by admin | Nov 17, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Lindsey Horan is excited about the investment Michele Kang could bring to Olympique Lyonnais. Kang, who already owns the NWSL’s Washington Spirit, is set to become the majority owner of the Lyon women’s team. In an interview with Pro Soccer Wire, Horan said that she’s...
by admin | Nov 17, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark, UConn’s Paige Bueckers and LSU’s Angel Reese headline the preseason list of candidates for the John R. Wooden Award, it was announced Tuesday on ESPN. Clark and Bueckers won national player of the year honors in 2023 and 2021,...
by admin | Nov 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The best way to follow up a season that got the highest viewing for the women’s college basketball national championship game? How about an opening week where the country’s top two ranked teams were upset? That’s what happened to start 2023-24. Thus,...
by admin | Nov 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Change is difficult to recognize when it is in progress. The day-to-day hustle of reaching a destination can be all-consuming, blinding one to something in plain sight. Finding perspective requires an intentional effort, a momentary pause in a fast-paced world of...
by admin | Nov 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The data points on women’s sports — from attendance records, ticket and merchandise sales and viewership numbers — have all pointed in the same direction: Fans and consumers want more. A new survey shows fans are saying they want brands to support women’s sports more,...
by admin | Nov 15, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Ellen Hyslop cofounded in 2017 The Gist, a sports media company geared toward female fans. Three years later, Haley Rosen founded Just Women’s Sports, making Instagram content about, well, just women’s sports. The two have grown their women-led, women-run,...
by admin | Nov 15, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Barbie, Beyonce, and Taylor Swift may have dominated center stage this year, but women’s sports reached a major inflection point prompting an inflow of investors. One superstar stakeholder is Olympic gold medalist Lindsey Vonn, whose winnings and strategic endorsement...
by admin | Nov 15, 2023 | Representation, SEW
“I used to coach on the men’s side, and I switched over to the women’s side, and I’ve been fighting a champion for the cause for a long time for women to be able to get this opportunity,” said Virginia Tech head coach Kenny Brooks. “And tonight, it...
by admin | Nov 14, 2023 | Representation, SEW
In some ways, the NWSL’s biggest storyline is itself. The league has spent the last couple of years publicly documenting its exponential rise in several categories, including its brand-new media rights deal, one which is reportedly the most valuable in...
by admin | Nov 14, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka is set to return to tennis at the Brisbane International less than six months after giving birth. Osaka, a former world No. 1, hasn’t played on the WTA Tour since September 2022 and in July of this year announced the birth of...
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