by admin | Nov 28, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to the WTA who’s stance on the disappearance and treatment of tennis star Peng Shuai makes it a leader for human rights. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to US Soccer who failed to take action against...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The auditorium on the first floor of North Carolina State’s James B. Hunt Jr. Library, with its rows of seats that rise to the back wall, can make for an intimidating platform. From that stage one day in April 2019, Brenda Tracy, a 5-foot-10 stranger to most in the...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin races in the U.S. for the only time this season this weekend, in the spotlight at a World Cup stop in Killington, Vermont (broadcast schedule here). All slopes lead to Beijing in February. Shiffrin, a gold medalist in 2014 and 2018, has repeated in...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The United States women’s national team plays its first true road game since April in Australia late Friday night. The USWNT is ending 2021 with two friendlies against Australia. The first one will be played in Sydney. The second, set for Tuesday, takes place in...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If you’ve ever tried shopping for women’s sports apparel, you know the pickings are slim. On the men’s side, there are options abound: jerseys, sweatshirts, windbreakers, and T-shirts in every size and color. For the women? Pink, glitter, and not...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kali Reis continues her late career surge and is now one win away from fully unifying the junior welterweight division. The 35-year-old from Providence outlasted Montreal’s Jessica Camara to defend her WBA and IBO titles while adding the vacant belt in a ten-round,...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As Sika Henry worked to become the first female African American professional triathlete, she remembered her childhood conversations about race with her family. Her parents told Henry and her brother, Nile, stories about their paternal grandfather, who was a track and...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It is virtually impossible to imagine international football without Formiga, in part because, with the Brazil midfielder’s career spanning seven World Cups and seven Olympics, few have watched an international competition without her and no one has watched women’s...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Lindsey Horan said it’s been difficult for the U.S. women’s national soccer teamto read about additional allegations of misconduct by male coaches in the NWSL while it’s in Australia training for two upcoming friendlies there. Rory Dames resigned...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The next few months could be among the most important in American women’s soccer history, with significant change on the horizon for both the NWSL and USWNT. The big picture: Collective bargaining agreements tend to be tedious, and lawsuits can drag on. But as...
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