by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Iga Swiatek took three hours in the afternoon heat to beat 36-year-old Kaia Kanepi 4-6, 7-6 (2), 6-3 on Wednesday, with the payoff being a spot in the Australian Open semifinals against Danielle Collins. “This match was crazy,” said the 20-year-old 2020...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Haley and Hanna Cavinder, twin basketball stars for Fresno State University, needed some extra time before they could talk about their latest endorsement deal. It was the day after a road game at the United States Air Force Academy, and the business management...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Twenty-four of the top 29 prospects in the espnW 100 are McDonald’s All Americans. We take a closer look at the All Americans in the 2022 recruiting class, how they have developed and what they will bring to their respective college programs before they play in...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
Madelene Sagstrom knows why she did it. She knows why after more than 16 years of living with unimaginable emotional pain she decided to reveal to those closest to her that at the age of 7 she had been sexually abused by a male friend in her native Sweden. And why a...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
World No.1 Ash Barty has hosed down claims that she has the best sliced backhand in tennis, saying hers is nowhere near Swiss maestro Roger Federer’s. The sliced backhand has been a key weapon for Barty in her run to the Australian Open semi-finals, and was on...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It was a weekend of firsts for female freestyle skier Tess Ledeux at X Games. And by the time she was through, she’d established multiple new high-water marks in the sport. In the X Games women’s ski big air competition on Friday, sitting in fourth place, Ledeux...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Although her WNBA playing and coaching career took her around the country, new Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard is no stranger to Arizona. “Both of my parents are from Tucson,” said Nygaard, who was born in Scottsdale. “My dad went to UA and my mom went to Arizona State...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
A different kind of Black Girl Fly was on display last week at the University of Florida versus the University of Alabama Women’s Gymnastics competition. Seniors Trinity Thomas and Nya Reed pulled off the upset with consecutive 10.0 scores over No. 11-ranked Alabama,...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Dutch speed skater Jorien ter Mors, the first female athlete to win Olympic medals in two disciplines at the same Winter Games, has retired from the sport. Over a 16-year career, the 32-year-old speed skater won three long track gold medals and one short track bronze...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mississippi State women’s basketball forward Rickea Jackson, the SEC’s leading scorer this season, plans to enter the transfer portal, she announced in a social media post Monday. “First and foremost, I would like to say that my time in Starkville...
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