by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Nearly four months after U.S. gymnast Suni Lee won an Olympic gold medal, it was gone. Well, not gone. She just couldn’t put her hands on it. After a whirlwind 10 days in Tokyo, and just a few weeks on campus at Auburn, where she is a freshman, the 18-year-old Lee...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
So, farewell Johanna Konta, said Molly McElwee in The Daily Telegraph. The former British No. 1 has retired from tennis at the relatively young age of 30, citing a long-standing knee problem. Hers was a “slow-burn” career: she laboured for many years on the ITF tour,...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Simone Biles is continuing to push for national gymnastics organizations to take accountability for their role in the Larry Nassar abuse scandal. The gymnast, 24, was honored this week as TIME’s 2021 athlete of the year. In the accompanying profile, Biles...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream shared its support for tennis player Peng Shuai, who was reported missing after accusing a Chinese government official of sexual assault. “The Atlanta Dream believes that protecting civil and human rights is a fundamental part of our...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After the UConn women’s basketball team’s first loss to an unranked team since 2012, head coach Geno Auriemma said Thursday that the Huskies are “in a bad way right now as a team.” The No. 3 Huskies fell 57-44 at Georgia Tech in UConn’s...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Venus Williams first stormed the pro tennis circuit in the late 1990s and made her Grand Slam final debut at the 1997 U.S. Open. At that event, the 17-year-old phenom went runner-up against world No. 1 Martina Hingis, who won in two straight sets. But just three years...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
There will be no World Tennis Tour events held in China in 2022, an International Tennis Federation (ITF) source confirmed to Reuters on Thursday. The source did not say if the move was linked to concerns over the health and safety of doubles star Peng Shuai. Read...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Breanna Stewart reiterated her desire to continue her professional basketball career with the Seattle Storm, the organization that selected her No. 1 overall in the 2016 WNBA Draft. Stewart, an unrestricted free agent, had her 2021 campaign cut short after injuring...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After starting the women’s college basketball season with what was expected to be unprecedented depth on the UConn roster, the Huskies have lost three guards to injury in eight days. On Dec. 1, the Huskies announced freshman Azzi Fudd, the nation’s...
by admin | Dec 9, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Amid lingering international concern over the safety of Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach on Wednesday defended the organization’s handling of her situation and dismissed suggestions that the IOC should take more...
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