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Sports Icon Billie Jean King Scores With ‘Groundbreakers,’ As Female Athletes Discuss How Their Struggles Have Shaped Women’s Sports

by admin | Nov 24, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Billie Jean King always knew that she’d make a difference. “When I was seven, I was drying dishes. I go, “Mommy, mommy, I’m going to do something great with my life. I know it. I just know it.” And she said, “Just get back drying those dishes, you know, and...

Commentary: Women’s sports deserve an even brighter spotlight

by admin | Nov 24, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Fall may be the most exciting season in American sports. The Texas Rangers won their first World Series in franchise history, and the NFL, college football, NBA, and NHL are back in full swing. But did you know that the Las Vegas Aces became the first WNBA team in 21...

Gabrielle Rose, a 2000 U.S. Olympian, qualifies for 2024 Olympic Trials at age 46

by admin | Nov 23, 2023 | Representation, SEW

At age 46, Gabrielle Rose clinched a spot in June’s U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials in Indianapolis, the city where she made the Olympic team in 2000. She is older than any Olympic Trials swimmer since at least 2004, and possibly all of modern history. She supplants Dara...

Emma Hayes’ USWNT to-do list: Player pool, tactics, more

by admin | Nov 23, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Emma Hayes knows more about soccer than you. There’s no shame in it — she knows way more about soccer than me, too. She’s been coaching one of the best women’s teams in the world for more than a decade. She’s won trophies — six...

‘Race this’: Mikaela Shiffrin on her mindset, and her playlist, this ski season

by admin | Nov 22, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Even the winningest alpine skier of all time sometimes needs to pause and take a breath at the top of a mountain. That’s what you learn if you ask Mikaela Shiffrin if — despite her ability to do things no one else can — she ever needs to remind herself that...

Katie Ledecky, Kate Douglass tie for Swimmer of the Year in Golden Goggles first

by admin | Nov 22, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Katie Ledecky and Kate Douglass shared Female Athlete of the Year in a first-ever tie at USA Swimming’s annual Golden Goggle Awards. Ledecky, who won the 800m and 1500m freestyles at July’s world championships, earned her record-extending ninth Athlete of the Year...

No. 2 Iowa bounces back behind Caitlin Clark’s 35-point game

by admin | Nov 22, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Caitlin Clark had 35 points and 10 assists and Kate Martin had a career-high 25 points as No. 2 Iowa responded from its first loss of the season, beating Drake 113-90 on Sunday. It was the 39th career 30-point game for Clark, passing Kelsey Plum for the most 30-point...

Noah Lyles and Sha’Carri Richardson Shine as USA Track and Field Athletes of the Year

by admin | Nov 21, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Sha’Carri Richardson and Noah Lyles are the 2023 USATF Athletes of the Year, following their triple-medal haul at the World AthleticsChampionships in Budapest. In addition to being named the 2023 Jackie Joyner-Kersee Female Athlete of the Year, Richardson witnessed...

North Carolina field hockey, under 23-year-old coach Erin Matson, wins historic NCAA title

by admin | Nov 21, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The North Carolina Tar Heel field hockey dynasty continues – under a history-making rookie head coach. Erin Matson, who took over the Tar Heels program this season after winning four nationals championships as a player, won another one as a coach on Sunday as UNC...

LSU’s Angel Reese Has Message for Fans After Missing Game vs. Southeastern Louisiana

by admin | Nov 20, 2023 | Representation, SEW

When LSU’s Angel Reese didn’t show up before Friday’s game against Southeastern Louisiana, various rumors began appearing about why the Tigers forward was absent. Many of the rumors were sparked by the fact that Reese was benched in the second half of Tuesday’s game...
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