by admin | Sep 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tobin Heath made her Arsenal debut with a late cameo off the bench as the Gunners ran riot against Manchester City to further bolster their place atop the Women’s Super League. A Kim Little double proved the centrepiece of a 5-0 victory at Meadow Park, as Jonas...
by admin | Sep 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Indiana Fever’s recent season ended earlier than anyone within the organization wanted it to. Again. The Fever went 6-26 in the 2021 campaign, a last-place record that ties a franchise low for wins in one season. For an outsider, this season would almost certainly...
by admin | Sep 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel became the first woman to swim from the Rhode Island mainland to Block Island on Saturday, completing the grueling 10.4-mile route to raise money for cancer research in memory of her late father. Beisel, who competed in three Olympics...
by admin | Sep 27, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
In Aly Raisman: From Darkness to Light, the former Olympian confronts her most challenging task yet: recovering from the sexual abuse she experienced while training as an elite gymnast. Raisman is one of more than 200 survivors of sexual abuse by former USA...
by admin | Sep 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Three weeks after announcing she was stepping away from tennis for the time being, Naomi Osaka addressed her potential return. Appearing on HBO’s The Shop, Osaka said she’s certain about playing again and “probably soon.” “For sure I love the...
by admin | Sep 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Crissy Perham had never spoken publicly about her choice. In 31 years, Perham, a three-time Olympic medalist, told only a handful of people what it was like to be pregnant as a struggling college sophomore and decide to have an abortion. She kept quiet about the...
by admin | Sep 26, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Melanie Newman and Jessica Mendoza who will be ESPN’s first all female MLB broadcast team. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Georgia Tech, who’s women’s basketball team has been put on...
by admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
New York basketball is relevant once again. After breakout seasons by their male counterparts, the Knicks and Nets, the Liberty have joined the party. Following their 91–80 victory over the Washington Mystics on Sept. 17, along with losses by the Mystics and Sparks on...
by admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Mexico’s antitrust commission fined the country’s top soccer clubs and its national federation almost $9 million this week for conspiring to keep the salaries of its female players artificially low. The Federal Economic Competition Commission said Thursday that 17...
by admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Last year, the WNBA dedicated its entire season to social justice, but recently retired Minnesota Lynx player Seimone Augustus remembers a time when the league was afraid to be more political. In a recent interview with the New York Times, the four-time WNBA champion...
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