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Ash Barty opens 2022 season with win over Coco Gauff in Adelaide

by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Top-ranked Ash Barty had a tough opener to her 2022 season, having to rally from a set and a break down to beat 17-year-old American Coco Gauff 4-6, 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday in the second round of the Adelaide International. The Wimbledon champion dropped serve twice in...

Rapinoe Calls Out Former USSF President’s ‘Misogyny’ in Reaction to His Potential Return

by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Former U.S. Soccer president Carlos Cordeiro is reportedly thinking about seeking his old seat again after receiving multiple nominations despite previously resigned amid controversy. USWNT star Megan Rapinoe reshared ESPN’s report on Twitter Tuesday, highlighting one...

WNBA free agency: Ranking the 20 best free agents for 2022

by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW

After changing teams as an unrestricted free agent last year, Candace Parker led her hometown Chicago Sky to their first WNBA championship. What kind of difference-making free agents are available this season? Whether we see the same kind of fireworks as the past two...

Hockey Fan Spots Cancerous Mole at Game and Delivers a Lifesaving Note

by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Nadia Popovici kept shifting her eyes from the hockey game to the back of Brian Hamilton’s neck. Mr. Hamilton, an assistant equipment manager for the Vancouver Canucks, had a small mole there. It measured about two centimeters and was irregularly shaped and red-brown...

Petra Vlhova edges out Mikaela Shiffrin, who returns to World Cup slalom after quarantine

by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Only her Slovakian rival Petra Vlhova remained out of reach. Otherwise, Mikaela Shiffrin had a satisfying return to competition at a floodlit slalom Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19 and missing two races last week. The American trailed winner Vlhova by...

Keeping promise to herself, figure skater Karen Chen looks for an Olympic redo

by admin | Jan 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Karen Chen left the 2018 Winter Olympics so disappointed over the subpar performances that left her in 11th place that she immediately vowed to try again. “When I got off the ice, I remember telling myself, `You’ve got to go for another four years. This was not your...

Becky Hammon on moving from NBA to WNBA: Las Vegas Aces saw me as ‘a head coach right now’

by admin | Jan 4, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Glass-ceiling breaker Becky Hammon has interviewed for multiple NBA head coaching positions. She’s ready for the opportunity to be a head coach, but she hasn’t received an offer there. Hammon — who was hired as the first full-time female assistant...

Naomi Osaka secures win in first appearance after four-month break from tennis

by admin | Jan 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Naomi Osaka made a triumphant return to tennis in her first match since her hiatus from the sport, defeating Alizé Cornet in the 2022 Melbourne Summer Set. In her first match since September — when she announced she would take an indefinite break from tennis...

Mikaela Shiffrin returns to World Cup after recovering from COVID-19

by admin | Jan 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Mikaela Shiffrin is set to return to the women’s World Cup at a slalom on Tuesday, eight days after a positive Covid-19 test that forced her out of two technical races in Austria last week. Shiffrin had a negative test on Monday afternoon before the American’s name...

‘Fuel to Her Fire’: A Rising Basketball Star Thrives When You Doubt Her

by admin | Jan 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Diamond Johnson glanced over hopefully, expectantly. Andrea Peterson, her high school coach, had yet to receive the anticipated call appointing Johnson to the 2020 McDonald’s All American Game. Peterson had considered delaying practice so the team could gather in...
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