by admin | Aug 22, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
U.S. women’s sports are becoming a hot investment vehicle for networks. Soccer and basketball in particular are becoming hot-ticket rights packages. Why it matters: For decades, women’s sports were largely neglected by the media. Now that they’re...
by admin | Aug 22, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Olympian Allyson Felix’s net worth might surprise you, though it does demonstrate just how immensely successful she’s been in her chosen career. Celebrity Net Worth puts Felix at a whopping $4.5 million earned to date, pointing out she’s won more...
by admin | Aug 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Retiring Minnesota Lynx center Sylvia Fowles is the recipient of the 2022 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, the WNBA announced Friday. Fowles, who finished her 15-year career this season as the league’s all-time leading rebounder, is the second Lynx player to...
by admin | Aug 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The star power was aplenty in a WNBA playoffs first-round game that wouldn’t have been out of place in the Finals. In Sue Bird’s final postseason, the No. 4 seed Seattle Storm rallied for a 86-83 win over the No. 5 Washington Mystics in Game 1 at Climate Pledge Arena...
by admin | Aug 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
With just under three and a half minutes to go in Game 1 of the New York Liberty’s opening-round playoff series against the Chicago Sky, Marine Johannès dribbled left off of a ball screen, drew two defenders and, using her off hand, whipped a perfect behind-the-head...
by admin | Aug 19, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe was surely ecstatic earlier this summer to receive a call from President Joe Biden letting her know he was awarding her the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor a president can bestow. But the famously politically-active Olympian...
by admin | Aug 18, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Vancouver Canucks added a pair of women, Émilie Castonguay and Cammi Granato, as assistant general managers this season. They were the first, and others followed. Similarly, women have been hired in player development roles, and as members of analytics...
by admin | Aug 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
On Aug. 9, Serena Williams announced that she would be retiring from professional tennis, marking the end of the career of one of the world’s greatest living athletes. But the next day—in a move that left many fans confused—she competed in the Canadian Open, and less...
by admin | Aug 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Football Association (The FA) is delighted to announce a multi-year partnership with Nike to become official ball supplier of the Barclays Women’s Super League (BWSL), Barclays Women’s Championship (BWC) and The FA Women’s Continental Tyres League Cup from the...
by admin | Aug 18, 2022 | Representation, SEW
World No 1 Iga Swiatek and fifth seed Ons Jabeur claimed contrasting wins at the Western & Southern Open and both declared that they were happy to move safely into the third round of the WTA 1000 event. The duo have been the two stand-out performances on the WTA...
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