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Emma Raducanu tests positive for Covid-19 and withdraws from Mubadala exhibition event

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Emma Raducanu hopes to “get back soon” after testing positive for Covid-19 and withdrawing from the Mubadala World Tennis Championships. The US Open champion was due to play Olympic gold medallist Belinda Bencic in the exhibition event in Abu Dhabi. Read...

U.S. Soccer, USWNT players union reach short-term deal to avoid strike

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The U.S. Soccer Federation and the union for the U.S. national women’s soccer team have agreed to a short-term deal that will keep players from going on strike but offer them new freedom of movement in their club careers. The memorandum of understanding, or MOU,...

Larry Nassar victims reach $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics, Olympic committee

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW

Victims of former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar have reached a $380 million settlement with USA Gymnastics, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) and their insurers after a five-year legal battle, an attorney for some of his victims said on Monday....

U.S. wheelchair basketball coach resigns after players allege emotional misconduct

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

After the National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) announced on Tuesday that Lawrence “Trooper” Johnson would continue in his role as head coach of the women’s national team through the 2022 season, multiple current and former members of the team spoke out on...

‘I could see the change in her face’: Inside Julianna Pena’s historic upset of Amanda Nunes

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Julianna Peña’s face was blank, and emotionless. On her knees, she reached over to hug Amanda Nunes. A Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) inspector came over and pointed Peña to her corner, where a ringside physician tended to her bruised left eye. Peña had...

USWNT’s Megan Rapinoe among unprotected stars in NWSL expansion draft

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

United States women’s soccer team stars Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Kristie Mewis are among those who have been left unprotected by their teams and are available to be taken in next week’s National Women’s Soccer League expansion draft. The...

Lara Gut-Behrami crashes in St. Moritz; Mikaela Shiffrin on podium again

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

World champion Lara Gut-Behrami walked away from a hard crash in a World Cup super-G won by Italian Federica Brignone in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Sunday. The Swiss Gut-Behrami skied off course at 60 miles per hour and through two layers of fencing near the bottom...

UFC 269 video: Gillian Robertson fights off blatant eye poke to choke out Priscila Cachoeira

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Gillian Robertson didn’t let an underhanded tactic stop her from setting a UFC record. In Saturday’s UFC 269 preliminary opener, Robertson submitted Priscila Cachoeira in the last second of the first round despite Cachoeira blatantly attempting to jam a thumb into...

The world doubted Julianna Peña could beat Amanda Nunes at UFC 269, but Peña believed

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Julianna Peña believed. She might have been the only one. Peña entered Saturday night’s UFC 269 co-main event as a 6½-to-1 betting underdog against Amanda Nunes, and who could argue with that? She was up against the greatest fighter in the history of...

Lara Gut-Behrami wins super-G; Mikaela Shiffrin remains atop World Cup standings

by admin | Dec 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW

It was Lara Gut-Behrami’s turn to edge Sofia Goggia for victory in a World Cup super-G race Saturday, reversing the result of their duel in Canada last weekend. Gut-Behrami raced down the typically tricky St. Moritz terrain 0.18 seconds faster than Goggia...
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