by admin | Aug 17, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
For the second day in a row, female sporting history was made at the Niagara 2022 Canada Summer Games. Newfoundland and Labrador’s Jaida Lee became the first female to pitch in the men’s baseball competition at the Games on Monday at Welland Stadium. On Sunday,...
by admin | Aug 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Olympian Kelly Cheng (née Claes) and new partner Betsi Flint won a top-level international beach volleyball tournament in Hamburg last week, the biggest title for an American pair since the Tokyo Olympics. Cheng and Flint won the World Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 event in...
by admin | Aug 17, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Breanna Stewart is always looking for ways to improve her game, and this season, her efforts culminated in a couple more career milestones. The Seattle Storm forward led the WNBA in scoring for the first time in her career, averaging 21.8 points, and Tuesday she...
by admin | Aug 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Casey Stoney described herself as “a no-bulls— manager” upon her arrival as the first head coach of San Diego Wave FC last year. That sounded about right for the longtime English international defender who quickly transitioned to coaching. Stoney was...
by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Naomi Osaka is the latest professional athlete to invest in the college sports name, image, and likeness space. The star has signed five college athletes from multiple sports to promote her suncare brand KINLÒ, which was created specifically for melanin-rich skin....
by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The National Hockey League cracked its glass ceiling for front-office hiresduring the 1996-97 season when the Anaheim Ducks made Angela Gorgone the first female assistant general manager in league history. Nearly 25 years passed for the roof to shatter. Read...
by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Four-time WNBA All-Star Liz Cambage has announced that she is “stepping away from the league for the time being,” three weeks after she agreed to a “contract divorce” with her team, the Los Angeles Sparks. “Playing for the Sparks was a dream come true and I’m honored...
by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It’s been three years since Olympique Lyonnais acquired a majority stake in Seattle-based NWSL club Reign FC, forging an international sisterhood between women’s clubs unlike any model in professional sports. The partnership has brought some of the world’s best known...
by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Sue Bird peeked upcourt as she caught the outlet pass. Her Seattle Storm teammate Natasha Howard had streaked ahead of her like a wide receiver, as she usually did whenever Bird was running the offense in transition. Howard realized that she was open beneath the...
by admin | Aug 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lawyers for U.S. women’s basketball star Brittney Grinerfiled an appeal against her conviction in Russia on drugs charges and her nine-year sentence in an attempt to secure a fresh ruling in the case, her defense team said. “We are asking the court to review the whole...
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