by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Before stepping onto the wrestling mat at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, Helen Maroulis reminded herself to take it all in. “I just remember thinking, ‘This is the last tournament that I’ll ever wrestle,’” Maroulis, 30, reflects now. It wasn’t the first time...
by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Gritty, unseeded Texas fought off elimination twice in one day to earn a shot at a national championship. Courtney Day hit a three-run homer for the second straight game — this one sparking a rally from a five-run deficit — and Texas stunned No. 7 seed Oklahoma State...
by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It’s Dec. 28, 2020, and UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is invited to a Roaring ’20s-themed party to celebrate New Year’s Eve in Kyrgyzstan. “I’m like, oh my god, it’s three days before the New Year and I don’t...
by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It’s a whole new ballgame. Earlier this summer EW shared the first look at the A League of Their Ownseries, the long-anticipated TV reboot of Penny Marshall’s beloved 1992 film. Now the show is finally ready to step up to the plate, with Amazon Prime Video...
by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Pro-choice supporters briefly ran on the court during Tuesday night’s WNBA game between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx at Barclays Center. The protesters, who were shirtless but had their chests covered, were escorted off the court by security. While...
by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
A group representing 90 young women — including U.S. Olympic team gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman — filed federal tort claims against the FBI on Wednesday, seeking more than $1 billion in damages for the bureau’s mishandling of its investigation...
by admin | Jun 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Born and raised in Raleigh, 29-year-old Jaz Gray would have never imagined herself in Spain or Dubai—let alone off the strength of sports. A lifetime fitness fanatic, she was working as a personal trainer at Results Fitness Gym (which she co-owns with her younger...
by admin | Jun 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King and the late Pat Summitt are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer, along with Michael Phelps and hurdling great Roger Kingdom. Others...
by admin | Jun 7, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Plenette Pierson is returning to Texas Tech to be an assistant coach at her alma mater after spending most of the past 20 years in the WNBA, where she played on three championship teams. Texas Tech said Monday that Pierson, an assistant for the Minnesota Lynx for...
by admin | Jun 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The International Skating Union will raise the minimum age for competitors in senior events from 15 to 17 to protect skaters’ “physical and mental health, and emotional well-being”. The decision comes after the controversy surrounding Kamila Valieva...
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