by admin | Feb 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The SheBelieves Cup, hosted by U.S. Soccer every spring, may not be a World Cup or an Olympics, but it has still become one of the most important events on the calendar for the U.S. women’s national team. That’s because the tournament has served as a...
by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
As it has been, and as it always will be, Black female athletes are the beating heart of sports and continue to set the standard for everyone. Long before Colin Kaepernick knelt and John Carlos and Tommie Smith raised their fists on an Olympic podium, there was Althea...
by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Serena Williams, Billie Jean King and Alex Morgan were among the sportswomen to star during the 56th edition of the Super Bowl. The Los Angeles Rams overturned a 20-16 deficit to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20, triumphing at the SoFi Stadium in front of a home...
by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Russian figure skating star at the center of doping questions at the Beijing Olympics will be allowed to continue to compete despite failing a doping test weeks ago, but officials will not conduct an awards ceremony or hand out medals in any event she wins until...
by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Jamie Anderson and Julia Marino had their bubbles burst before qualifying began for women’s snowboard big air. Behind the scenes, these pandemic Olympics haven’t been what they hoped. “Just like a little bit tapped out,” Anderson said....
by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Erin Jackson has ended the United States’ individual medal drought in speed skating, surging to a historic Olympic gold in the women’s 500m. The former roller derby skater from Ocala, Florida, who went off in the penultimate pair from the inside lane on Sunday night,...
by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The son of U.S. bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor is with her every step of the way at the Winter Olympics. NBC’s cameras focused on an adorable cartoon figure of Nico affixed to Meyers Taylor’s shoe at the monobob event on Sunday in Beijing. Read More
by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Perfection is rarely achieved in sports. When it does happen it should be recognized and celebrated. In the last 39 years of DI women’s basketball, only nine teams have finished the season as undefeated champions. While there have been nine individual instances of...
by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lindsey Jacobellis looked at the final results and laughed. Not at the outcome, but at the birth years. Only one other rider – besides she and teammate Nick Baumgartner – in the snowboardcross mixed team final was born in the 1980s. All those younger snowboarders,...
by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
U.S. Ski & Snowboard said it is aware of claims of sexual harassment and racism that were made against a snowboarding coach and athlete who are at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China. Earlier this week, 2010 U.S. Olympian Callan Chythlook-Sifsof leveled...
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