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Iga Swiatek still perfect heading into US Open quarterfinals

by admin | Sep 3, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Iga Swiatek swept past Liudmila Samsonova 6-4, 6-1 at Arthur Ashe Stadium to reach the quarterfinals of the US Open on Monday as the top seed continued her flawless run through the Flushing Meadows draw. Swiatek, the only former women’s champion still standing,...

Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese breaks league single-season rebounding record and more from around the WNBA

by admin | Sep 3, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Chicago Sky rookie Angel Reese broke the WNBA’s single-season record for rebounds, notching her 418th in a 79-74 defeat against the Minnesota Lynx. Prior to Sunday’s game, Reese needed six rebounds to take the record from former Sky player Sylvia Fowles, who retired...

Mercury’s Natasha Cloud suspended for technical fouls

by admin | Sep 3, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Phoenix Mercury guard Natasha Cloud will serve a one-game suspension after reaching the league’s technical foul limit. She picked up her seventh technical foul on Sunday and the WNBA announced the automatic suspension without pay on Monday. Cloud, 32, will serve...

Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese are filling up box scores, setting records and eyeing the playoffs

by admin | Sep 2, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Rookies Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese keep extending their history-making seasons as the WNBA enters the final weeks of the playoff race. On Sunday, they did it again. Chicago forward Reese became the WNBA’s single-season rebounding leader, passing retired...

Coco Gauff, defending U.S. Open champ, falls to Emma Navarro

by admin | Sep 2, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Coco Gauff will not retain her US Open title as American Emma Navarro advanced past her compatriot in the fourth round, 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. It’s Navarro’s second consecutive win against the 20-year-old Gauff, and it comes at the same stage in a grand slam tournament: At...

Caitlin Clark Gets Heartwarming Message From Lisa Leslie After Breaking WNBA Record

by admin | Sep 2, 2024 | Representation, SEW

All eyes are on No. 22 whenever the Indiana Fever take the court. Caitlin Clarkhas been in the WNBA’s spotlight throughout her rookie season in the league, but she’s not shied away from the challenge. After breaking the league’s all-time single...

‘Murderball’ is for women, too: How Sarah Adam became the first woman on the US Paralympic wheelchair rugby team

by admin | Aug 30, 2024 | Representation, SEW

There was no need to defend Sarah Adam on the court, at least not in the eyes of her opponents. Competing in her first wheelchair rugby competition, she was an unknown, she was inexperienced, and she was a woman playing a male-dominated sport. “No one knew that...

How Paralympic swimmer Ali Truwit recovered from a shark attack

by admin | Aug 30, 2024 | Representation, SEW

Ali Truwit gathers her gear as she stands on the deck of a boat floating off Turks and Caicos in the Atlantic Ocean. It’s a warm and sunny day in May, ideal for snorkeling. Sophie Pilkinton, her former Yale swimming teammate, asks her to pose for a photo. Ali...

Iga Swiatek among stars who say tennis tours ignore players’ health

by admin | Aug 30, 2024 | Representation, SEW

It’s nothing new for tennis players to worry aloud about their sport’s overcrowded calendar, too-tough season and too-short offseason. No. 1-ranked Iga Swiatek added an additional complaint this week at the US Open: Athletes are not being heard when they...

New NWSL deal a ‘relief and joy’, Players Association boss says

by admin | Aug 30, 2024 | Representation, SEW

NWSL Players Association executive director Meghann Burke said the new collective bargaining agreement with the NWSL brought “relief and joy,” with the elimination of player drafts and amendments to parental leave and childcare benefits two of the key...
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