Leadership

Naomi Osaka on finding the power of her voice

By the age of 23, she had become the highest-paid female athlete in the world, ever. And when she withdrew…

3 years ago

Rutgers Hall of Fame women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer announces retirement after 50 seasons

Hall of Fame coach C. Vivian Stringer announced her retirement after 50 years in college basketball on Saturday.

3 years ago

DiDi Richards Designs Her Future

The New York Liberty’s DiDi Richards is only entering her second WNBA season, but as a rookie, she seamlessly mastered…

3 years ago

How Natalie Portman and her Angel City FC cofounders are changing the game for women’s soccer

Professional women’s soccer has been undervalued and under-resourced. The high-profile owners of L.A.’s new NWSL team are rewriting the rules…

3 years ago

Former USWNT star Carli Lloyd becomes minority owner of Gotham FC following retirement

Former USWNT star Carli Lloyd has joined the ownership group of Gotham FC, the National Women's Soccer League team she…

3 years ago

How Danita Johnson Is Flipping the Field

The pioneering D.C. United president has big plans for MLS’s founding franchise.

3 years ago

Billie Jean King: ‘As an athletic,’ winning Battle of the Sexes ‘meant nothing.’ Culturally, ‘it meant everything.’

Ahead of the 50th anniversary of Title IX, tennis star and activist Billie Jean King joins Andrea Mitchell to talk…

3 years ago

Maryland signs women’s basketball coach Brenda Frese to contract extension through 2028-29 season

Frese, the winningest coach in program history, just completed her 20th season in College Park.

3 years ago

Naomi Osaka Says Tennis Changed Her Life — So She’s Extending Same Opportunities to Young Girls

Naomi Osaka's Play Academy is launching a new website to further its efforts to include girls from marginalized communities in…

3 years ago

San Francisco Giants’ Alyssa Nakken, 31, makes major league history as first woman to coach on field in regular-season game

San Francisco's Alyssa Nakken, 31, came in to coach first base for the Giants in the third inning Tuesday night,…

3 years ago