by admin | Sep 23, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The last several years have seen unprecedented growth in women’s sports, and now brands are getting in on the action as the WNBA playoffs begin Thursday night. Bleacher Report’s HighlightHer, a portfolio brand focused on female athletes and teams, is going to market...
by admin | Sep 23, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The clock has expired on the WNBA regular season, and playoff matchups are locked in ahead of Thursday’s postseason tip-off. In its 25th year, the longest-running league in women’s pro sports launched a new in-season tournament, featured endless action, and dazzled...
by admin | Sep 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The first time Seimone Augustus realized what she was capable of wasn’t when, as a 14-year-old, she landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated for Women next to the question, “Is She the Next Michael Jordan?” When Augustus, a W.N.B.A. legend who retired this year after...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Marathon runner Mary Keitany retired from the sport on Wednesday because of a back injury, ending a career in which she won multiple races in London and New York and set the world record for a women-only race. The 39-year-old Kenyan said pandemic-related travel...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne remembers her days growing up in Delaware watching Sheryl Swoopes and the dominant, dynastic Houston Comets during the league’s earliest years. She even had the Hall of Famer’s signature Nike basketball sneakers as a kid. “I’d watch...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Rebecca Lobo tried. But even she couldn’t remember the entire list. In April, before the start of the WNBA’s 25th anniversary season, the retired hoops legend-turned-broadcaster took on a trivia question most can’t answer: Who are the nine players in WNBA history who...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The girls on Afghanistan’s national soccer team have arrived safely in Portugal where they have been granted asylum after weeks of waiting to flee the country following the Taliban takeover. The girls found out early Sunday that they would be leaving Afghanistan...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The NCAA placed Georgia Tech’s women’s basketball program on probation for three years Tuesday, citing violations committed under former coach MaChelle Joseph that included players being forced to practice longer than the rules allow and on scheduled off days. The...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The United Soccer League (USL) will create a professional Division II women’s soccer league in the United States: the USL Super League. With this new league, the USL presents an unprecedented pathway for players–from youth to professional–within one...
by admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Malika Andrews will replace Rachel Nichols as the face of ESPN’s regular NBA coverage, in a move executives no doubt hope will bring a difficult era at the Disney-backed sports-media giant to an end. ESPN said Andrews, who is extending her contract, will anchor “NBA...
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