by admin | Jul 22, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
In a three-week span this spring, Olympic superstar Simone Biles ended a six-year partnership with Nike to join Gap’s Athleta brand, and Breanna Stewart, the four-time NCAA and two-time Seattle Storm champion, announced she was signing with...
by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Four-time Olympic women’s basketball gold medalist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez have been chosen as U.S. flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Olympics on Friday night. Alvarez, who won a silver medal in speedskating at the 2014 Sochi...
by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
At least a step slow. Incapable of holding possession. Little production from the midfield. Outplayed from start to finish. The United States women’s soccer team didn’t just lose their Olympic opener to Sweden 3-0 here on Wednesday. They were dominated in the kind of...
by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Norway’s women’s beach handball team was fined by the European Handball Federation on Monday, after players wore shorts, instead of the required bikini bottoms, during a game over the weekend. The International Handball Federation requires women to wear bikini bottoms...
by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
United States women’s national team captain Becky Sauerbrunn is in Hartford, Conn., preparing for the final tune-up games for the Summer Olympics. In a few days, the group will leave for Japan and attempt to become the first women’s soccer team to win a World Cup and...
by admin | Jul 20, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Fresh from her breakthrough Grand Slam performance at Wimbledon, world number three Aryna Sabalenka is heading to the 2020 Olympics determined to win a medal for Belarus and says she has no reason to fear any of her rivals in Tokyo. The 23-year-old has won 10 titles...
by admin | Jul 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s national soccer team is in a bubble of its own making for the Tokyo Olympics, and it’s not just because of c The World Cup champions have become adept at shutting out all the outside noise — the seemingly endless social media debates, the...
by admin | Jul 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Team USA softball pitchers Cat Osterman and Monica Abbott stood on the podium, medals around their necks and flowers in their hands. Minutes earlier, “We Are The Champions” played on the loudspeaker and thundersticks clapped in the stands. Seconds before...
by admin | Jul 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Naomi Osaka appears on the cover of this year’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition, becoming the first female Black athlete to do so. Osaka’s cover comes on the heels of her controversial withdrawal from the French Open after decision to not speak with...
by admin | Jul 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
I was a late bloomer when it came to basketball. I didn’t play on an organized team until I was 13 or 14 years old. Two years later, I was invited to the Junior National Team, and it wasn’t until I looked around and realized that I was the youngest on the...
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