by admin | Mar 23, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Her name is Nicole Lynn. If you don’t already know about her, it’s likely you will soon. Lynn is an agent and attorney and in 2019 she became only the third woman, and the first Black woman, to represent a top-three NFL draft pick when University of...
by admin | Mar 22, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
Jose Altuve was the little guy and Aaron Judge was the big guy. Max Scherzer was the guy with different-colored eyes and Mike Yastrzemski was the guy with the famous grandfather. None of them were pioneers, but at first they stood out for something beyond their...
by admin | Mar 18, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Basketball star Sue Bird and USWNT soccer star Megan Rapinoe greeted guests as they lined up to receive their Covid vaccines at a mass vaccination site in Seattle. Read More
by admin | Mar 16, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
These athletes have eight Olympic gold medals, four WNBA Championship titles and two World Cup wins between them, but Alex Morgan, Chloe Kim, Simone Manuel and Sue Bird noticed something they’re lacking. It’s actually something the entire world lacks — adequate...
by admin | Mar 11, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
United States women’s national soccer team star Mia Hamm is joining the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Hamm is one of nine women chosen as the class of 2021, announced Monday on International Women’s Day. She joins a select few athletes as part of...
by admin | Mar 9, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
Megan Rapinoe did not plan to propose to Sue Bird by the pool on a lazy afternoon in Antigua last fall, but Megan Rapinoe is not a big planner. She tends to do things in the moment, when they feel right. One of the defining plays of her decade-long international...
by admin | Mar 6, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The pool has long been home to Simone Manuel. Outside of it, the Olympic champion is pushing herself in a new endeavor to boost the profile of women’s sports. She joined with fellow Olympians Sue Bird, Chloe Kim and Alex Morgan to launch TOGETHXR, a media and commerce...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
It has been a packed few years for Alex Morgan. She became a World Cup champion (again), a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against her employer alleging pay inequities and, in the middle of a pandemic, the mother to a little girl, Charlie. Soon she will add...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
Starting in the early 2000s, sports pundits began predicting that, any moment now, Kim Ng would become the first female general manager in Major League Baseball. They floated the idea in 2005, when she interviewed for the job with the Los Angeles Dodgers. It came up...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Billie Jean King is a tennis icon, an activist, a champion for diversity in athletics and now an autobiographer. “Good Morning America” exclusively revealed the cover for “All In: An Autobiography,” the 39-time Grand Slam winner’s...
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