by admin | Sep 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson has been named WNBA MVP for a second time, it was announced Wednesday. The 26-year-old Wilson also won the award in 2020, becoming the seventh player in league history to win MVP honors more than once, joining three-time...
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Leadership, Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Representatives of the United States women’s and men’s national teams — flanked by a few members of Congress — formally signed their new collective bargaining agreements with the U.S. Soccer Federation after the USWNT’s 2-1 win over...
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
PRESIDENT AND CEO John Doleva was making what has become a routine phone call for him after more than 20 years with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On the other end of the line was New Orleans Pelicans vice president of basketball operations Swin Cash....
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It might not have been in their preferred “messy” style of play, but the No. 3 seed Connecticut Sun imposed their will on the 2-seed Chicago Sky with a wire-to-wire 104-80 victory on Tuesday, staving off elimination and forcing a winner-take-all Game 5...
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The first week of the US Open was all about Serena Williams and deservedly so. However, the 23-time Grand Slam champion’s exit has put the attention back on several players who delivered spectacular tennis through the early rounds. One of those is American Coco Gauff....
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Serena Williams’ final match at the US Open, and likely the last of her career, shattered an ESPN record last week. Williams’ match against Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic on Friday in Round 3 of the US Open marked the most-watched tennis match ever on ESPN, according to...
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
This time there were tears, on the court and in the stands. The finality of the situation finally hitting Sue Bird and the thousands that showed up hoping to see her career continue for at least 40 more minutes. Chelsea Gray was simply too good, sending the Las Vegas...
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The women’s professional tennis tour will hold its season-ending 2022 WTA Finals in Fort Worth, Texas, moving the event out of China for the second year in a row. The Florida-based WTA announced on Tuesday that Dickies Arena will be the site for the Oct. 31 to...
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Fifth-seeded Ons Jabeur became the first woman representing an African nation to make the semifinals at the US Open during the professional era, holding on for a 6-4, 7-6 (4) victory over Ajla Tomljanovic on Tuesday at Arthur Ashe Stadium. “I know that I have it...
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Nzubechi Grace Nwokocha, who was part of Nigeria’s women’s 4x100m gold-medal-winning relay team at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, was provisionally suspended by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) on Sunday after testing positive for the banned substances...
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