by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
A year after her groundbreaking win, Fitch’s journey will get the treatment it deserves as WWE is airing a documentary about the barrier-breaking teen. Titled “Heaven,” the 22-minute short film offers insight into Fitch’s rise from amateur wrestling prodigy to...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
Starting in the early 2000s, sports pundits began predicting that, any moment now, Kim Ng would become the first female general manager in Major League Baseball. They floated the idea in 2005, when she interviewed for the job with the Los Angeles Dodgers. It came up...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Morgan Pressel is joining NBC Sports as an analyst and on-course reporter. In a press release Tuesday, Pressel will begin providing insights this week at the LPGA’s Drive On Championship, with future tournaments like the U.S. Women’s Open, Amundi Evian...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Billie Jean King is a tennis icon, an activist, a champion for diversity in athletics and now an autobiographer. “Good Morning America” exclusively revealed the cover for “All In: An Autobiography,” the 39-time Grand Slam winner’s...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
“They’re always yelling equality, equal pay, equal opportunities, but they don’t mean it. Because all they have to do is say yes.” Read More
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Cornwell, a former anchor and reporter for the NBC-owned Golf Channel, wanted to talk, desperately, about her seven years working there. In 2020, she filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging discrimination and retaliation before...
by admin | Mar 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Sophomore attacker Hannah Leubecker was selected as the Inside Lacrosse Prime Time Lacrosse National Player of the Week for her 10 goal performance against Michigan, the publication announced on Thursday. Leubecker scored 10 goals in the Terps two wins over...
by admin | Mar 4, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
At the height of his fame as Louisiana State University’s head football coach, Les Miles was accused of texting female students, taking them to his condo alone, making them feel uncomfortable and, on at least one occasion, kissing a student and suggesting they go to a...
by admin | Mar 4, 2021 | Leadership, SEW
It took Sheila Ford Hamp about one second to respond when asked about the potential for women in key roles in the NFL. “The sky is the limit for anything females want to do,” said Hamp, the principal owner of the Detroit Lions. Echoing that statement was Dee Haslam,...
by admin | Mar 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
While Naomi Osaka has been honing her tennis skills — racking up trophies and accolades since turning pro at age 15, including the title of highest-paid female athlete ever in 2020 — the Japan-born phenom has also been coming into her own as an activist and...
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