by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Less than three months after the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, 312 elite gymnasts returned to Japan to compete in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The competition in Kitakyushu provided something of a redemption tour for American athletes Leanne...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
There has never been a gymnastics world championships quite like the event that unfolded at the weekend in Kitakyushu, a northern city on Kyushu Island in Japan. In a sport so intense that it is difficult for gymnasts to maintain their peak physical form and workload...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The past 18 months have been life-altering for Kayla Harrison, one of the most promising fighters in women’s MMA. Harrison took her niece and nephew, Kyla and Emery, into her home when her stepfather, Bob Nichols, died in May 2020. At that time, the biggest...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
No 23-year-old understands what it’s like to be the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world – except for Nelly Korda. Korda has had a year that most people can only imagine, winning three times on the LPGA Tour, including her first major at the KPMG Women’s PGA...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The way professional and even amateur sports organizations view activism has changed. The activism we’re talking about here, for reference, is a broadly defined one — basically anytime anyone in a position to be heard says, “Hey, this isn’t right/fair/safe/OK.” After...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Melbourne has introduced a vaccine mandate for professional athletes and this is set to impact a number of players on tour, who are yet to be jabbed. Back in August, freelance tennis reporter, Ben Rothenberg said that roughly 50 percent roughly of the men and women...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
One more U.S. soccer match to go for Carli Lloyd. The popular, 39-year-old veteran of the women’s national team will play her final game in a U.S. uniform next Tuesday in Minnesota, in a so-called friendly against South Korea. The two teams played to a scoreless...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Do not let her ballerina bone structure and ethereal hair-halo fool you into thinking 21-year-old Russian gymnast Angelina Melnikova is anything other than an absolute beast. Last Thursday, Melnikova returned to Japan—a scant two months after nabbing team gold and...
by admin | Oct 24, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to the Chicago Sky who won their first ever WNBA Championship. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to FIFA who know the abuse allegations now surrounding women’s soccer is just the tip of the...
by admin | Oct 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tracy Sormanti was exhausted so she needed to pull over. After another grueling chemotherapy treatment sapped her energy, she needed to close her eyes for a few moments before restarting the ignition. It was difficult for Sormanti to slow down. Even in the final...
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