by admin | Jul 18, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Melanie Newman, Sarah Langs, Alanna Rizzo, and Heidi Watney, who will become the first all female team to call a Major League Baseball broadcast. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the FBI who botched...
by admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Baseball has long been considered America’s pastime, though it has also been dominated by male players from the beginning. Slowly, Major League Baseball has opened its doors to women — while not on the field itself, in positions such as coaches,...
by admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
This tennis champ isn’t just breaking records on the court—in fact, Naomi Osaka‘s net worth proves that she’s the top-earning female athlete in a single year, ever. But how did she get to earn that much money? Well, let’s just say that when you’re already a...
by admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
A Major League Baseball game will be called entirely by women next week for the first time ever on a broadcast, the New York Times reports. Driving the news: Five women will serve as the on-air crew for the Baltimore Orioles game against the Tampa Bay Rays from...
by admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
U.S. Olympic marathoner Aliphine Tuliamuk said she never expected to be a new mom competing in the Olympics, and she also never expected to have to worry about whether she would be allowed to bring her infant daughter to the Olympics. The coronavirus pandemic...
by admin | Jul 16, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
With the destiny of a kingdom on the line, Princess Ka‘iulani, heir to the Hawaiian Crown, entered the White House in Washington, D.C., on a delicate diplomatic mission. She had just sailed from Great Britain, where she had been riding her surfboard in the waves at...
by admin | Jul 15, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Allyson Felix is the most decorated Olympian in track and field history. But a few years ago, she had a problem: She had no shoes to wear. In 2019, she publicly cut ties with Nike, her main sponsor, when she asked the company for maternity protections and was...
by admin | Jul 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Emma Raducanu’s Wimbledon may not have ended how she or the British public will have wanted but there is plenty to be positive about for the 18-year-old. Not least that she won the Wimbledon Breakthrough Award this week, sponsored by Chinese brand Oppo, a...
by admin | Jul 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale smiled broadly but didn’t take the bait. After she helped Team WNBA beat Team USA 93-85Wednesday and won the league’s All-Star Game MVP award, she didn’t say, “Yeah, maybe I should have been on the...
by admin | Jul 14, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The Justice Department’s inspector general released a long-awaited report on Wednesday that sharply criticized the F.B.I.’s handling of the sexual abuse case involving Lawrence G. Nassar, the former doctor for the U.S.A. Gymnastics national team and Michigan State...
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