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Mariah Bell becomes the oldest US women’s figure skating national champion in 95 years

by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW

It’s been a long wait for 25-year-old Mariah Bell. For the first time in the nine years she’s been a senior competitor, Bell has won the U.S. women’s figure skating national title following the conclusion of the women’s free skate on Friday...

Naomi Osaka withdraws injured from Australian Open warm-up tournament

by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The 24-year-old returned to action in Australia after four months out following the US Open. She withdrew from the Melbourne Summer Set because of an abdominal injury. Osaka says she will “rest and prepare for the Australian Open”, which begins on 17...

An Afghan girls soccer team rebelled to play the game they love. Now they’re refugees

by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The teenage girls in the red jerseys and black hijabs huddle close on the chilly pitch in this soccer-crazy city and chant their team’s name. “We are Ayenda!” they shout out, using the word for future in Dari, the Afghan dialect of Persian. “We...

Kim Wyant Wants to See More Women Coaching Men’s Soccer

by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Kim Wyant’s life in soccer has spanned multiple decades. Her accomplishments span from a spot on the first United States women’s national soccer team in 1985, to becoming the first and only woman head coach of a college men’s soccer team, leading NYU to an NCAA...

WNBA legend Sue Bird is ready for “one more year”

by admin | Jan 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW

On Friday, Sue Bird indicated via Instagram that she will return to the WNBA for the 2022 season. After the Seattle Storm lost to the Phoenix Mercury in round two of the 2021 WNBA Playoffs, Bird said she wasn’t sure if she had just played her last basketball game....

Speed skater Brittany Bowe breaks own track record, makes third Olympic team

by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Although Brittany Bowe was confident she’d win the 1000m at the U.S. Olympic Speed Skating Trials, beating a certain skater’s time was a bonus. That would be Brittany Bowe circa 2019. Breaking her own track record, Bowe proved why she is queen of the 1000m. She glided...

USWNT schedule 2022 features noticeably weaker opponents than usual

by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

For as long as women’s soccer teams have competed at the international level, the US Women’s National Team has been the crème de la crème. But the power dynamics of the sport may be shifting. The USWNT will face a noticeably weaker schedule of opponents in...

Becky Sauerbrunn opens up about freezing embryos, ending stigma

by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

As captain of the U.S. women’s soccer team, Becky Sauerbrunn is an expert when it comes to navigating tough conversations. But this fall, the prospect of one particular conversation scared her. Sauerbrunn had decided to freeze her embryos. “Broaching the subject with...

Only two teams remain undefeated in Division I women’s basketball after No. 19 North Carolina loses

by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Coming into Thursday, there were three undefeated teams left in Division I women’s basketball. But after No. 5 NC State’s 72-45 victory over visiting No. 19 North Carolina on Thursday, only two are left: No. 4 Arizona and Colorado of the Pac-12. The Tar...

‘I genuinely was so happy for her’: Gracie Gold has captivating performance at US Olympic figure skating trials

by admin | Jan 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Thursday night at the U.S. Olympic figure skating trials, as younger women started to secure their places on the 2022 Olympic team, another woman, an older skater with the name that everyone still knows, offered a glimpse of her magical past on her singular journey...
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