by admin | Mar 2, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Jessie Diggins became the first American to win world championship gold in an individual cross country ski race, finishing 14 seconds in front of Sweden’s Frida Karlsson on Tuesday. The 31-year-old Diggins outlasted the competition in the 10-kilometer race,...
by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Representation, SEW
It wasn’t until long after midnight on Aug. 7, 2021, that the Canadian women’s Olympic football team could turn to face the lofted Canadian flag, gold medals hanging around their necks, and begin to sing “O Canada.” From back-to-back semifinals...
by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Jessie Diggins created history by winning the United States’ first-ever individual cross-country skiing world title on Tuesday (28 February). The three-time Olympic medallist, who won team sprint Olympic gold at PyeongChang 2018alongside Kikkan Randall, took the 10km...
by admin | Mar 1, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Becoming a pioneer for Black American women in track and field wasn’t initially on the radar for Alice Coachman, but that’s exactly what happened in 1948 when Coachman became the first Black woman ever – from any country – to win an Olympic gold medal. This summer...
by admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Jamaican sprinter Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, 36, is one of the fastest women in the world. The eight-time Olympic medalist and five-time 100m world champion is highly revered for her speed, world-wide success, and fun-loving personality, and she spoke in-depth with NBC...
by admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark revealed Monday that she is considering delaying her professional career for another season as she might use her COVID year of eligibility. As a junior, Clark will play at least one more collegiate season before declaring for the...
by admin | Feb 28, 2023 | Representation, SEW
U.S. women’s coach Vlatko Andonovski earned 27% as much as Gregg Berhalter in the year ended last March 31, down slightly from 28% in the previous year. Andonovski earned $446,495, according to the U.S. Soccer Federation’s tax filing released Monday,...
by admin | Feb 27, 2023 | Representation, SEW
With the FIFA Women’s World Cup only months away, the SheBelieves Cup was the ideal opportunity for the United States Women’s National Team coach Vlatko Andonovski to assess the current player pool. Not only is the USWNT in the midst of a generational...
by admin | Feb 27, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Jessie Diggins and Julia Kern earned team sprint bronze at the world championships, a U.S. cross-country skiing record-extending fifth career world medal for Diggins. Diggins, skiing the penultimate lap, pulled Sweden and Norway and opened a key eight-second gap on...
by admin | Feb 27, 2023 | Representation, SEW
A pair of sports icons were honored at the 54th NAACP Image Awards. Retired women’s tennis megastar Serena Williams and Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner were each recognized Saturday at the awards show, which was held in Pasadena, California. Read...
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