SEW Sports Equality for Women
  • SEW
  • Timeline
  • Sports Films
  • Team
  • Mission
    • About Our Logo
  • Contribute
  • Contact
Select Page

Female owners encourage young women to pursue football path

by admin | Mar 4, 2021 | Leadership, SEW

It took Sheila Ford Hamp about one second to respond when asked about the potential for women in key roles in the NFL. “The sky is the limit for anything females want to do,” said Hamp, the principal owner of the Detroit Lions. Echoing that statement was Dee Haslam,...

How Kim Ng, Major League Baseball’s First Female GM, Finally Got the Top Job

by admin | Mar 4, 2021 | Leadership, SEW

Kim Ng took her seat on the chartered jet. As assistant general manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers, she was joining the team on a road trip in 2008. Soon the Dodgers players started filing onto the plane, and a flight attendant began taking drink orders from...

C. Vivian Stringer Is the Thread Between the W.N.B.A.’s Emerging Stars

by admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Leadership, SEW

The Liberty’s Betnijah Laney and Erica Wheeler of the Los Angeles Sparks are coming into their own after winding paths with a key intersection: Stringer’s coaching at Rutgers. Read More

Renee Montgomery owning the Atlanta Dream is the latest example of Black women taking over Georgia

by admin | Mar 1, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

With Black History Month in our rearview mirrors, and as we enter a month dedicated to celebrating the history of women, it has become quite apparent that the months of February and March are being merged by the actions of Black women like Renee Montgomery, Stacey...

Jewell Loyd Is in the Gym, Building Her Game and a Community

by admin | Feb 27, 2021 | Leadership, SEW

In the last few months, Loyd has deepened her friendship with Nets guard Kyrie Irving, also a Bryant disciple, as they focus on philanthropic and community endeavors. Read More

WNBA Approves Sale of Atlanta Dream to Larry Gottesdiener

by admin | Feb 26, 2021 | Leadership, SEW

The WNBA and NBA Boards of Governors have unanimously approved the sale of the Atlanta Dream to Larry Gottesdiener, Chairman of Northland, an industry-leading national real estate firm. The three-member investor group is comprised of former Dream star Renee...

Washington Spirit’s high-profile investment group includes Chelsea Clinton, Jenna Bush Hager

by admin | Feb 19, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The Washington Spirit on Wednesday announced the addition of a high-profile group of investors representing sports, business and politics, including Chelsea Clinton and Jenna Bush Hager. The daughters of former U.S. presidents were joined by 40 other new investors,...

After Leader’s Sexist Remark, Tokyo Olympics Makes Symbolic Shift

by admin | Feb 19, 2021 | #MeToo, Leadership, SEW

The selection of Seiko Hashimoto as president represented an abrupt turn after the Olympic committee had apparently intended to name another man in his 80s. Bending to intense criticism from abroad and social media activism at home, the Tokyo Olympic organizing...

From ticket sales to the front office: How Amber Nichols became the G League’s second female GM

by admin | Feb 16, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

“He didn’t buy any tickets from me. But he did ask, ‘What do you really want to do?’ I told him I wanted to be an NBA general manager one day,” Nichols said in a recent phone interview. “He said, ‘Why are you in sales?’ ” Nichols inched closer to her dream job this...

Brenda Frese pulls even with Chris Weller atop Terps’ all-time wins list

by admin | Feb 4, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The number sounded ridiculous when Brenda Frese was hired to take over the Maryland women’s basketball program as a wide-eyed 31-year-old. Really, 499 wins? Nineteen years later, Frese reached that milestone, matching Chris Weller, who was at the helm for 27 seasons,...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Recent Posts

  • How a Women’s College Volleyball Team Became the Center of the Transgender Athlete Debate
  • Geno Auriemma becomes all-time winningest college basketball coach in 40th year at UConn
  • Lindsey Vonn Plans a World Cup Return as She Rejoins the U.S. Ski Team
  • New York Liberty win their first WNBA title and celebrate the end of a long odyssey
  • Susie Maxwell Berning, Hall of Fame Golfer, Is Dead at 83

Recent Comments

  • Guillermo Duque on Where are the Women? by Paulina Duque
  • Mónica R Pardo on WISE Works by Paulina Duque
  • Guillermo Duque on WISE Works by Paulina Duque
  • Nader on Inequality in Sports Made Its Way Into the N.C.A.A Tournament by Paulina Duque
  • Ingrid Jaillier on Inequality in Sports Made Its Way Into the N.C.A.A Tournament by Paulina Duque
  • Home
  • Timeline
  • Sports Films
  • Team
  • Contribute
  • Privacy Policy
  • Facebook
  • X
In Our Header: Gertrude Ederle, Wilma Rudolph, Thelma “Tiby” Eisen, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Lindsey Vonn, Allyson Felix, and Althea Gibson / In Our Footer: Junko Tabei, Stefania Passaro, Uljana Semjonova, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Mirai Nagasu, and Wyomia Tyus

5005 Linnean Ave NW, Washington DC, 20008 e. cieslafdn@gmail.com | t. (202) 362-5760

© The Ciesla Foundation 2022 DCMA Designated Agent - ken.cieslafdn@gmail.com