by admin | Jan 31, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Amy Rodriguez, a two-time Olympic gold medalist and 2015 Women’s World Cup champion with the United States women’s soccer team, announced her retirement from professional soccer at age 34. Additionally, she was appointed as an assistant coach with her alma...
by admin | Jan 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Olympics were only five weeks away, and the most prominent Team USA athlete was sequestered in a hotel room in Austria, reduced to doing pull-ups on her bed frame and lunges with a single 15-kilogram plate and knocking on the wall to say hi to her mother in the...
by admin | Jan 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When you are up in the air, it almost feels like you’re flying,” says Kirsty Muir, the youngest member of Britain’s Winter Olympic team, as she describes the sensation when her body is twirling like a spinning top high above ground. “When you are doing an easier...
by admin | Jan 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When Carly Margulies takes her first Olympic ski halfpipe qualifying run on Feb. 17, it will be her first competitive action of any kind since December 2019. Margulies, who underwent seven knee surgeries since 2013, including three since her last contest, earned the...
by admin | Jan 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It looks to be a sublime matchup of contrasts when first-time grand slam finalist Danielle Collins of the United States takes on Australian native and world No 1 Ash Barty in the Australian Open final on Saturday in Melbourne. While Barty, seeking her third major...
by admin | Jan 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Professional sports leagues in the U.S. have tried to tackle the issue of diversity and inclusion among their leadership for decades with league-wide rules and policies designed to create opportunities for underrepresented groups. Success has varied across leagues. ...
by admin | Jan 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
What does a 2019 WNBA champion have to say about the inaugural season of the latest women’s basketball league on the block? “Athletes Unlimited is going to be dope as f***,” Natasha Cloud said, followed by permission to edit her enthusiasm. Starting today, Cloud and...
by admin | Jan 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
U.S. aerial skier Ashley Caldwell may be heading to her fourth Winter Olympics next week, but nothing about hucking herself off an icy 15-foot kicker at more than 40 miles per hour and nailing dare-devil tricks at 60 feet in the air and landing on her feet is old hat....
by admin | Jan 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
UConn freshman guard Azzi Fudd, the No. 1 recruit in women’s basketball this season, returned to action Wednesday for the first time since Nov. 14 because of a foot injury. And she was a big boost to the No. 10 Huskies, who beat DePaul 80-78 and kept their...
by admin | Jan 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When Jessica McDonald gave birth to her son, Jeremiah, in 2012, she did not envisage becoming a world champion with the U.S. women’s national team seven years later. There is a growing number of soccer players embracing motherhood – Alex Morgan and Sydney Leroux are...
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