by admin | Sep 12, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
At the beginning of training camp for the 2002 season, Los Angeles Sparks head coach Michael Cooper gathered his team together to set the tone for the year ahead. The Sparks had come off a season in which they had won their first championship in franchise history and...
by admin | Sep 12, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Sue Bird walked off the court Tuesday for the last time, her WNBA career concluding where it started two decades earlier. Despite a season-ending loss, the Seattle Storm point guard received a fitting tribute from the crowd at Climate Pledge Arena. The fans roared...
by admin | Sep 9, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Las Vegas Aces are ridiculously stacked. Their superstar, A’ja Wilson, won her second WNBA MVP award this season, and also won Defensive Player of the Year while finishing third in the league in total points. Kelsey Plum is the all-time leading scorer in women’s...
by admin | Sep 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Afew months ago I received an unexpected call, asking me to lead the government review into women’s football. Despite it being such a great opportunity, it took me some time to say yes. Honestly, I had to think about it. I do not have experience in leading reviews of...
by admin | Sep 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Tennis legend Billie Jean King has always been outspoken about women in sports and about how high-profile women can help each other. And now that fellow trailblazer Serena Williams has played her last match as a professional, King says that Williams’ largesse as a...
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Leadership, Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Representatives of the United States women’s and men’s national teams — flanked by a few members of Congress — formally signed their new collective bargaining agreements with the U.S. Soccer Federation after the USWNT’s 2-1 win over...
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
PRESIDENT AND CEO John Doleva was making what has become a routine phone call for him after more than 20 years with the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. On the other end of the line was New Orleans Pelicans vice president of basketball operations Swin Cash....
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Serena Williams’ final match at the US Open, and likely the last of her career, shattered an ESPN record last week. Williams’ match against Australia’s Ajla Tomljanovic on Friday in Round 3 of the US Open marked the most-watched tennis match ever on ESPN, according to...
by admin | Sep 7, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
This time there were tears, on the court and in the stands. The finality of the situation finally hitting Sue Bird and the thousands that showed up hoping to see her career continue for at least 40 more minutes. Chelsea Gray was simply too good, sending the Las Vegas...
by admin | Sep 5, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
There is almost never a moment when Arthur Ashe Stadium is completely silent. It is too big, too vacuous. There are too many people scurrying to seats, having hushed conversations or clinking glasses filled with $22 cocktails. When tennis players come into this...
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