by admin | May 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA has officially tipped off its 25th anniversary season. A year ago, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, there was uncertainty over how the season would occur and if it would even finish. There were several notable players who opted out or suffered injuries. On...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Ash Barty retired during her Italian Open quarter-final clash in Rome with Coco Gauff due to an arm injury that has cast a cloud over her bid to regain her French Open crown. The Australian world No 1 withdrew on Friday while leading the US teenage star 6-4, 2-1, but...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Imagine dedicating years of your life to achieving a single goal, only to have it ripped away from you at the last minute. That’s what happened Wednesday at the NCAA Div. I Women’s Golf Regional in Baton Rouge, La. That morning, 110 women headed to The University...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Phoebe Bacon carved a place in the most decorated discipline in American swimming, at a time that the U.S. boasts Olympic and world championships medalists and the world-record holder in the women’s backstrokes. Bacon, an 18-year-old who just finished her...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
LET THE RECORD show that I came prepared for my interview with Tamika Catchings. I whiled away days on Lexis Nexis and pored over hazy box scores hoping they’d whisper something new. I did my job — until I didn’t. Fourteen minutes and 52 seconds in,...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In another couple of weeks, Ritu Phogat would have been up for one of the biggest challenges of her career – a bout against Bo Meng – her first fight in an eight fighter Grand Prix for the ONE Atomweight title. That title was to have been the culmination...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
These next eight days are going to be the most exciting of Tabitha Turner’s life. On Friday, she will call the Atlanta Dream season-opener as part of an all-Black, all-female broadcasting crew the team announced earlier this week. And next Sunday, she will be married...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
I am a quiet queer. Except when I’m watching Sue Bird. In 2018, when the WNBA superstar buried three-pointer after three-pointer to lead the Seattle Storm to a dramatic come-from-behind victory over the Phoenix Mercury in the crucial last game of the semifinals, I...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW, Uncategorized
Chellsie Memmel, a 2008 Olympic silver medalist who retired from gymnastics in 2012, is entered in next week’s U.S. Classic, her first meet in nine years. Memmel, a 32-year-old mother of two who resumed gymnastics training in 2019, is likely to compete on two of the...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Britain’s Sandy Ryan has taken one step closer to her first professional fight after signing with Matchroom Boxing, led by world famous promoter Eddie Hearn. The 27-year-old Ryan will now be training in the super-lightweight division with Clifton Mitchell and...
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