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...
by admin | Apr 25, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The WTA is still working to find a resolution to the standoff with Chinaover the Peng Shuai issue but will not return to the country this year, Tour chief Steve Simon said. Former doubles world number one Peng’s wellbeing became a concern for the WTA after she posted...
by admin | Apr 25, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
Thirteen female athletes who were sexually assaulted by Lawrence G. Nassar, the former sports doctor for the U.S.A. Gymnastics national team and Michigan State University, are seeking $10 million each from the F.B.I., alleging that its agents mishandled an...
by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
International Tennis Hall of Famer Pam Shriver said she was in an “inappropriate and damaging relationship” with an older coach and warned that the problem still exists in tennis and that more needs to be done to address abuse between coaches and players....
by admin | Apr 6, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
The attorneys general of six states, including New York, have told the N.F.L. they have “grave concerns” about allegations of workplace harassment of women and minorities and warned the league that unless it takes steps to address the problems it could face a broad...
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