by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Although her WNBA playing and coaching career took her around the country, new Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard is no stranger to Arizona. “Both of my parents are from Tucson,” said Nygaard, who was born in Scottsdale. “My dad went to UA and my mom went to Arizona State...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
A different kind of Black Girl Fly was on display last week at the University of Florida versus the University of Alabama Women’s Gymnastics competition. Seniors Trinity Thomas and Nya Reed pulled off the upset with consecutive 10.0 scores over No. 11-ranked Alabama,...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Dutch speed skater Jorien ter Mors, the first female athlete to win Olympic medals in two disciplines at the same Winter Games, has retired from the sport. Over a 16-year career, the 32-year-old speed skater won three long track gold medals and one short track bronze...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Mississippi State women’s basketball forward Rickea Jackson, the SEC’s leading scorer this season, plans to enter the transfer portal, she announced in a social media post Monday. “First and foremost, I would like to say that my time in Starkville...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Playing on a professional golf tour can be a lonely place for players, traveling all over the globe with often very little time spent at home. But for sisters Jessica and Nelly Korda, they have a “built-in best buddy” who comes with them to keep them...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
While the superstars of the main tour inevitably attract the majority of the attention at this year’s Australian Open, two young women have made history in the junior tournament. Iran’s Meshkat al-Zahra Safi and Kenya’s Angella Okutoyi have both reached historic...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Wendy Marco stood on the ice at the Washington Capitals’ practice facility in early January and faced a group of 7- and 8-year-olds as she explained the difference between a verb and a noun. Learning, Marco explained, is a verb. It is an action and something that...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. will have a female ski jumper at the Olympics after all. Anna Hoffmann, originally the sixth alternate, got into the Olympic field after two nations returned a quota spot and four of the top five alternate nations declined spots, according to the U.S. Olympic...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Breezy Johnson, the United States’ top women’s downhill skier, will not compete in the Beijing Olympics next month after suffering a knee injury in a crash in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy, she said. Johnson immediately felt a “massive crack”...
by admin | Jan 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After breaking her neck and back in a frightening crash in her debut at the Pyeongchang Olympics, 29-year-old luger Emily Sweeney returns to the Games. The big picture: Sweeney said getting back on the sled “took everything” she had, but 11 months after...
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