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The NCAA Women’s Tournament Bracket is Set

by admin | Mar 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The NCAA Women’s Basketball tournament has set its bracket with 68 teams for the first time in tournament history. Stanford, Louisville, NC State and and South Carolina are the one seeds. Read More

Coaches around NWSL pump brakes on Challenge Cup aspirations

by admin | Mar 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW

With San Diego Wave FC on the verge of playing their first-ever competitive game, on Saturday when they take on fellow NWSL expansion side Angel City FC in Fullerton, a big question emerges: Just how competitive are the upcoming games in the NWSL Challenge Cup? To...

Journalist calls WNBA star Brittney Griner’s arrest ‘the most audacious hostage taking by a state imaginable’

by admin | Mar 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW

American basketball star Brittney Griner was arrested in mid-February at an airport outside Moscow, allegedly for carrying cannabis oil in her luggage, and has been held there since. Now, American observers are increasingly alarmed for her safety. American Iranian...

Lawmakers Slam NCAA for Failing to Address Disparity in Men’s and Women’s Sports

by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Three congressional lawmakers sent a letter to NCAA president Mark Emmert on Monday, lambasting him for failing to take meaningful steps to ensure gender equity in college sports and suggesting his association is in violation of Title IX. Representatives Carolyn B....

Emma Raducanu ‘has to get stronger’ after yet another injury

by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The 19-year-old was defeated 6-7, 6-4, 7-5 by Croatia’s Petra Martić at the WTA 1000 event. It was a frustrating match for Raducanu, who let Martić back into the clash after leading 5-4 in the third set. She has now blamed the loss on fitness issues. Read...

On and Off the Court, Venus Williams’s Work Is Not Done

by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership, Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

The tennis caravan is parked in Indian Wells, Calif., this week for the BNP Paribas Open, an event that, not unreasonably, calls itself “the fifth major.” Venus Williams, though, is on America’s opposite baseline, home in South Florida. “I’m living my best life,” she...

NWSL Power Rankings: The target is on Washington Spirit’s back as 2022 Challenge Cup begins

by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The 2022 NWSL Challenge Cup has returned as the third installment of the competition begins on Friday when Racing Louisville FC and Kansas City Current clash and Pacific Northwest rivals OL Reign and Portland Thorns FC close out opening day. Opening weekend will...

WNBA Announces That the 2022 WNBA Draft Will Happen April 11

by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The WNBA has announced that their 26th annual draft will take place on April 11 this year. The 2022 Draft will return as an in-person event for the first time since 2019 at the Spring Studios and will be available on ESPN. Spring Studios is located in New York that...

After social media shaming, NCAA tries to get gender equity right for 2022 March Madness

by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW

For the first time since 2000, the NCAA women’s basketball tournament will have as many teams as the men’s — 68, to be precise, starting with a “First Four” slate of games. The expansion of the field, announced in November, is the most notable among a package of...

How Women’s Basketball Figures Are Fighting For A More Equal Retirement For Women

by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The striking thing about TIAA’s effort to promote awareness of the 30% gap between how much men and women make during their earning years, and thus are able to save for retirement, is how it factors into the plans of women’s basketball’s most significant figures at...
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