by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Canadian Olympic mixed doubles curling trials were canceled due to a rise in positive COVD-19 tests among athletes, among other pandemic reasons, two days before they were to start in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. “The increasing numbers of trials-bound athletes...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kamila Valiyeva confirmed she’s a runaway Olympic favorite by winning the Russian Championships, the world’s deepest women’s figure skating competition, by the largest margin in the event’s history. Valiyeva, a 15-year-old undefeated in this her first senior season,...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kevin Bickner and Anna Hoffman won the U.S. Olympic Ski Jumping Trials, but as of now only Bickner is ticketed for the Winter Games in February. Bickner, the top American at the 2018 Olympics in 18th place, prevailed with the two best jumps in Lake Placid, N.Y., on...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Nancy Hogshead-Makar knows all about being a champion in the pool, and championing for the rights of female athletes. A four-time medalist at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Hogshead-Makar has long fought for equality in women’s sports and is the head of...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Just a few short years ago, there was a push for athletes to be nothing more than mute entertainers. Luckily enough, they refused to “shut up” or “stick to” whatever sport they played. And ever since a quarterback in San Francisco sat, then kneeled, during the...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Julianna Pena was walking through the ARIA Resort and Casino with her cousins when a group of people surrounded her, chanting “Pena, Pena, Pena!” Her first response was to look around to see who they were cheering for at the Las Vegas casino. Then she remembered: She...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
National Women’s Soccer League expansion team Angel City FC made history by naming Freya Coombe as its first ever head coach. The former NJ/NY Gotham FC manager left the East Coast team to take on the exciting new project and face the challenges of building a side...
by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
While 2021 has seen women’s sport go from strength to strength, a number of the world’s most renowned female athletes are continuing to speak out on important issues. Here are five women’s sport activists who have made a difference this year: Read...
by admin | Dec 26, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to snowboarder Chloe Kim who has now officially qualified for the Olympics! ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Covid which has affected the competition int he skiing world in particular this...
by admin | Dec 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
You may have heard that sports is suffering from a ratings decline in virtually every corner of the television world. That is, with the exception of places like the WNBA, which saw television ratings jump significant once more, part of a story of growth this season as...
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