by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
England defender Lucy Bronze has revealed she has been brought to tears by misogynistic abuse. Ahead of England’s opening Euro 2022 game against Austria on Wednesday, Bronze said: “I don’t cry over injuries. Misogynistic comments affect me more than...
by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Los Angeles Sparks got back in the win column on Friday night by beating the Dallas Wings, 97-89, behind 21 points each from Nneka Ogwumike and Liz Cambage. With that result, the Sparks made history by becoming the first WNBA team to reach 500 wins....
by admin | Jul 5, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Maria Sole Ferrieri Caputi will become the first woman to officiate in the Italian top flight after she was promoted to the Serie A refereeing pool from next season. The 31-year-old Ferrieri Caputi already became the first female to referee a match involving a Serie A...
by admin | Jul 3, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Carson Pickett who became the first player with a limb difference to feature for the USWNT. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to everyone who made misogynistic comments against football presenter Alex...
by admin | Jul 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Athletes, perhaps more than anyone else, make decisions about their bodies every single day in order to perform their best. They choose how and where to train, who to train with, what to eat and what to wear for optimal performance. They have to time these decisions...
by admin | Jul 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
American basketball star Brittney Griner went on trial Friday, 4 1/2 months after her arrest on charges of possessing cannabis oil while returning to play for a Russian team, in a case that unfolded amid tense relations between Moscow and Washington. The initial...
by admin | Jul 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The wife of WNBA star Brittney Griner, the American basketball star who is being held in Russia, says the actions to bring Griner home have not matched the rhetoric surrounding her situation so far. Read More
by admin | Jul 1, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
While interviewing to be WNBA president in 2011, Laurel J. Richie had a marketing question for Adam Silver, then the NBA’s deputy commissioner. She thought she knew the right answer but wasn’t sure what the NBA would say. Richie, certain the WNBA needed to...
by admin | Jun 30, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Candace Parker became the first player in WNBA history to reach 6,000-plus career points, 3,000-plus rebounds and 1,500-plus assists, as she led the Chicago Sky to a 91-83 win over the Connecticut Sun. The seven-time WNBA All-Star posted 25 points, 11 rebounds and...
by admin | Jun 30, 2022 | Representation, SEW
One of the fallbacks for radio hosts when the local teams aren’t performing well — which is almost always nowadays — is to raise this question: “Who is the greatest athlete to represent the Washington area?” Or, as the pundits now like to call it, “the DMV.” It is a...
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