by admin | Jul 11, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Zaila Avant-garde, who not only became the first African American winner of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but is also a basketball record holder. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the Olympics and...
by admin | Jul 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
For the first time in the Scripps National Spelling Bee’s 96-year history, an African American has taken home the top prize. Fourteen-year-old Zaila Avant-garde, an 8th-grader from Harvey, La., won the prestigious competition — and $50,000. She is the...
by admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
For Sue Bird’s first Olympics, in 2004 in Athens, the team stayed on the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship. Early WNBA stars like Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes and Lisa Leslie led the squad, and a few of the younger players, including Bird, were quite fond of a nightclub on the...
by admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After an 18-year career that included three FIFA Women’s World Cup finals and three Olympic Games, Canada’s Diana Matheson brought down the curtain on her playing days today while promising to do everything she could to bring professional soccer to her...
by admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Top-ranked Ash Barty has reached her first Wimbledon final by beating Angelique Kerber 6-3, 7-6 (3). Kerber served for the second set at 5-3 but was broken at love on Centre Court. Barty then took a 6-0 lead in the tiebreaker and converted her fourth match point when...
by admin | Jul 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It was the morning after a shocking defeat, and Lolo Jones was near tears. “Whenever I go through something tough, I always try to learn something, take away something,” Jones told Good Morning America. “I sulked. I was having a hard time breathing.” Jones...
by admin | Jul 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Growing up, Crystal Dunn would look around at all the other girls playing soccer and wonder if she belonged. In a sport that is still overwhelmingly white in the United States, there was no one who looked like Dunn. No one encouraging her to become more technical...
by admin | Jul 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The first look at Naomi Osaka’s self-titled Netflix documentary has been released. The tennis star, 23, gives fans an intimate look at her life and career in her three-part series directed by 2021 Oscar nominee Garrett Bradley. “No one really knows the...
by admin | Jul 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As the world’s top athletes head into the Tokyo Olympics, a wave of penalizations and criticism are shedding light onto how Black women in sports are treated. In recent weeks, the governing body for aquatic sports refused to approve the use of a swimming cap...
by admin | Jul 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Coco Gauff’s Wimbledon run ended in the fourth round again. The 17-year-old American lost to former Wimbledon champion Angelique Kerber 6-4, 6-4 on Centre Court. It is the second time she has lost at that stage after her breakthrough run at the All England...
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