by admin | Mar 29, 2024 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Sophia Smith became the latest NWSL star to sign a new deal Wednesday, becoming the league’s highest-paid player in the process. The Portland Thorns announced they had agreed with Smith on a contract that will tie the 23-year-old to them through the 2025 season,...
by admin | Mar 29, 2024 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Caitlin Clark’s professional career is reaching unprecedented heights before it even officially starts, as Iowa’s superstar guard has garnered a $5 million offer from the Big3 basketball league co-founded by rapper Ice Cube and Jeff Kwatinetz. Ice Cube confirmed Big3...
by admin | Mar 29, 2024 | Representation, SEW
USWNT forward Midge Purce will miss the entire NWSL season and the upcoming Paris Olympics with an ACL injury. “I’ve torn my ACL. It’s a reality I’m still struggling with,” Purce, 28, wrote in a statement posted to social media on Wednesday. “I’m...
by admin | Mar 28, 2024 | Representation, SEW
First, the jacket made me chuckle. Then, it made me think. As its owner sat in the LNP | LancasterOnline video studio March 13 reminiscing with teammates about a state basketball championship that turned 50 this weekend, the white Lancaster Catholic jacket with purple...
by admin | Mar 28, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes can claim another record — the most-viewed first-round game in women’s NCAA tournament history. The Hawkeyes’ 91-65 win over Holy Cross on Saturday averaged 3.23 million viewers on ABC, according to Nielsen. The...
by admin | Mar 28, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Moments after her team lost its second-round game Monday in the NCAA tournament, Utah women’s basketball coach Lynne Roberts revealed her players had experienced “racial hate crimes” last week on its first night at the tournament. Utah players as well as band members...
by admin | Mar 27, 2024 | Representation, SEW
UConn was on the ropes. The Huskies hadn’t missed a Sweet 16 since 1993, and it was starting to look like that decades long streak might come to a close. Late in the fourth quarter of their 72-64 win in the second round of the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball...
by admin | Mar 27, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Now that sponsors and broadcast executives have finally recognized there’s a market for women’s sports and owners have stopped seeing their teams as charity projects, the next step in leveling the playing field is facilities. Specifically, stadiums and arenas of their...
by admin | Mar 26, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Caitlin Clark scored 27 points as her Iowa Hawkeyes won their opening game of March Madness on Saturday. Clark started slowly before eventually finding her range as she proved the catalyst for the 91-65 victory for the No. 1 seeded Iowa over No. 16 Holy Cross...
by admin | Mar 26, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Snowboarding has made crucial progress toward accessibility in recent years. But inequities and pressure points still exist in the sport—whether it’s sponsor investment and media coverage for certain disciplines or support and opportunities for women and people of...
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