by admin | Feb 13, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Chloe Kim who not only won a gold medal in the women’s halfpipe but also became the first woman ever to win multiple golds in the discipline. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Rory Dames and...
by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s Winter Olympics will be decided not on the ice rink but by three women and three men at a boardroom table in a five-star Beijing hotel a short drive from the stadium where she thrilled the world this week. The 15-year-old...
by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s curling team continued to stay atop the Olympic standings following an 8-4 win against China during Session 3 on Friday. Team USA, behind skip Tabitha Peterson, improved to 3-0 in Olympic play with the win. The team came into the third session tied...
by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When Team USA’s Erin Jackson slipped during a 500-m long-track speedskating trial, the athlete, who was ranked No. 1 in the world, thought her chance of competing at the 2022 Winter Olympic Games had slipped away, too. Then an unexpected act of generosity changed it...
by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. survived a scare against the Czech Republic in the Beijing Olympics women’s ice hockey tournament quarterfinals, finally pulling away to win 4-1 on Friday. The Americans outshot the Czech team 59-6, but the score was tied entering the third period...
by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Three-time U.S. Olympian Brianna Decker said she will need surgery after her tournament-ending injury at the Winter Olympics but will do all she can first to help defending champions the United States retain their women’s ice hockey title at the Games. The U.S....
by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Maria Taylor has had a wild couple of years. “You can’t make up the story lines that end up leading to my very first Super Bowl,” she says now, in her first full interview since the controversy that led her to leave her longtime perch at ESPN for NBC Sports. The...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Skeleton is a heart-racing, adrenaline-fueled event where a single racer flies face first down a frozen track — sometimes going more than 80 mph, belly first on a sled. Kelly Curtis is the first to say this sport is “crazy.” That doesn’t make her...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Pay Equity, SEW
When the U.S. women’s national team and the U.S. Soccer Federation agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement back in 2017, it seemed like a relief for both sides at the time. The USWNT’s previous contract had expired months prior, and the players had...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When tennis star Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open in May 2021 to protect her mental health, the move shook the tennis world and put mental health in the spotlight. As Osaka, then 23 and the No. 2 player in the world, walked away from the Grand Slam event at...
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