by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. survived a scare against the Czech Republic in the Beijing Olympics women’s ice hockey tournament quarterfinals, finally pulling away to win 4-1 on Friday. The Americans outshot the Czech team 59-6, but the score was tied entering the third period...
by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Three-time U.S. Olympian Brianna Decker said she will need surgery after her tournament-ending injury at the Winter Olympics but will do all she can first to help defending champions the United States retain their women’s ice hockey title at the Games. The U.S....
by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Maria Taylor has had a wild couple of years. “You can’t make up the story lines that end up leading to my very first Super Bowl,” she says now, in her first full interview since the controversy that led her to leave her longtime perch at ESPN for NBC Sports. The...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Skeleton is a heart-racing, adrenaline-fueled event where a single racer flies face first down a frozen track — sometimes going more than 80 mph, belly first on a sled. Kelly Curtis is the first to say this sport is “crazy.” That doesn’t make her...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Pay Equity, SEW
When the U.S. women’s national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement back in 2017, it seemed like a relief for both sides at the time. The USWNT’s previous contract had expired months prior, and the players had...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When tennis star Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open in May 2021 to protect her mental health, the move shook the tennis world and put mental health in the spotlight. As Osaka, then 23 and the No. 2 player in the world, walked away from the Grand Slam event at...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Russian dynamo Kamila Valieva, 15, made history this week by being the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in the Olympics. A few days later, her team made headlines again with reports that one of their athletes had failed a doping test, delaying the medal...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
WNBA free agency has become almost a season of its own for a few weeks every February since salary changes in the collective bargaining agreement in 2020 enhanced player movement. Most of the moves have been made now, with one major exception: Free agent guard...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Led by an insane jump from 2021 world silver medalist Chris Lillis, the U.S. on Thursday defeated overwhelming favorite China and claimed mixed team aerials gold in the event’s Olympic debut at the 2022 Winter Games. Lillis stomped a back double full-full-double...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Struggling U.S. skier Mikaela Shiffrin is cutting out interviews at the Beijing Winter Olympics. After disqualifications in the giant slalom and slalom generated controversial TV coverage that included a raw interview with NBC, the two-time gold medalist issued a...
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