by admin | Mar 22, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Sue Semrau, the all-time winningest coach in Florida State women’s basketball history, announced Monday that she is retiring after 24 seasons with the Seminoles. “Thank you to the amazing players and the talented and diligent members of our staff, you have...
by admin | Mar 17, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
What can we learn from Joe and Clara Wu Tsai’s willingness to do battle with the WNBAover player amenities and the city over Kyrie Irving’s status? That he’s willing to challenge the status quo or that he is as big a supporter of player empowerment as there is among...
by admin | Mar 17, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Texas Southern announced Thursday that women’s basketball coach and WNBA legend Cynthia Cooper-Dyke has retired. “Coach Cooper-Dyke has had a tremendous impact on TSU women’s basketball since her arrival and moved the program to new heights,”...
by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Three congressional lawmakers sent a letter to NCAA president Mark Emmert on Monday, lambasting him for failing to take meaningful steps to ensure gender equity in college sports and suggesting his association is in violation of Title IX. Representatives Carolyn B....
by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership, Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The tennis caravan is parked in Indian Wells, Calif., this week for the BNP Paribas Open, an event that, not unreasonably, calls itself “the fifth major.” Venus Williams, though, is on America’s opposite baseline, home in South Florida. “I’m living my best life,” she...
by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The striking thing about TIAA’s effort to promote awareness of the 30% gap between how much men and women make during their earning years, and thus are able to save for retirement, is how it factors into the plans of women’s basketball’s most significant figures at...
by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Texas Southern women’s basketball coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke’s list of accomplishments should have qualified her for any job in the basketball world. She’s won a championship in high school, two collegiately, four in the WNBA and two Olympic medals. Individually, she’s...
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The National Women’s Soccer League has a brand new commissioner. The league on Wednesday announced the hiring of Jessica Berman as its new leader on “CBS Mornings.” Berman will oversee league operations and serve her four-year term as commissioner...
by admin | Mar 9, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Washington Mystics star has teamed up with TIAA to retire inequality. As she looks to the future, she considers the progress that women in sports have made and the room for more growth. Elena Delle Donne has done it all. Since she was taken second overall in the...
by admin | Mar 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
In the beginning, back in 1997, there were two: Violet Palmer and Dee Kantner. Then, five years later, there was one: Palmer. When she retired in 2016 after her 18-season career, it was back to one: Lauren Holtkamp. But now, in 2021-22, the NBA has six female referees...
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