by admin | Mar 6, 2021 | Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week we offer our congratulations and our top highlight to Maia Chaka, who was hired as the first Black female game official in the NFL. Following Sarah Thomas’s turn as the first female to officiate a Super Bowl we look forward to seeing more females...
by admin | Mar 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After giving birth to her daughter in May, the striker is now playing for more than just herself Alex Morgan’s goal in the United States’ 6-0 win against Argentina last week didn’t seem important in the grand scheme of things. After...
by admin | Mar 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Ihave never been the type of person to relive moments from the past. I remember them, for sure – little things about this match being enjoyable or that one not so much – but my modus operandi is generally to recall, rather than reflect and reminisce. It is why,...
by admin | Mar 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Founded in 1950, the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) is one of the longest-running women’s professional sports associations. But the LPGA has historically struggled with a lack of diversity and inclusion in the game. Read More
by admin | Mar 6, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The pool has long been home to Simone Manuel. Outside of it, the Olympic champion is pushing herself in a new endeavor to boost the profile of women’s sports. She joined with fellow Olympians Sue Bird, Chloe Kim and Alex Morgan to launch TOGETHXR, a media and commerce...
by admin | Mar 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
She’s almost as old as the modern Olympics itself. At 118 years old, Kane Tanaka is set to become the oldest person ever to carry the Olympic torch, with the help of her grandson and great granddaughter. Read More
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The NFL has hired Maia Chaka as the first Black female official in league history. She will work games during the 2021 season. “I am honored to be selected as an NFL official,” Chaka said. “But this moment is bigger than a personal accomplishment. It is an...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Bianca Smith landed a job as a minor league coach in the Boston Red Sox organization, becoming the first Black woman to coach professional baseball, she thought about her mother. Her mom died of cancer in 2013 and would have been proud of her daughter’s...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
It has been a packed few years for Alex Morgan. She became a World Cup champion (again), a lead plaintiff in a lawsuit against her employer alleging pay inequities and, in the middle of a pandemic, the mother to a little girl, Charlie. Soon she will add...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
While preparing for the biggest fight of her life, UFC title contender Megan Anderson earlier this year found herself the center of attention she didn’t ask for, the focus of crude remarks by a male fighter. Casey Kenney, responding to a question on fellow UFC...
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