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USWNT’s Carson Pickett becomes first player with a limb difference to feature for U.S. national team

by admin | Jun 29, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Soccer star Carson Pickett became the first person with a limb difference to play on the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT). Pickett, who was born without her left forearm and hand, helped the team win against Colombia on Tuesday. The team and Pickett both...

Rutgers hires Nikki McCray-Penson as assistant women’s basketball coach

by admin | Jun 29, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Rutgers has hired former Tennessee star Nikki McCray-Penson as an assistant coach for the women’s basketball team. Scarlet Knights coach Coquese Washington announced the hiring Tuesday, a day after adding former Rutgers star Tasha Pointer as an assistant coach. Read...

She Was WWE’s First Female Referee. She Says Vince McMahon Raped Her. Rita Chatterton does not want to be forgotten.

by admin | Jun 28, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

On August 28, 2021, Rita Chatterton, a sandy-haired 64-year-old woman, stood at a podium in Albany to receive a “Trailblazer Award” from the International Professional Wrestling Hall of Fame. The Hall of Fame was the brainchild of a wrestling fan named Seth Turner,...

Chelsea must learn from Man United mistakes when replacing Marina Granovskaia, the most powerful woman in football

by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Chelsea may end up spending well over £100 million on new signings this summer, with a new centre-back, full-back, midfielder and centre-forward already on coach Thomas Tuchel’s list of priority acquisitions, but the biggest problem facing the Premier League...

Allyson Felix covers child care for mom-athletes at USA Track & Field Championships

by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Athletes competing at the 2022 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, will not have to worry about child care, thanks to fellow competitor Allyson Felix. Felix, an 11-time Olympic medalist and mom to 3-year-old daughter Camryn, is providing free...

Naomi Osaka Starts a Media Company, With Help From LeBron James

by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

She is a four-time Grand Slam singles champion who ranks as the world’s highest-paid female athlete, having earned $57 million in 2021, mostly from sponsorships. Walmart recently began to stock products from her skin care company, Kinlò, in nearly 3,000 locations....

Title IX’s greatest achievement wasn’t equality. It was possibility.

by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

One thing you learn from watching athletes closely is that muscle isn’t power and in fact can be pretty clumsy and useless. Movement is power — mobility. It’s the tremendous sense of movement created by Title IX over the past 50 years that matters. And sometimes the...

Nike Celebrates Lisa Leslie With a Special Edition Dunk Low

by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Nike (NYSE:NKE +1.78%) is paying homage to the 20th anniversary of Lisa Leslie‘s legendary and historical dunk in a WNBA game. Lisa Leslie became the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game in 2002. She has played for the Los Angeles Sparks since 1997 and has since won...

Sheryl Swoopes, Jennifer Azzi and sacrificing for the American Dream

by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

“I should have been on the team. If I’m really honest about it, I think I was cut from the ‘92 team because I was gay. Because I think there were rumors about me, and one of the coaches was close to a coach who was very, very anti-gay.” Jennifer Azzi shared this...

WNBA to display might of its players through film ‘We Are The W’

by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The WNBA is releasing a new film telling the stories of WNBA newbie DiDi Richards, veteran Isabelle Harrison and legend Angel McCoughtry on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. ET (NBA TV). The film is called “We Are The W” and is meant to give an inside look at the three different...
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