by admin | Apr 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW, Uncategorized
When it was released in 2013, Augusta National had only just accepted its first two female members the previous year in former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and financier and philanthropist Darla Moore. Yet with the birth of two tournaments at Augusta before...
by admin | Apr 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW, Uncategorized
The National Women’s Soccer League said on Tuesday it had opened an investigation under its antidiscrimination policy after Chicago Red Starsdefender Sarah Gorden said she and her boyfriend were racially profiled by a Houston security...
by admin | Apr 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Brooke Henderson was flying higher than a flock of Canadian geese at the end of 2019. She had just set the record for the most LPGA wins (nine) by a Canadian in only five years on tour and polished off her fourth straight season with multiple victories. At...
by admin | Apr 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It’s a rare feat in baseball or softball to pitch a “perfect game.” That happens when no opponent reaches base — not by a hit, or a fielding error, or a walk. But pitcher Hope Trautwein of the University of North Texas made history on Sunday by...
by admin | Apr 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It is the dream of every pitcher. All the opposing batters retired in order. A perfect game. But is a perfect game really perfect? After all, a few players will have gotten at least some bat on the ball, even if it was just a pop-up or a groundout. Read...
by admin | Apr 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If the U.S. women’s national team’s draw vs. Sweden on Saturday uncovered some light cracks in the foundation, then Tuesday’s response vs. France filled them right up. Early goals from Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan sent the U.S. on its way...
by admin | Apr 14, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
A federal judge on Monday approved a partial settlement in the long-running dispute over equal pay between U.S. Soccer and its World Cup-winning women’s national team, but the players’ fight with the federation is far from over. Read More
by admin | Apr 13, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
A federal judge approved a partial deal between players on the women’s national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation over unequal working conditions. U.S. District Judge R. Gary Klausner approved the Dec. 1 settlement during a hearing Monday. The deal calls for charter...
by admin | Apr 13, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
D.C. United hired Lucy Rushton as its general manager, multiple people familiar with the decision said Monday, making her MLS’s highest-ranking woman in charge of player personnel and one of the few in U.S. professional sports. Rushton’s hiring comes five...
by admin | Apr 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Arella Guirantes has seemed destined for the W.N.B.A. ever since she stood 4 feet 7 inches tall as a fifth-grader on the varsity team in summer league at Bellport High School on Long Island. Her basketball skills have always been steps ahead of her peers’, and her...
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