by admin | Apr 1, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The elevator ride to Chiney Ogwumike’s Century City penthouse began in silence and ended with the steady thump of Afrobeats. It was a random Tuesday afternoon, but Ogwumike was moving and talking faster than the music, whirling around a condominium that is a monument...
by admin | Mar 31, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
South Carolina Coach Dawn Staley sees the future of women’s basketball with the keen eyes of a Hall of Fame point guard. Much as she did during her college, Olympic and pro playing career, Staley is able to size up the entire field and spot openings to exploit with...
by admin | Mar 31, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Karin Harjo is the new head coach of Canada’s women’s alpine skiing team, making her the first woman to lead a national ski team on the World Cup stage. Alpine Canada announced Harjo’s hiring on Wednesday. “It’s not the first thing that I think about, but it is really...
by admin | Mar 29, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The National Football League set forth new diversity and inclusion efforts for the 2022 season at its annual owners meeting, such as requiring its 32 teams to employ a “female or a member of an ethnic or racial minority” as an offensive assistant, the...
by admin | Mar 29, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
At long last, Felisha Legette-Jack has her dream job — coaching at her alma mater in the city where she grew up. Legette-Jack was introduced Monday as the women’s basketball coach at Syracuse after a decade at Buffalo of the Mid-American Conference. She replaces...
by admin | Mar 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
As is the case with many elite level athletes, they work tirelessly away from sport to make the world a better place. Maya Moore’s story is an astounding one — full of passion, dedication, and the ultimate sacrifice. In 2019, at the peak of her basketball career,...
by admin | Mar 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
In addition to getting back on the court in 2022, Washington Mystics star Elena Delle Donne is also taking on an important role outside the WNBA. Delle Donne was appointed to co-chair President Joe Biden’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition. The White...
by admin | Mar 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Rachel Balkovec, hired by the New York Yankees as the first woman to manage a minor league affiliate of a Major League Baseball team, was hit in the face by a batted ball during a drill and will be sidelined for up to a week. Balkovec was struck Tuesday. She will not...
by admin | Mar 22, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Long before Cari Champion ever knew she’d become a broadcast journalist, she used to tag along to Los Angeles Lakers’ games with her sports-obsessed grandmother, Estelle Manning. Now 96, Manning planted the sports seed in her granddaughter’s heart. Champion recalls...
by admin | Mar 22, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The No. 3-seeded LSU women’s basketball team was upset 79-64 by 6-seed Ohio State in the second round of the NCAA tournament on Monday, but Tigers coach Kim Mulkey still labeled the season “one of my most enjoyable years ever in my career.” Mulkey,...
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