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...
by admin | Apr 3, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Karin Harjo, who was just named the new head coach of Canada’s women’s alpine skiing team, making her the first woman to lead a national ski team on the World Cup stage. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week...
by admin | Mar 30, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
A tennis player alleges in a lawsuit against the U.S. Tennis Association that the governing body for the sport failed to protect her from a coach who she says sexually abused her at one of its training centers when she was 19. Kylie McKenzie alleged coach Anibal...
by admin | Mar 23, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
Three former athletes and a former employee of U.S. Ski and Snowboard have accused former longtime head coach Peter Foley of sexual misconduct including sexual assault, unwanted kissing and touching, and coercing them into taking nude photos, according to interviews...
by admin | Feb 28, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
The irreconcilable disconnect between the Cowboys paying $2.4 million to settle voyeurism allegations and concluding that no wrongdoing occurred compels a much closer look at the situation. Content to close the books on the matter (and to accept the team’s...
by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
U.S. Ski & Snowboard said it is aware of claims of sexual harassment and racism that were made against a snowboarding coach and athlete who are at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Earlier this week, 2010 U.S. Olympian Callan Chythlook-Sifsof leveled...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
“People would say to me, ‘You really want to leave the N.F.L.?’ ‘Yes,’ I would answer, ‘with running shoes on.’” RAMONA WASHINGTON, a former production coordinator at NFL Network who is Black. She said she quit in disgust in 2018 after her report of bias among...
by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
Last fall, when players in the National Women’s Soccer League publicly accused prominent coach Rory Dames of verbal and emotional abuse, Megan Cnota was immediately transported to two decades before, when she was a teenager playing for Dames in suburban Chicago. Yes,...
by admin | Feb 8, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The WTA have continued to express concern for Peng Shuai after the Chinese tennis star spoke publicly to deny she disappeared or was sexually assaulted. Shuai broke her silence in an interview with French publication L’Equipe, insisting she was never...
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