by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After withdrawing from the women’s team gymnastics final on Tuesday, Simone Biles toldassembled reporters that she had pulled out to “focus on her mindfulness” and her mental health after a “long week.” Biles, who struggled on her vault during the first rotation...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
So many young girls around the globe pick up their first tennis racket, win their first match and picture themselves growing up to be the next Serena Williams. But studies have shown that many of them won’t even continue their sport into their teenage years....
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
At an Olympics aiming to set the highest level of television standards, the head of broadcasting at the Tokyo Games is trying to banish overly sexualized images of female athletes. “Sport appeal, not sex appeal” is one mantra Olympic officials push in an effort to...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Ten days after fencer Alen Hadzic secured a spot as an alternate on the US Olympic team, a group of women took their concerns about him straight to the top. The six women fencers, including two Olympic athletes, wrote to the Olympic committee that Hadzic should...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Uruguayan swimming star Nicole Frank, 17, found out she had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, she had only one thought: My grandma made it. That thought was 81 years in the making. Frank’s grandmother, Angelika Rädche, qualified to swim for...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice released a report about the FBI’s investigation into former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar that spotlighted what survivors like me have known to be true: the entire system is failing athletes. The FBI failed to...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On May 6, 1967, Maureen Wilton, a 13-year-old girl from a suburb of Toronto, Canada, attempted to break the women’s marathon world record of 3:19 at a small race a few miles from her home. Under the guidance of her track coach, Sy Mah, she had already become one of...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Lee Kiefer won the first gold medal in United States history in individual foil fencing on Sunday. Kiefer defeated Inna Deriglazova of the Russian Olympic Committee 15-13 in the gold medal final for the win. Kiefer never trailed during the match, beating the gold...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kelsey Stewart has a knack for walk-off hits in Japan. Stewart hit a game-ending home run leading off the seventh inning, and the United States rallied late to beat Japan 2-1 on Monday and win the Olympic softball group stage — and with it the right to bat last...
by admin | Jul 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Arizona native Ashley Brewer is a new host of ‘SportsCenter’ on ESPN, working from LA. Ashley Brewer cried “happy tears” when she found out she would anchor the ESPN show. Her mom, Deborah Pyburn Brewer, is a former Phoenix news anchor. Read...
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