by admin | Dec 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lashinda Demus will now get a gold medal for the 400-meter hurdle race from the 2012 London Olympic Games due to Russian Olympian Natalya Antyukh being stripped of her gold medal proof of doping 10 years later. On Wednesday, Dec. 21, the Athletics Integrity Unit...
by admin | Dec 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When Chloe Kelly’s 2022 began, the idea that a photo of herself would capture one of the defining moments of women’s football history in England, let alone of the year, was far from her mind. Kelly was battling back from an anterior cruciate ligament injury that ended...
by admin | Dec 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kathy Whitworth set a benchmark in golf no one has ever touched, whether it was Sam Snead or Tiger Woods, Mickey Wright or Annika Sorenstam. Her 88 victories are the most by any player on a single professional tour. Whitworth, whose LPGA Tour victories spanned nearly...
by admin | Dec 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin‘s World Cup season may be defined by a busy stretch of eight technical races over 15 days, beginning this week, live on Peacock. Shiffrin goes into the first race, Tuesday’s giant slalom in Semmering, Austria, five World Cup victories shy of Lindsey...
by admin | Dec 25, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to US Women’s soccer after the US House passed an equal pay bill this week. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down to women’s football scheduling as it has been blamed for many player injuries.
by admin | Dec 23, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Forbes announced the world’s highest-paid female athletes in 2022 on Thursday and tennis star Naomi Osaka snagged the No. 1 spot. The 25 women mentioned in Forbes’ list accumulated an estimated $285 million this year, before agents’ fees and taxes. Of the 25 spots...
by admin | Dec 23, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The House has passed a bill that ensures equal compensation for US women competing in international events, a piece of legislation that came out of the US women’s soccer team’s long battle to be paid as much as the men. The Equal Pay for Team USA Act, passed late...
by admin | Dec 23, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mai Mihara did not make Japan’s figure skating team for either of the last two Olympics. Her lone world championships appearance was six seasons ago. At one point, she went 20 months between competitions. She began this year without a top-level victory since 2017. She...
by admin | Dec 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Catarina Macario, one of the U.S. women’s national team’s brightest young stars, was dealt a significant injury blow during what’s been a breakout season for club and country. The 22-year-old came off after 13 minutes of Lyon’s final league...
by admin | Dec 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
A local baseball team announced a historic signing Wednesday afternoon when they welcomed the first female player in league history onto their 2023 roster. Marika Lyszczyk, who is also the first female NCAA baseball catcher for the Sonoma State University Seawolves...
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