by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After making the move to her hometown Chicago Sky in 2021 and helping lead the franchise to its first WNBA title, Candace Parker probably deserved a break. Instead, Parker kept plowing through the offseason, working for Turner Sports on NBA and men’s NCAA Tournament...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Two days after Politico disclosed a draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would reverse the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision allowing abortion rights, several high-profile female athletes spoke out against the proposed change. On Wednesday, the WNBA released a statement...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After Layshia Clarendon was waived by the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday, head coach Cheryl Reeve implied Clarendon’s injury status was to blame. Clarendon, who was limited at the end of last season by a stress fracture in their right fibula, rehabbed the injury during the...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kelsie Whitmore relieved for the Staten Island FerryHawks with the bases loaded and retired former major leaguer Ryan Jackson on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to pitch in the independent Atlantic League. Days after breaking another barrier by starting in left...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Venus Williams is a fierce warrior both on and off the court. One of the all-time tennis greats and formerly ranked No. 1 in the world, she has advocated for pay equity for women in her profession for many years. For Williams, playing Wimbledon as a young athlete was...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Eighth-seeded Ons Jabeur reached her second WTA 1000 semifinal on Wednesday by defeating two-time Madrid Open champion Simona Halep 6-3, 6-2. “It’s never easy to play Simona,” said Jabeur, who lost to Halep in Dubai earlier this year. “Really...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Katie Ledecky was standing where she has stood twice before over the past 10 years, at the White House, at a Team USA ceremony, a few feet from the President. The greatest female swimmer of all-time was back Wednesday to celebrate another Olympics, last year’s Tokyo...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Last season, during the Sky’s single-elimination playoff game against the Minnesota Lynx, Azurá Stevens arrived. Not in a literal sense. Stevens, the sixth overall pick in 2018 acquired from the Dallas Wings in a 2020 trade for Katie Lou Samuelson, has been dealing...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA offseason is finally coming to a close, and teams are ready to officially open the 2022 regular season this week. Free agency saw a number of recent league MVPs return to their respective teams, but it also welcomed in countless changes. There were major...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Amid a string of roster cuts from teams around the WNBA, star forward Breanna Stewart became the latest high-profile figure to call for change to the league’s current cap structure. In a Twitter thread posted on Wednesday, the two-time WNBA champion gave her thoughts...
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