by admin | Oct 16, 2023 | Leadership, Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Billie Jean King is still globetrotting in support of more investment and equity in women’s sports. She attended the Women’s World Cup in Australia, kicked off the player draft for the new women’s professional hockey league in Toronto and is opening an office in...
by admin | Oct 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Simone Biles’s legendary status keeps on soaring! Biles, 26, shared her emotional reaction to having a fifth gymnastics skill named after her in an Instagram post on Friday, after becoming the most decorated gymnast of all time at the World Gymnastics Championships...
by admin | Oct 13, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Those who compete in the National Women’s Soccer League consider it the most competitive league in the world. Those outside of it? Their views vary greatly, and they are not always positive. In England on Tuesday, Manchester United head coach Marc Skinner...
by admin | Oct 12, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The Las Vegas Aces are one win away from repeating as WNBA champion following a dominant performance against the New York Liberty in Game 2 of the 2023 WNBA Finals. The Aces cruised to a 104-76 win to take a commanding 2-0 series lead. Las Vegas scored a Finals-record...
by admin | Oct 11, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Carli Lloyd cares a lot about soccer—and a lot less about what you might think of her. “I’m not there to be liked,” Lloyd says in the latest episode of the Bloomberg Originals series Power Players. “I want to earn your respect by doing all the right things and just...
by admin | Oct 11, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Teresa Weatherspoon is finalizing a deal to become the next head coach of the Chicago Sky, a source close to the situation confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday night. Weatherspoon, one of the WNBA’s most iconic players since its launch in 1997, was the top target for...
by admin | Oct 11, 2023 | Representation, SEW
U.S. gymnastics legend Mary Lou Retton is “fighting for her life” in the intensive care unit, according to her daughter McKenna Kelley’s Instagram story. Retton was admitted to the hospital with “a very rare form of pneumonia,” per Kelley’s post on Tuesday afternoon....
by admin | Oct 10, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Game 1 of the WNBA Finals was something of a statement for the Las Vegas Aces. The defending champion Aces used a dominant second half to get out to a 1-0 series lead over the New York Liberty. After trailing by three points at the half, Las Vegas outscored New York...
by admin | Oct 10, 2023 | Representation, SEW
As the National Women’s Soccer League’s regular season pushes towards the postseason in all of its chaotic, anything-could-happen glory, we’re gifted with a chance to reflect before the playoff field is set. Armed with a nearly full season’s...
by admin | Oct 9, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Second-ranked Iga Swiatek won the China Open final with a near-perfect 6-2, 6-2 victory over Liudmila Samsonova on Sunday for her tour-leading fifth title of the season. Swiatek’s triumph, in her first visit to China, was her 16th career title and adds to her...
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