by admin | Jun 24, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Former Wimbledon finalist Andrea Jaeger says she was sexually harassed “at least 30 times” in the women’s locker room during her career by a WTA staff member. In an interview with The Independent, Jaeger, who turned professional at just 14 years old and peaked at No 2...
by admin | Jun 17, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
The Michigan Supreme Court on Friday rejected a final appeal from sports doctor Larry Nassar, who was sentenced to decades in prison for sexually assaulting gymnasts, including Olympic medalists. Attorneys for Nassar said he was treated unfairly in 2018 and deserved a...
by admin | Jun 10, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
“If I said I wasn’t nervous I’d be lying,” Anyika Onuora suggests with a little smile in the front room of her mother’s house in Liverpool. We have known each other since I first interviewed Onuora in April 2017 and in the intervening years she has confidentially told...
by admin | Jun 9, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
The accusations have been frequent and startling: more than two dozen women have said the football star Deshaun Watson harassed or assaulted them during massage appointments that Watson and his lawyers insist were innocuous. Two grand juries in Texas this year...
by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
A group representing 90 young women — including U.S. Olympic team gymnasts Simone Biles, McKayla Maroney and Aly Raisman — filed federal tort claims against the FBI on Wednesday, seeking more than $1 billion in damages for the bureau’s mishandling of its investigation...
by admin | May 27, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The Jamaican athlete that was in a relationship with Track and Field sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson has admitted to being abusive during their relationship. Richardson first alleged the abuse on her Instagram last week. Janeek Brown admitted to the abuse in a new...
by admin | May 17, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The WTA has released an updated tournament calendar for the 2022 season, with no events taking place in China and the venue for the season-ending WTA Finals yet to be disclosed. The Tour said last month it was still working to find a resolution to the stand-off with...
by admin | May 16, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
Amelia Cline can still remember what she loved about gymnastics; the 32-year-old Canadian says it was the chance to explore the limits of gravity. “I was fearless,” she told CNN from her home in Vancouver. “Every child likes to learn how to flip, all...
by admin | May 3, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
The U.S. Center for SafeSport suspended 1988 U.S. Olympic pairs bronze medalist and renowned figure skating coach Peter Oppegard Monday after an investigation of allegations of physical abuse, according to emails obtained by USA TODAY Sports and two people questioned...
by admin | May 2, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
MacKenzie Loesch says she still has a clear memory of the encounter that broke her. It was 10 years ago, and Loesch was 12 — a rising taekwondo star from a small town in Missouri. Her training facility was two hours away, and her coach, Thomas Hardin, would often...
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