by admin | Mar 13, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
đź‘Ť This week our highlight goes to ESPN for starting some women’s fantasy basketball. đź‘Ž This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Russia for detaining WNBA superstar, Brittney Griner.
by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Texas Southern women’s basketball coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke’s list of accomplishments should have qualified her for any job in the basketball world. She’s won a championship in high school, two collegiately, four in the WNBA and two Olympic medals. Individually, she’s...
by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The strange case of Brittney Griner raises all sorts of perplexing questions. Is one of the best women basketball players in the world a political pawn in the standoff between two antagonistic superpowers? Is she being treated like anyone else who allegedly violated...
by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Representation
The town celebrated both teams. Celebratory sirens whoop-whooped the heroes down Farmville’s Main Street as residents clutched blue-and-white balloons and waved homemade signs: “SO PROUD!” “WELCOME HOME CHAMPS!” “Go Lancers!” Longwood University made college sports...
by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
U.S. Bank has become the latest company to agree to a multiyear relationship with the WNBA as one of its Changemakers, the league announced Thursday. As part of the deal, U.S. Bank will become the official bank of the WNBA and of the league’s major events, such...
by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
U.S. congressman Colin Allred (D-Texas) is reportedly working with the State Department to secure the release of Brittney Griner from Russian authorities, according to ESPN’s Mechelle Voepel. Griner has been detained in Russia since Feb. 17 after the Russian Federal...
by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
If Naomi Osaka was wondering if her message about mental health and the life of a professional tennis player was getting through, she’s had confirmation of it at the BNP Paribas Open this week. “I’m like really grateful, because I was watching (qualifying) and I...
by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Teen tennis star Coco Gauff has voiced her opposition to a bill in her home state of Florida that would prohibit classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity for many young students. “I’m against it,” Gauff told reporters Wednesday...
by admin | Mar 10, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
In much of the soccer world, the US women’s team and players such as Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan are beloved superstars and powerful voices for equal rights. Many in the rank-and-file of US Soccer don’t share that sentiment though. In their eyes, the US national...
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Guest Blogs, Pay Equity, SEW
For years, WNBA players including Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner have traded in rest during the offseason in order to play overseas. Griner, who plays for the Russian basketball team UMMC Ekaterinburg during the offseason, was recently detained in connection...
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