by admin | Sep 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka withdrew from her second-round match against Beatriz Haddad Maia at the Pan Pacific Open on Thursday due to illness, ending her title defense at the tournament. “I am really sorry that I am not able to compete today,” Osaka...
by admin | Sep 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It’s been a whirlwind week for Alyssa Thomas. She went from losing in the WNBA Finals on Sunday to flying 10,000 miles to Australia a day later to play for the United States in the World Cup. Thomas had 14 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in her debut for...
by admin | Sep 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Instead of getting the spotlight it deserves, the WNBA gets the one it’s willing to accept. ESPN released numbers for the just-concluded season Tuesday, and they are as impressive as you’d expect for a league that’s been on a sharp trajectory the last few years. Read...
by admin | Sep 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Dallas Wings fired coach Vickie Johnson on Monday, opting to not exercise the team option on her contract. Johnson, 50, went 32-36 in her two seasons in Dallas, making the playoffs both years and losing in the first round. This season, Johnson led the Wings to...
by admin | Sep 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
WNBA legend Tina Thompson has been hired by the Portland Trail Blazers as a team scout. Thompson spent 17 seasons in the WNBA playing for the Houston Comets, Los Angeles Sparks and Seattle Storm from 1997-2013. She won four WNBA titles, was an All-Star nine times and...
by admin | Sep 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The first round of results from the WSL season is evidence of this as newly promoted Liverpool stunned champions Chelsea, while Aston Villa put four pastreigning League Cup holders Man City. It’s a competition that has attracted many of the top players in the world,...
by admin | Sep 21, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Las Vegas Aces earned the 2022 WNBA championship trophy, becoming the first major league sports team to bring a title to the city. Forty-eight hours later, players, staff and fans celebrated accordingly. Gov. Steve Sisolak made it extra official by proclaiming...
by admin | Sep 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Serena Williams may be a tennis legend, but she’s also obsessed with design. As a Nike-sponsored athlete since 2003, she has collaborated with the brand to design clothes and sneakers for two decades. And this has shown her just how underrepresented Black designers...
by admin | Sep 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When Daphne Koster was a young girl, she dreamed a dream that “was not real”. She dreamed of playing for Ajax. She has fond memories of watching the men’s team win the Champions League in 1995 – with that star-studded side of Clarence Seedorf, Marc Overmars and Frank...
by admin | Sep 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Naomi Osaka, playing her first match since the US Open, advanced to the second round of the Toray Pan Pacific Open when Australia’s Daria Saville retired with a knee injury in the second game of their evening encounter on Tuesday. The unseeded Osaka is the...
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