designer for Athleta after the brand tapped her as its first athletic partner. This...
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