by admin | Apr 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Top coaches in women’s college basketball pressed N.C.A.A. executives directly on Wednesday over what they have judged as chronic failures to promote and support the sport — longstanding tensions that have now ignited a public furor over disparities between this...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
This year’s March Madness might have exposed gaps in gender equity in college sports, but for two Black women, the 2021 NCAA women’s tournament will always represent a moment when history was made. For the first time in NCAA women’s tournament...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The world got its first extended look at Charli Collier this month during the NCAA Women’s Tournament, but WNBA teams have had eyes on her for a while now. Collier, a 22-year-old junior who will graduate this spring and enter the WNBA draft, saw her tourney run...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
The story of Abby Wambach’s role in the history-making Angel City FC soccer team started with a simple — and surprising — direct message from Natalie Portman. Wambach, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, recounted how Portman got her involved with the first...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
By the time the NWSL wrapped up its inaugural month-long Challenge Cup last year in Utah, it had secured record-setting sponsor support, much of which carried into the remainder of its 2020 campaign. As the 2021 season approaches, the league appears to be continuing...
by admin | Mar 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) has signed executive orders barring transgender athletes from women’s sports in the state. “Only girls should play girls’ sports,” Noem tweeted on Monday. “Given the legislature’s failure to accept my proposed revisions to...
by admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Guest Blogs, SEW
To no one’s surprise, women are being treated with less respect than men. The N.C.A.A apologized on Friday, March 19, for the unequal workout facilities given to the women’s teams during the championship tournament. March is Women’s History Month,...
by admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Mikaela Shiffrin, the two-time Olympic Alpine champion, stopped competing 13 months ago, an absence tied to the accidental death of her father and later extended by the coronavirus pandemic and a back injury sustained in training. Shiffrin returned to the...
by admin | Mar 30, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Let’s get the stardust out of our eyes. In public, Deshaun Watson is a brilliant, blinding superstar: sensational talent, pristine reputation, charming persona, emerging athlete activist. Yet he now stands accused, among many alleged sins against massage therapists,...
by admin | Mar 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Los Angeles Sparks, one of the WNBA’s original teams, is headed toward their 25th anniversary with a first-of-its-kind sponsorship deal. The Sparks announced on Monday via Forbes that they’ve signed an “all-encompassing beverage deal” with Molson...
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