SEW Sports Equality for Women
  • SEW
  • Timeline
  • Sports Films
  • Team
  • Mission
    • About Our Logo
  • Contribute
  • Contact
Select Page

Allyson Felix: US Olympic great to retire at end of season

by admin | Apr 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Allyson Felix, the most decorated female track and field Olympian of all time, will retire at the end of the season. The 36-year-old American has won 11 Olympic medals, including seven golds, as well as 13 world titles. She competed at her fifth and final Olympics in...

What Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia tells us about basketball’s gender pay gap

by admin | Apr 14, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

Basketball star Brittney Griner has been detained in Russia since February, when vape cartridges containing hashish oil were allegedly found in her luggage. “The reality is, she’s over there because of a gender issue — pay inequity,” said Nneka...

San Francisco Giants’ Alyssa Nakken, 31, makes major league history as first woman to coach on field in regular-season game

by admin | Apr 13, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Alyssa Nakken was hard at work in the batting cage, just a few steps from the dugout, when suddenly the call came: The San Francisco Giants needed her to coach at first base. She quickly pulled off her sweatshirt, grabbed her No. 92 jersey and found a bright orange...

‘I knew choosing the USWNT would never be something I’d regret’ – Alana Cook reflects on England decision

by admin | Apr 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The OL Reign star is the latest guest on ‘All of US: The U.S. Women’s Soccer Show’ U.S. women’s national team defender Alana Cook says her decision to play for the country of her birth is one she knew “would never be something I regretted”. The 25-year-old...

Trinity Rodman scores first USWNT goal in 9-0 rout of Uzbekistan

by admin | Apr 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Rose Lavelle and Catarina Macario each scored a pair of first-half goals, and the U.S. women’s national team crushed Uzbekistan, 9-0, on Tuesday to extend the team’s unbeaten streak to 67 games on American soil. Orange County product Trinity Rodman, who came in as a...

Sanya Richards-Ross Keeps Up With the Times

by admin | Apr 13, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Even the slow days can go blurry for Sanya Richards-Ross. Last month she went through such pains to plan this interview for a weekday afternoon, when she wasn’t honing in on an elite track meet in some far-flung locale for her TV analyst job at NBC. But then hours...

Former No. 1 Kim Clijsters again retires from pro tennis

by admin | Apr 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Four-time Grand Slam singles champion Kim Clijsters has retired from professional tennis again. The 38-year-old Clijsters, who ended her second retirement in 2019 after a seven-year hiatus, announced Tuesday that she will “no longer play official tournaments.”...

Aussies Jade Melbourne, Amy Atwell picked up in WNBA draft

by admin | Apr 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Jade Melbourne will have two fellow Opals for company after being drafted by the WNBA’s Seattle Storm, while Perth product Amy Atwell has blazed a historic trail to land at the Los Angeles Sparks. The pair were taken with the 33rd and 27th picks respectively at...

Bend It Like Beckham: Five reasons the film is still iconic 20 years on

by admin | Apr 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Grossing almost £60m on a budget of £3.5m, it was the surprise hit that told the story of a young British-Indian girl with a passion for football. Bend It Like Beckham explored themes of identity, race, gender, sexuality, religion and immigration and, for many, was a...

Suni Lee, Jade Carey, a team title no one can predict — the key storylines to watch at NCAA gymnastics championships

by admin | Apr 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Eight deserving teams fighting for the top spot. Olympians battling for all-around supremacy. Redemption stories. Unheralded heroes. The 2022 NCAA gymnastics championships has it all — and might be decided by the tiniest fraction of a point. Read More
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Recent Posts

  • How a Women’s College Volleyball Team Became the Center of the Transgender Athlete Debate
  • Geno Auriemma becomes all-time winningest college basketball coach in 40th year at UConn
  • Lindsey Vonn Plans a World Cup Return as She Rejoins the U.S. Ski Team
  • New York Liberty win their first WNBA title and celebrate the end of a long odyssey
  • Susie Maxwell Berning, Hall of Fame Golfer, Is Dead at 83

Recent Comments

  • Guillermo Duque on Where are the Women? by Paulina Duque
  • Mónica R Pardo on WISE Works by Paulina Duque
  • Guillermo Duque on WISE Works by Paulina Duque
  • Nader on Inequality in Sports Made Its Way Into the N.C.A.A Tournament by Paulina Duque
  • Ingrid Jaillier on Inequality in Sports Made Its Way Into the N.C.A.A Tournament by Paulina Duque
  • Home
  • Timeline
  • Sports Films
  • Team
  • Contribute
  • Privacy Policy
  • Facebook
  • X
In Our Header: Gertrude Ederle, Wilma Rudolph, Thelma “Tiby” Eisen, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Lindsey Vonn, Allyson Felix, and Althea Gibson / In Our Footer: Junko Tabei, Stefania Passaro, Uljana Semjonova, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Mirai Nagasu, and Wyomia Tyus

5005 Linnean Ave NW, Washington DC, 20008 e. cieslafdn@gmail.com | t. (202) 362-5760

© The Ciesla Foundation 2022 DCMA Designated Agent - ken.cieslafdn@gmail.com