by admin | Oct 13, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Distance runner Mary Cain, whose career fizzled after what she has called four miserable years at the Nike Oregon Project, has filed a $20 million lawsuit against her former coach, Alberto Salazar, and their employer, Nike. Cain accused Salazar of emotionally abusing...
by admin | Oct 13, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
National Football League cheerleaders are calling on the NFL to release its full report into workplace culture after allegations surfaced that coaches had secretly distributed nude photos of them by email. The emails, first reported by the New York TimesMonday, were...
by admin | Oct 11, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Late last year, the founder and longtime sponsor of the National Women’s Soccer League walked out the door. After starting the league in 2013, U.S. Soccer handed the office keys to executives hired to run the league — most notably a new commissioner, Lisa Baird,...
by admin | Oct 11, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
USWNT and Orlando Pride forward Alex Morgan has said women have been pulled away from playing soccer because of “failures” in how the system is set up for them but added that things are changing as players stand up to their employers. Morgan was speaking...
by admin | Oct 8, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Olympic gymnast McKayla Maroney was just a teenager in 2015, when she was interviewed by the FBI about allegations that then-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar sexually abused her. “I thought I was going to die that night because there was no way he was going to let...
by admin | Oct 7, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The usually staid world of American fencing was roiled by scandal last summer, when sexual misconduct allegations against men’s épéeist Alen Hadžić nearly overshadowed the team’s performance at the Tokyo games. USA Fencing’s handling of the...
by admin | Oct 6, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Former National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) player Mana Shim has accused former coach Paul Riley of being a “predator” who “sexually harassed” her. Riley was fired by the North Carolina Courage last week after an investigative report by...
by admin | Oct 6, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Football Australia has urged players to come forward and make formal complaints after historical allegations of abuse were made by Matildas great Lisa De Vanna. De Vanna, Australia’s second most prolific goalscorer, alleges she was subjected to sexual harassment,...
by admin | Oct 5, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
USWNT and Orlando Pride striker Alex Morgan on Tuesday called for the National Women’s Soccer League to end the systemic failure that led to a decade of alleged sexual harassment of players by some league coaches. The North Carolina Courage last week fired coach...
by admin | Oct 4, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The United States Soccer Federation is launching an independent investigation into alleged “abusive behavior and sexual misconduct in women’s professional soccer.” “U.S. Soccer takes seriously its responsibility to vigorously investigate the...
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