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Simone Biles-backed mental health startup vaults to $4.8 billion value

by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Less than two months after Olympic gymnastics star Simone Biles of Spring joined mental health startup Cerebral as chief impact officer, the company has raised $300 million in venture capital – a sum that vaulted it to a valuation of $4.8 billion. San...

San Diego Wave FC signs USWNT’s Alex Morgan in blockbuster NWSL move

by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW

San Diego Wave FC announced on Monday that they have signed United States women’s national team forward Alex Morgan ahead of their inaugural National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) season. Morgan joins Wave FC from the Orlando Pride, where she has played...

The New York Liberty Send an Intriguing Message With Coaching Shift

by admin | Dec 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The field of professional sports is likely the only career arena where one’s accomplishments and title can place them beyond the top one percent of their respective profession but not above the relatable fear of a performance review. Merciless as it is rewarding, the...

USWNT makes final plea in equal pay lawsuit appeal, calls dismissal ‘flatly wrong’

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW

The U.S. women’s national team made its closing written argument on Friday in a bid to overturn the dismissal of its equal pay lawsuit against the U.S. Soccer Federation, calling the lower court’s original decision “flatly wrong.” The...

Ronda Rousey: How the WWE and UFC trailblazer put women’s combat sports on the map

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation

When it comes to women’s combat sports, Ronda ‘Rowdy’ Rousey is up there as one of the most recognised fighters of the modern age. After starting off as a judoka, the renowned Rowdy competed on some of the biggest stages in the world and has enjoyed...

Arizona women’s basketball climbs to program-high No. 4 in AP poll

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Last time Arizona women’s basketball reached No. 6 in the Associated Press poll, it stalled there. This time, the program kept winning and took another step forward, climbing to No. 4 in this week’s poll to reach a program high. The Wildcats first rose to No. 6 on...

Injury-Hit UConn Falls to Lowest Women’s Top 25 Spot Since 2007

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

UConn dropped four spots to No. 7 in the women’s AP top 25 released Monday, its lowest ranking in 14 years after losing its first game against an unranked team since 2012. The Huskies fell to Georgia Tech last week in their first game without sophomore star Paige...

Worrying legal loophole sees Chelsea Women pitch invader avoid punishment

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The supporter who ran on to the sphere through the Ladies’s Champions League conflict between Chelsea and Juventus on Wednesday has averted any authorized punishment attributable to an outdated legislation which doesn’t recognise ladies’s matches as official video...

Claudia Pechstein, German speed skater, to become oldest female Winter Olympian

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

German speed skater Claudia Pechstein will become the second person to compete in eight Winter Olympics, and the oldest woman ever to compete at the Winter Games at nearly 50 years old. Pechstein, a nine-time Olympic medalist, qualified for the Beijing Olympics in the...

Aliona Kostornaya, star Russian figure skater, to miss national championships

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Aliona Kostornaya, the world’s top figure skater before the pandemic hit, will miss next week’s Russian Figure Skating Championships, denting her hopes of making the three-woman team for the Beijing Winter Games. Kostornaya is out due to an injury that the Russian...
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