by admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Night after night, a bright lantern dangles from a dogwood tree outside of a Pennington, New Jersey, home so that a tall, athletic teenage girl can see what she is doing. With a basketball in hand and a hoop in sight, she polishes her skills on the chance her immense...
by admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Becky Hammon never played for the Las Vegas Aces. But the fact they are honoring her at halftime of Monday’s game by raising her No. 25 to the rafters in Las Vegas sends a good sign to her about the team and the WNBA as a whole. Hammon, who is entering her...
by admin | Sep 10, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Less than a decade ago, there were no women coaching in the NFL. In 2015, Jen Welter became the first woman to serve in an NFL coaching role when the Arizona Cardinals hired her to an intern position. The following year, Kathryn Smith became the NFL’s first full-time...
by admin | Sep 3, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Morgan Tuck, the standout forward for University of Connecticut, then for half a decade in the WNBA before retiring earlier this year, said she only realized fairly recently that she needed to be more vocal in her using her voice for social change. A pivotal moment...
by admin | Aug 31, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Today, more than 800 million people will have a period. And of those people, many know the anxiety that can come with playing sports during that time of the month. What if there’s leakage? How do I play through the pain? Layshia Clarendon gets it. “I have had a period...
by admin | Aug 31, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
As a prep star at Harrisonburg High School, Kristi Toliver wore the No. 5 on her jersey because of Jason Kidd. So it was quite the full-circle moment for Toliver, whose basketball journey had since taken her from Virginia Ms. Basketball to NCAA champion to two-time...
by admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
U.S. Soccer Federation (USSF) president Cindy Parlow Cone announced on Saturday that she will run for re-election at the organization’s next Annual General Meeting in March. Parlow Cone made the announcement during a news conference that followed Friday’s...
by admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Leadership, Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The demand for women’s sports is growing, but women’s sports fans and consumers already knew that. The NWSL and WNBA were the only professional sports leagues in North America to experience increased TV ratings during 2020 amid the pandemic. Star athletes like Naomi...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Kristi Toliver has a day job right now playing for the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. When that gig ends for the winter, she will become an assistant coach on Jason Kidd’s Dallas Mavericks staff, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Read More
by admin | Aug 13, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
For San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon, last season had its ups and downs. Not only did the team have to navigate COVID-19 protocols and an impactedschedule, but they finished the season with a 33-39 record, ranked tenth in the Western Conference. And yet,...
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