by admin | May 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Some years ago, a middle-schooler was kicking the ball around at halftime of her brother’s soccer game in Green Bay, Wisconsin. A coach approached the girl’s parents and asked what team she played for. The girl was Elyse Bennett, who would one day be drafted as the...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Venus Williams, whom I interviewed as one of our six Power of Women New York honorees, clearly has broken barriers. And she has great admiration for other women who have done the same in their respective realms. As for her biggest role models, Williams says she really...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
She concedes she “was listening too much to outside noise”, but Coco Gauff is finally starting to feel a bit more at ease and doing things her way. Gauff made the tennis world sit up and take note of her talent when she became the youngest player to reach the main...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Los Angeles Sparks head into the 2022 season with a roster full of players who competed on the game’s biggest stages. While the players have noteworthy backgrounds, the focus is merging their talents into cohesive gameplay. “Our expectations are to establish a...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
As Los Angeles Sparks star forward Nneka Ogwumike assessed the steps she needed to take to meet her offseason goals in late 2021, the first that came to mind were rest and recovery. Coming off a serious knee injury in early June 2021, Ogwumike worked on getting back...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After making the move to her hometown Chicago Sky in 2021 and helping lead the franchise to its first WNBA title, Candace Parker probably deserved a break. Instead, Parker kept plowing through the offseason, working for Turner Sports on NBA and men’s NCAA Tournament...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Two days after Politico disclosed a draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would reverse the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision allowing abortion rights, several high-profile female athletes spoke out against the proposed change. On Wednesday, the WNBA released a statement...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After Layshia Clarendon was waived by the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday, head coach Cheryl Reeve implied Clarendon’s injury status was to blame. Clarendon, who was limited at the end of last season by a stress fracture in their right fibula, rehabbed the injury during the...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kelsie Whitmore relieved for the Staten Island FerryHawks with the bases loaded and retired former major leaguer Ryan Jackson on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to pitch in the independent Atlantic League. Days after breaking another barrier by starting in left...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Venus Williams is a fierce warrior both on and off the court. One of the all-time tennis greats and formerly ranked No. 1 in the world, she has advocated for pay equity for women in her profession for many years. For Williams, playing Wimbledon as a young athlete was...
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