by admin | Aug 13, 2024 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Paige Bueckers still has nine months left in her playing career with UConn women’s basketball. But the star is already making plans — historic plans — for her future. Bueckers recently signed a name, image and likeness deal with Unrivaled, the professional 3×3...
by admin | Aug 13, 2024 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The NCAA Board of Governors on Thursday unanimously approved $25 million in additional funding for Division I that will be put toward the creation of the women’s basketball distribution funds. The women’s basketball funds — which were introduced as a...
by admin | Aug 13, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The 6-foot-1, former Division I college center-turned-entrepreneur just dropped a new collection featuring the U.S. women’s basketball team, who are currently chasing their eighth straight gold medal in Paris. Before that, she was in Phoenix for WNBA All-Star...
by admin | Aug 12, 2024 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
All across these Games, female Olympians made the case for investing in women’s sports. Whether through sheer dominance (see Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles) or compelling stories (see also USA rugby sevens and cyclist Kristen Faulkner), they captured attention, moved...
by admin | Aug 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
If U.S. women were a nation unto themselves, their results at the 2024 Paris Olympics would make them one of the most dominant athletic countries on earth. The exhilarating U.S. soccer victory over Brazil Saturday evening added an exclamation point to what already...
by admin | Aug 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Top-ranked Italy dominated the United States to win the Olympic women’s volleyball final on Sunday, crushing the defending champions in straight sets to claim their first gold medal on the final day of the Games. Italy came into the Olympics as the Volleyball Nations...
by admin | Aug 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Team USA won its eighth straight Olympic gold medal in a row after beating France 67-66 in a pulsating final at the Bercy Arena on Sunday, 11 August. The win for establishes the U.S. as the best dynasty in team sports in the Olympics. They are the first team,...
by admin | Aug 12, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The 2024 Paris Olympics belonged to women. These were the first Games in history to achieve gender parity in terms of having an equal number of women and men compete. Women shone on the world stage, beating many records along the way. Read More
by admin | Aug 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The United States closed the gap on Japan in women’s wrestling at the Paris Olympics. The Japanese won four of the six gold medals for the third straight Olympics and claimed two bronze medals as well. But the Americans got women’s freestyle golds from Sarah...
by admin | Aug 9, 2024 | Representation, SEW
One of the most intriguing storylines for Jewish fans at the 2024 Paris Olympics has been the resurgence of Jewish excellence in fencing. Of the 20 fencers on the U.S. team, six are Jewish or come from Jewish families, and three have won medals. The success of gold...
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