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Sue Bird Is One of Basketball’s Greatest Players. Why Doesn’t Everyone Know Her Name?

by admin | Jan 22, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

In a perfect world, Sue Bird’s extraordinary achievements on and off the basketball court would have already been celebrated on the big screen. Bird is the WNBA’s all-time winningest player; she also has five Olympic gold medals (one of only two basketball players...

Aly Raisman Joins ESPN as Gymnastics Analyst in ‘New Chapter’ of Her Career: ‘I’m So Excited!’ (Exclusive)

by admin | Jan 22, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Aly Raisman is joining ESPN! The three-time Olympic gold medalist is set to join the network as an analyst on its NCAA gymnastics broadcasts, PEOPLE has exclusively learned. ESPN will make an official announcement on Thursday afternoon. Raisman, 29, will make her...

Longtime former college coach Raegan Pebley named Sparks GM

by admin | Jan 9, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Longtime former college coach Raegan Pebley has been named the general manager of the Los Angeles Sparks, the organization announced Friday. Pebley takes over from Karen Bryant, who served as GM for the past year as the Sparks embarked on a new era. Bryant “will...

Mikaela Shiffrin on life’s rollercoaster ride

by admin | Jan 1, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

With 92 World Cup wins, Mikaela Shiffrin became the most successful and decorated alpine skier of all time in 2023. Shiffrin taking time out to reflect on the highs and lows of the past year with World Sport’s Amanda Davis and Coy Wire. Read More

Becky Hammon shouldn’t have to shrink herself for the comfortability of basketball fans

by admin | Dec 26, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Becky Hammons says what she thinks, and that shouldn’t be a problem. In case you’re not familiar with Becky Hammon, as a player, she was a bronze Olympic medalist and a six-time WNBA All-Star. As a coach, she won WNBA Coach of the Year honors in 2022 and has led her...

Simone Biles named AP Female Athlete of the Year for 3rd time

by admin | Dec 26, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

There were jitters, of course. Considering all that happened, how could there not be? When Simone Biles walked onto the floor at a suburban Chicago arena in late July for her first gymnastics competition in two years, she knew plenty of people were wondering how it...

Mercury name Kristi Toliver associate head coach

by admin | Dec 5, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Veteran WNBA guard Kristi Toliver has been named associate head coach of the Phoenix Mercury, the organization announced Friday. She joins the staff of new head coach Nate Tibbetts, who was hired in October after a long career as an NBA assistant coach. Read...

Can Kara Lawson Build Duke’s Next Basketball Powerhouse?

by admin | Dec 4, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

There’sThere’s an urgency about Kara Lawson. You can hear it in the way she speaks, you can see it in the way she moves. Her eyes expand, her shoulders stiffen. When the Duke women’s basketball coach leans forward, you feel the power of her undivided attention. Each...

USWNT head coach Emma Hayes meets with players for first time

by admin | Dec 1, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Emma Hayes traveled to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to meet with U.S. women’s national team players and staff in person, marking the first time that she’s done so since being announced as the next head coach. While Hayes will not move fully into her role until the...

Sports Icon Billie Jean King Scores With ‘Groundbreakers,’ As Female Athletes Discuss How Their Struggles Have Shaped Women’s Sports

by admin | Nov 24, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Billie Jean King always knew that she’d make a difference. “When I was seven, I was drying dishes. I go, “Mommy, mommy, I’m going to do something great with my life. I know it. I just know it.” And she said, “Just get back drying those dishes, you know, and...
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