by admin | Dec 29, 2021 | SEW
The four-time Grand Slam champion has been on a break from the court since crashing out of the US Open in the third round. Osaka revealed winning no longer left her feeling happy, and losing left her feeling “very sad”. As a result, she put her mental...
by admin | Dec 29, 2021 | 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 | Dec 29, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
First, there was young, four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka, who in May announced on Twitter that she was withdrawing from the French Open and stepping away from the court. Depression, she said, was the reason. Then came Simone Biles. The world’s greatest...
by admin | Dec 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Jessie Diggins essentially wrapped up a spot on her third U.S. Olympic team by earning her first cross-country skiing World Cup victory of the season on Tuesday. Diggins won a freestyle sprint in Lenzerheide, Switzerland, to open the annual Tour de Ski, a Tour de...
by admin | Dec 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The French athlete, who won the women’s giant slalom World Cup title in 2017, took advantage of the absence of Shiffrin, with the American forced to miss the two races between Christmas and New Year because of a positive coronavirus test. Worley won by 0.30 seconds in...
by admin | Dec 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Two Big Ten women’s basketball games scheduled for Thursday have been canceled because of COVID-19 protocols, it was announced Monday. No. 21 Iowa’s game at Penn State has been called off because of positive COVID-19 test results in the Nittany...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Ifeoma Onumonu was asked recently what she saw when she looked at the National Women’s Soccer League logo. Until that moment, the Gotham FC forward hadn’t reflected too deeply about the image or what it signified. But Onumonu’s first thought was about what it didn’t...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The speed that hydrofoils add to boats transformed the world of competitive sailing, but it has nothing on the dizzying rate of CJ Perez’s ascent in the sport. After starting to sail at 13, the Honolulu native turned 18 just in time to take her place aboard a...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin tested positive for the coronavirus and will miss this week’s Alpine skiing World Cup races. “I wanted to let you all know that I’m doing well, but unfortunately I had a positive COVID test,” was posted on her social media Monday morning. “I’m...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
With the year winding down and few Canadians paying attention on the last Monday before Christmas, swimmer and Olympic gold medallist Maggie Mac Neil set a short-course world record in the 50-metre backstroke in Abu Dhabi. It was an entirely appropriate coda to...
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