by admin | Apr 6, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Harvard’s women’s basketball program is set to begin a new era. On Tuesday, the school announced the hiring of Carrie Moore as head coach, making her just the second person to hold that post in the past four decades. She replaces Kathy Delaney-Smith, who...
by admin | Apr 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Paige Bueckers can add one more accolade to her extensive resumé. On Tuesday, Front Office Sports announced that the guard became the first women’s basketball player to ever reach one million Instagram followers. While Sports Illustrated cannot verify that claim, as...
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 5, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Serena Williams is a lot of things. She is not only one of the best tennis players ever. But also a mother, a wife, as well as a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and investor. She founded her venture capital firm, Serena Ventures. And has been passionate about investing...
by admin | Apr 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Unprecedented. That’s the only way to describe Iga Swiatek’s sweep of the first WTA 1000 events of the season, capped off by her 17th consecutive win on Saturday to win the Miami Open and complete the Sunshine Double. Swiatek, 20, became the youngest woman...
by admin | Apr 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Anyone can find a bar that shows men’s sports, but Jenny Nguyen wanted to change that when she opened a bar in Portland, Oregon, that only shows women’s sports. “When I first set out on this journey to open up, I had no idea the impact it would have on so many...
by admin | Apr 5, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
During her 28 years as a college basketball head coach, Joanne P. McCallie often had to push her bosses to provide more for her women’s teams. She would look at the men’s basketball programs where she worked and see the inequities: higher salaries for the coaches, a...
by admin | Apr 5, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
That Skylar Diggins-Smith has managed to keep her private life so, well, private, is a social media miracle. The WNBA veteran has been a hot topic for almost two decades, with fans admiring her level of play, leadership and looks—which she chalks up as just being part...
by admin | Apr 4, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley won the program’s second national championship on Sunday night after the Gamecocks knocked off UConn 64–49. After cutting down the nets for the second time in the last five years, Staley said she’s going to continue...
by admin | Apr 4, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Never tell Natasha Cloud to take politics out of her sports. There are few professional athletes – male or female – who can compare to the amount of awareness Cloud has given to important causes in her community and specifically social justice. And once...
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