by admin | Jun 26, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Phoenix Mercury have parted ways with head coach Vanessa Nygaard and promoted Nikki Blue to interim head coach for the remainder of the season, the team announced on Sunday. Nygaard, who was just hired in 2022, is the first coach in the league to be fired this...
by admin | Jun 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner was named an WNBA All-Star Game starter in her return season from detainment in Russia, and the Indiana Fever’s Aliyah Boston will be the sixth rookie in league history to start the game. The WNBA on Sunday announced its 10...
by admin | Jun 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Sofia Huerta knows her selection to the USWNT roster for the 2023 World Cup tells a story of dedication and persistence. “I’ve faced a lot of adversity in my career and there were definitely times where I wasn’t sure if it was going to be possible for me to be named...
by admin | Jun 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Sometimes it really is the taking part that counts. Just ask Belgian shot put thrower Jolien Boumkwo, who competed in the 100-meter hurdles at the European Athletics Team Championships on Saturday after her teammates had to withdraw through injury. After placing...
by admin | Jun 22, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Tennis great Martina Navratilova said Tuesday that she is “all clear” after undergoing treatments for throat and breast cancer. “After a day full of tests at Sloan Kettering, I got the all clear! Thank you to all the doctors, nurses, proton and radiation magicians...
by admin | Jun 22, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Hundreds of players in the women’s game went unpaid during the World Cup qualifying rounds, a leading players’ union has said. Survey finds 29% of players weren’t paid Poor pitches for World Cup qualifying FIFPro said FIFA must improve conditions...
by admin | Jun 21, 2023 | Representation, SEW
A proposal for around-the-clock hours for bars and restaurants in Washington, D.C., during the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup was granted approval by the city council. Mayor Muriel Bowser has until June 29 to sign off on the measure, which was unanimously approved...
by admin | Jun 21, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The path to the Women’s World Cup has been vastly uneven for the teams headed to Australia and New Zealand next month. A report released Tuesday by FIFPRO, the global players’ union, outlined the disparity in standards and conditions for qualifying for the...
by admin | Jun 20, 2023 | Representation, SEW
In the 2020 offseason, the Las Vegas Aces set their sights high. After making the playoffs for the first time in five years and giving the eventual champion Washington Mystics their toughest series of the postseason, the Aces were looking to round out their roster and...
by admin | Jun 20, 2023 | Representation, SEW
There are captains, and then there is Becky Sauerbrunn. The U.S. women’s national team defender is, as several teammates have described her over the past couple of years, the team’s “moral compass.” She is the liaison between head coach Vlatko...
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