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CiCi Bellis, 2017 WTA Newcomer of the Year, announces retirement from tennis

by admin | Jan 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW

CiCi Bellis, the 2017 WTA Newcomer of the Year and former world No. 35, announced her retirement from professional tennis Wednesday. In an Instagram post, the 22-year-old cited an ongoing arm injury as the reason for her decision. Read More

Two broadcasters terminated after calling female high school athletes overweight and laughing about it

by admin | Jan 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Two broadcasters in Maine have been terminated, according to a statement posted on the WHOU Facebook page, after calling female high school basketball players overweight and laughing about it. Radio station owner Fred Grant told CNN the two broadcasters involved are...

Chloe Kim Is Ready to Win Olympic Gold Again—On Her Own Terms

by admin | Jan 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW

After Chloe Kim returned home from the 2018 Olympics in South Korea, she put her gold medal in what felt at the time like the right place: a trash bin at her parents’ house. “I hated life,” Kim, now 21, recalls over plates of pad thai in the airy four-bedroom home in...

Women’s college basketball: The 10 best freshmen in the country

by admin | Jan 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW

So much of the talk around this women’s college basketball season has revolved around upsets and parity. No one is undefeated. Unpredictability has reigned. The same is true of the 2021-22 midseason list of the top freshmen in the country, which includes a...

Michelle Akers on assistant coach role with the Orlando Pride: ‘Sometimes great things happen when you least expect it’

by admin | Jan 19, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Michelle Akers’ resume as a player is impeccable. Widely considered to be among the greatest players in the history of U.S. Soccer, she has done it all — won a Hermann Trophy, multiple World Cups, an Olympic gold medal and was elected to the National Soccer Hall of...

Tatiana Calderón Will Be The First Woman To Ever Drive For AJ Foyt Racing

by admin | Jan 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Colombian racer Tatiana Calderón will join the IndyCar grid in 2022 driving a third car for AJ Foyt Racing. She will race 12 of the series’ 17 races slated for this year, sticking only to the road course and street course events. Her teammates include the 2021 Indy...

Ksenia Efremova: 12-year-old Russian tennis prodigy has ‘incredible potential,’ says Patrick Mouratoglou

by admin | Jan 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Ksenia Efremova hadn’t even turned three years old and her mother already had the feeling her daughter was destined to become a star. One afternoon when her older brother was practicing on the tennis court, Efremova picked up one of his rackets — as she...

ESPN: Lusia Harris, trailblazing basketball Hall of Famer and only woman officially drafted by NBA team, dies at 66

by admin | Jan 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Lusia Harris, who won three national championships at Delta State and scored the first points in Olympic women’s basketball history in the 1970s, died Tuesday at age 66, her family announced. A cause of death was not given. Harris was the first Black woman...

Kelsey Mitchell of the Indiana Fever leads group of 11 WNBA players on Athletes Unlimited Basketball roster

by admin | Jan 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell, two-time WNBA champion Mercedes Russell of the Seattle Storm, and guard Lexie Brown, who played for the champion Chicago Sky last season, lead a group of 11 WNBA players who will compete in Athletes Unlimited Basketball, which...

2022 WNBA free agency: Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, A’ja Wilson lead list of top-10 free agents

by admin | Jan 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW

WNBA free agency has officially arrived. While no deals can be finalized until Feb. 1, teams were allowed to start talking to players on Jan. 15. And what a group of players this is. There are five former MVPs hitting the market this winter, and seven of the 10...
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