by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The 24-year-old returned to action in Australia after four months out following the US Open. She withdrew from the Melbourne Summer Set because of an abdominal injury. Osaka says she will “rest and prepare for the Australian Open”, which begins on 17...
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The teenage girls in the red jerseys and black hijabs huddle close on the chilly pitch in this soccer-crazy city and chant their team’s name. “We are Ayenda!” they shout out, using the word for future in Dari, the Afghan dialect of Persian. “We...
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Kim Wyant’s life in soccer has spanned multiple decades. Her accomplishments span from a spot on the first United States women’s national soccer team in 1985, to becoming the first and only woman head coach of a college men’s soccer team, leading NYU to an NCAA...
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
On Friday, Sue Bird indicated via Instagram that she will return to the WNBA for the 2022 season. After the Seattle Storm lost to the Phoenix Mercury in round two of the 2021 WNBA Playoffs, Bird said she wasn’t sure if she had just played her last basketball game....
by admin | Jan 9, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Brittany Bowe who broke her own speed skating and qualified for her third Olympic team. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the NBA for missing a major opportunity with Becky Hammon.
by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Although Brittany Bowe was confident she’d win the 1000m at the U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Trials, beating a certain skater’s time was a bonus. That would be Brittany Bowe circa 2019. Breaking her own track record, Bowe proved why she is queen of the 1000m. She glided...
by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
For as long as women’s soccer teams have competed at the international level, the US Women’s National Team has been the crème de la crème. But the power dynamics of the sport may be shifting. The USWNT will face a noticeably weaker schedule of opponents in...
by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
As captain of the U.S. women’s soccer team, Becky Sauerbrunn is an expert when it comes to navigating tough conversations. But this fall, the prospect of one particular conversation scared her. Sauerbrunn had decided to freeze her embryos. “Broaching the subject with...
by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Coming into Thursday, there were three undefeated teams left in Division I women’s basketball. But after No. 5 NC State’s 72-45 victory over visiting No. 19 North Carolina on Thursday, only two are left: No. 4 Arizona and Colorado of the Pac-12. The Tar...
by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Thursday night at the U.S. Olympic figure skating trials, as younger women started to secure their places on the 2022 Olympic team, another woman, an older skater with the name that everyone still knows, offered a glimpse of her magical past on her singular journey...
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