by admin | Jan 12, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
A Greek sailing coach has gone on trial in Athens accused of raping an 11-year-old girl, in a case that came to light when a gold medal-winning athlete spoke out about sexual abuse in sport. Coach Triantafyllos Apostolou appeared in court on Wednesday, almost 12 years...
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
On Oct. 17, Lexie Brown became a W.N.B.A champion. She and the Chicago Sky defeated the Phoenix Mercury to win the first title in franchise history. Yet, four months prior, Brown was sitting at home wondering if she would ever find her way back into the league. Brown...
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Clippers reporter Kristina Pink took a nasty slip during Sunday night’s postgame interview broadcast, but confirmed that she is okay. After speaking with guard Amir Coffey, she suddenly slipped and fell to the court as he walked away, landing face-first. She tweeted...
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Over the course of her first full season as a full-time professional on the WTA tour, Emma Raducanu will come to experience all too much frustration and disappointment as she adjusts to life on the road. In Sydney, her opening tournament of the season, Raducanu...
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Hannah Soar is an athlete who had an early start in the sport of freestyle skiing. She hails from Somers, Connecticut but spent weekends with her family in Killington, Vermont, the location of the biggest ski resort in the eastern part of the United States. At 18...
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Erin Jackson wasn’t going to miss a chance at Olympic gold if her teammate could do anything about it. Jackson, the world’s top ranked woman in the 500 meter event for speed skating, slipped during U.S. Olympic trials in Milwaukee — costing her one of two...
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Rachel Balkovec, a groundbreaking baseball coach, will become the manager of a team in the Yankees’ minor league system, making her the first woman to lead an affiliated professional baseball squad. Balkovec, 34, will manage the Tampa Tarpons, the low Class A...
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Six-time WNBA all-star Dawn Staley joins the 3rd Hour of TODAY to talk about her new podcast called “Netlife,” where she raises issues like inequity in the sport. Read More
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
While some media members have discussed how disappointing it is that Becky Hammon won’t break the NBA’s thick head coaching glass ceiling, Hammon has been a part of a group that’s breaking down other barriers in the WNBA—a league that has also...
by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After a year’s absence because of the coronavirus pandemic, the women’s team dominated the $75,000 Battle of the Sexes in the season-opening Saturday Night Lights event at the Winter Equestrian Festival. In front of a packed house at Palm Beach...
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