by admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Aubrey Bledsoe plans to play pro soccer for the foreseeable future. At 29, she is middle-aged for a goalkeeper. She was voted the best keeper in the National Women’s Soccer League in 2019 and ascended into the U.S. national team player pool. Yet as she...
by admin | Apr 9, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Adia Barnes came one basket away from leading the Arizona women’s basketball team to the national championship. Would she take on being the coach of the school’s men’s basketball team as her next challenge? Read More
by admin | Apr 8, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Monmouth will turn to someone with experience rebuilding programs in the Big Ten and Big East in an effort to revive its dormant women’s basketball program. Ginny Boggess, an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Penn State, has been tabbed by the school as...
by admin | Apr 8, 2021 | Guest Blogs, Leadership, SEW
Nearly 20 years ago, back in 1993, Sue Rodin was working at a small sports marketing agency and was the only female executive. After a few years with the agency it became apparent that there was a significant wage gap between Rodin and her male counterparts. At the...
by admin | Apr 6, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Rebecca Welch made history on Monday as she became the first appointed female referee to take charge of an English Football League (EFL) game.The 37-year-old, who has previously refereed high-profile women’s matches, oversaw Port Vale’s 2-0 win against...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Fifty years ago, Carole Oglesby helped establish a governing body for women in college athletics at a time when the National Collegiate Athletics Association only oversaw men’s sports. When she saw images earlier this month of the inferior training facilities provided...
by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
After years of being passed over, in November Ng became the first woman to be named GM of a North American professional men’s team. Landing the Marlins job was a breakthrough, but Ng knows that to keep it—and help others like her follow—she’ll have to win. Read...
by admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The umpires in baseball are often taken for granted, like the field geometry, the bases, the fair poles and the seats in the stands. Except for those moments when a decision angers one team or the other, umpires are part of the background to the game. Perhaps that...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
This year’s March Madness might have exposed gaps in gender equity in college sports, but for two Black women, the 2021 NCAA women’s tournament will always represent a moment when history was made. For the first time in NCAA women’s tournament...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
The story of Abby Wambach’s role in the history-making Angel City FC soccer team started with a simple — and surprising — direct message from Natalie Portman. Wambach, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, recounted how Portman got her involved with the first...
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