by admin | Jun 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The United States women’s national team announced its 23-player roster for the 2022 Concacaf W Championship next month and once again, star forward Alex Morgan was among those to get the nod. Morgan, a three-time World Cup selection and three-time Olympian, was one of...
by admin | Jun 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
State Department officials met Monday with members of the Phoenix Mercury about Brittney Griner’s monthslong detention in Russia and the Biden administration’s efforts to secure her release. The State Department confirmed the meeting, which involved...
by admin | Jun 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Rio de Janeiro Olympics gold medalist Monica Puig announced her retirement from professional tennis at age 28 via a post on social media Monday. Puig became the first athlete to win gold for Puerto Rico in any sport at an Olympics with her women’s singles triumph in...
by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Last Saturday, like many days here in early June, was a softball fiesta. The 13,100-seat stadium — burnished and bulked up by a $27.5 million renovation that added a second deck — was teeming with young pony-tailed fans from Alva to Ardmore, partisans in Oklahoma,...
by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Scott Whitmore stood along the concourse on a recent spring night watching the final inning of a Staten Island FerryHawks home game wind down when a New York City police officer approached him from the third-base side. “After the game,” the officer said sheepishly,...
by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When former Denver Broncos owner Pat Bowlen died in 2019, control of the team was given to a family trust. That meant Bowlen’s seven children split operating duties for the Broncos. Even if you’re not a math whiz, you can probably deduce that if you divide...
by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
WNBA players didn’t even have a contract for the first two years of the league’s existence, and it would be six years before they got free agency. Not until 2005, after the U.S. women had already won two World Cups and two Olympic gold medals, was U.S. Soccer...
by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The coach of the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury, Vanessa Nygaard, told reporters after their game on Sunday that the team was expecting to be briefed by the US State Department Monday on the latest efforts to bring team member Brittney Griner home from Russia, where she...
by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
In the 50 years since Title IX passed, women went from having a fraction of the Olympic medal events of men to carrying Team USA, despite still having fewer medal opportunities. The value of the U.S. women, and by extension the impact of Title IX, was clear on the...
by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
On Sunday, June 12, Sha’Carri Richardson displayed a magnificent return to form when she came in first place during the women’s 200m race at the NYC Grand Prix. Richardson, 22, ran a time of 22.38. Read More
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