by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA Board of Governors voted to change its playoff format to eliminate single-elimination games and top-seeded byes beginning with the 2022 postseason, the league announced Thursday.The new format will be three rounds of series play that uses a best-of-3-5-5...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Women’s college basketball’s early signing period has arrived for the Class of 2022. Since releasing our initial top 10 of the class rankings in mid-October, there has been significant movement. (We also expanded the list to 25.) UCLA overtook Oregon for...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If Carli Lloyd’s career as a professional athlete could be summed up by one image, it might be the one that went viral during the Tokyo Olympics: Lloyd, on the field, alone, running wind sprints in the 93 degree heat. The U.S. Women’s National Team had just suffered a...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If it was a movie script, Candace Parker’s life this past year could easily be an Oscar-nominated production. After an illustrious 13-year run for the Los Angeles Sparks, a championship, five All-Star appearances and countless other accolades, Parker made an...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Serena Williams is still haunted by her experience at Indian Wells in 2001 and the mental anguish she says she endured when returning to the California event in 2015 after a lengthy boycott. “Even when I went back 14 years later, it was very traumatizing,”...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It’s been a rough year for favorites in women’s soccer. The U.S. Women’s National Team limped their way to a bronze medal at this year’s Olympics, and now the NWSL’s 2021 title is set to be claimed by either the No. 3-seeded Washington Spirit or No. 4-seeded Chicago...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
After a pandemic year that upended athletics as much as any industry, 2021 saw the gradual return of fans to the sports they love. Tokyo hosted the 2020 Olympics (without spectators) on a one-year delay, professional teams implemented Covid-19 vaccine requirements and...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Two-time WNBA champion Renee Montgomery shook the sports world last year when the Atlanta Dream point guard opted out of her 12th season to turn her attention full time to social justice reform. Through the Renee Montgomery Foundation, she launched the Remember the...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It must take something special to impress Simone Biles, and that’s exactly what happened at the IInStyle Awards on Monday. Famous poet Amanda Gorman revealed that she wrote a poem titled “The Greatest” about the gymnastics legend. Then Gorman, who was to present Biles...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
As more athletes use their platforms to raise awareness of social issues, the sports landscape is becoming more accepting of its athletes’ activism initiatives. At Adweek’s Brandweek Sports Marketing summit, sports icons Candace Parker and Allyson Felix spoke with...
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