by admin | Nov 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Serena and Venus Williams have emphasised the importance of young tennis stars Emma Raducanu and Naomi Osaka for the future of the sport. The Williams sisters are both icons of the game and have won 30 Grand Slam singles titles between them. Their journey to tennis...
by admin | Nov 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As animated gold numbers counted down on the Barclays Center jumbotron, I knew the Gold Over America Tour would be flashy and fun, but I wasn’t prepared for the emotions it evoked. The world of elite gymnastics (and the sport as a whole) continues to face a...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Eastern Michigan University’s women’s basketball team got $88 from the school to buy a holiday ham. The men’s team received hundreds more — $397, to be exact — just to buy a bunch of pink lemonade-flavored energy chew snacks. That type of spending...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
An unexpected yet familiar face approached Abby Wambach when the retired soccer star crossed the finish line of the 2021 TCS New York City Marathon on Sunday. Shalane Flanagan, the 2017 NYC Marathon champion and 2008 Olympic 10,000m silver medalist, waited around at...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Jocelyn Rivas, 24, completed the final leg in her quest to become the youngest runner to finish 100 marathons on Sunday when she crossed the finish line at the Los Angeles Marathon. Now she’ll await ratification from Guinness World Records. Wearing bib No. 100,...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Lydia Ko romped to a dominant five-shot victory at the Saudi Ladies International on Sunday. The New Zealand golfer shot a final round bogey-free seven-under 65 to win on 23-under par ahead of Thailand’s 18-year-old Atthaya Thitikul. World No. 7 Ko began Sunday...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Athletes Unlimited’s inaugural basketball season is taking shape. The brand-new women’s professional basketball league, which will serve as a complement to the WNBA by keeping stars stateside during the offseason, announced Monday that it’s set to...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
How talented is the player pool for the 2021-22 women’s college basketball season? For our panel of 12 voters, only three points — three! — separated the top two players in ESPN’s annual preseason ranking of the top 25 players in the country....
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Two-time World Cup winner Carli Lloyd walked off the pitch for the last time on Sunday, as the Chicago Red Stars beat her NJ/NY Gotham FC 1-0 in the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs. The double Olympic gold medallist donned the USWNT national team jersey...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Three months ago, during the height of a fierce Ohioan summer, the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati opened with a brutal contest in the women’s draw. Ons Jabeur and Anett Kontaveit, two unseeded, high-class players drew each other in the first round and then...
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