by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When Edniesha Curry first found out new Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups was interested in talking with her, she was skeptical. After all, the California-born Curry was a longtime Lakers fan who rued when Billups and the Detroit Pistons beat Los Angeles in the...
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The United States women’s national soccer team won the 2022 SheBelieves Cup after beating Iceland 5-0 in a must-win game on Wednesday, and goal scorers Catarina Macario and Mallory Pugh were among the players who successfully auditioned for the chance to lead...
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It’s one thing for the decision-makers around women’s soccer to vow, after a year plagued by off-field problems, that they are finally listening to the players. It’s apparently quite another thing for everyone to actually do it. Look no further than...
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Former USA goalkeeper Hope Solo said on Wednesday the women’s national team’s $24m settlement with US Soccer over an equal pay lawsuit was not the huge win it was being trumpeted as but rather “heartbreaking and infuriating”. “Read the fine print. ‘Contingent upon the...
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW
There’s a new kind of dribble bouncing around the Candace Parker household. The WNBA champ welcomed a baby boy with wife Anna Petrakova on February 11, the couple shared on social media. “We are in absolute love and utter appreciation that Goose chose us,” Parker...
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Sha’Carri Richardson is sharing the lessons she’s learned after being suspended from the Olympic team ahead of the Tokyo Summer Games following a positive test for marijuana. Richardson, 21, who tested positive for THC after taking a drug test at the U.S....
by admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Emma Raducanu has been forced to retire from her first round match at the Guadalajara Open with a hip injury. Trailing 5-7 7-6 4-3 to Australia’s Daria Saville, Raducanu called an end to the match — which at three hours and 36 minutes was already the...
by admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Female athletes continue to face opponents on the field and off, constantly told they aren’t good enough or strong enough, are dull to watch, celebrate too much when they win, and cry too much when they lose. But a $24 million settlement between the US...
by admin | Feb 23, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Spanish figure skater Laura Barquero tested positive for a prohibited substance during the Beijing Winter Olympics, the International Testing Agency said on Tuesday. The ITA said Barquero returned an adverse analytical finding for a metabolite of Clostebol, which...
by admin | Feb 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The 2021-22 women’s college basketball regular season is winding down, and it’s that time of year when everyone is finalizing ballots for a variety of honors. But in the case of the Division I national player of the year, the race has been narrowed to one....
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