by admin | Mar 2, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
When Cleveland Indians team president Chris Antonetti addressed the media on Feb. 4, he opened his virtual news conference by telling reporters in a somber tone that he was “disturbed, distraught and saddened” by the allegations against former Indians pitching coach...
by admin | Mar 1, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
For a moment, it looked as if the most powerful people in Japan were three 20-something women. In a country where the young are taught to keep quiet and defer to their elders, the trio of women decided to speak out after the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing...
by admin | Mar 1, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
“When we hired Mickey, Mickey was the hot commodity,” Alderson said Monday. “There were a number of teams that were anxious to talk to him and possibly sign him to a contract. We felt very fortunate at the time to get him based on his reputation in...
by admin | Feb 26, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Twenty former employees of the Washington Football Team who say they witnessed or endured sexual harassment by team executives demanded Thursday that the NFL make public its investigation into the team’s workplace. The letter to Commissioner Roger Goodell is part of a...
by admin | Feb 26, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Several cheerleaders maintain they’re collateral damage in the team’s efforts to move on from a variety of controversies and scandals. They also detailed a culture of being underpaid and undervalued while the team made big bucks off their appearances. Read...
by admin | Feb 26, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Former U.S. Olympic gymnastics coach John Geddert, who led the women’s team to a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Games, killed himself Thursday after he was charged with sexual assault and human trafficking in relation to acts that occurred at a Michigan gym he owned...
by admin | Feb 22, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
A day after Rudy Giuliani appeared on a podcast and shared an inappropriate story about Michelle Wie West, the LPGA player took to social media to express her disgust with the former New York City mayor. Wie West on Friday called it “unsettling to hear of this highly...
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...
by admin | Feb 18, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Shortly after dismissing the team’s general manager, the Mets also fired Ryan Ellis, a hitting coordinator whose inappropriate behavior was first reported in 2018. The Mets said in a statement on Wednesday that the case had been investigated at the time and Ellis was...
by admin | Feb 16, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Yoshiro Mori, the 83-year-old who headed the Tokyo 2020 Olympic organizing committee, announced his resignation on Friday after an uproar over remarks demeaning women, including saying that female colleagues talk too long at meetings. But the leadership change also...
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