by admin | Jul 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Swimming caps designed to encourage Afro swimmers with long, thick and voluminous hair to pursue their sport without barriers have been banned for use in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. The International Swimming Federation said the caps, made by the Black-owned...
by admin | Jul 2, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The so-called investigative report on the nasty skirt-clutching culture inside the Washington Football Team has vanished like invisible ink. And somehow the NFL thinks it can make it all right by handing Tanya Snyder the mop and broom. Great. That’s the perfect NFL...
by admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
It started with a synchronized dance to the “Chicken Wing Beat,” the smooth dribbles of twins Hanna and Haley Cavinder hitting the pavement together as the beat drops. Nearly a full year later, the payday is here. Boost Mobile announced its...
by admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After a year-long postponement, the final countdown to the Tokyo Olympics has officially commenced. You’ve heard of gymnastics, swimming, and track, of course. But this year, the International Olympic Committee is introducing a new batch of sports, including...
by admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After narrowly missing out on the roster in 2016, U.S. national women’s team player Sam Mewis is set to become a first-time Olympian this summer at the Tokyo Games. And she won’t be the only Mewis. Just under an hour after Sam got the good news,...
by admin | Jul 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Angel City FC debuted their club crest and colors Wednesday morning, and while its primary element is no surprise, the design is full of small details. “We’re rooted in tradition and we’re standing on the shoulders of all of the trailblazers that came before us,...
by admin | Jul 2, 2021 | SEW
Nick Offerman will step up to the plate as the Parks and Recreation alum joins the cast of Amazon’s A League of Their Own reboot series, Deadline confirms. The hourlong series, from co-creators Abbi Jacobson and Will Graham and Sony...
by admin | Jul 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kurumi Mochizuki is the kind of skilled soccer player who can roll a ball from between her shoulder blades to the top of her head and onto her right foot, keeping it aloft for more than a dozen kicks. She makes it look so easy. Yet when she practices with her local...
by admin | Jul 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
USWNT player Alex Morgan leaves for the Tokyo Olympics in a week’s time, but says she is still unsure whether eased COVID-19 restrictions for nursing mothers will allow her to bring her one-year-old daughter with her. Some athletes have complained...
by admin | Jun 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Before Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas wowed the world and dared many to believe, and even before Dominique Dawes and Betty Okino, there was Dianne Durham. Durham was the first Black woman to win a U.S. gymnastics national championship. “People referred to her as a...
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