by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
It’s early November, and Kim Mulkey is reclining on a white sofa in her new house. She has relocated from Baylor to Baton Rouge in one of the biggest coaching moves in women’s basketball history. And just hours ago, she won her first game at LSU. A...
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner says it would mean a lot to her to have her jersey retired at Baylor despite not attending a game at the school since her falling out with former Bears women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey more than eight years ago....
by admin | Dec 3, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Inside Billie Jean King’s medicine cabinet hangs an index card. She affixed it there with Scotch tape so that she sees it every day when she goes to get her Listerine or face cream. In her handwriting is a quote from Coretta Scott King: “Struggle is a never-ending...
by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The North Carolina Courage have named Sean Nahas as head coach, the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) team said on Wednesday. The Courage terminated the contract of former coach Paul Riley, who led them to back-to-back NWSL championships in 2018 and 2019, in...
by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Oral arguments before the Supreme Court this week in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization mark the court’s third major abortion case since 2016 — and just the latest effort to challenge the right of all women to decide whether to continue their pregnancy prior...
by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As the 2015 tennis season began six years ago, Johanna Konta’s name was nowhere to be seen on any main-draw sheet. Six months earlier she had briefly reached the top 100 for the first time in her career but, as had been the case throughout her career in those days,...
by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Ever since she started her broadcast career at ESPN, Chiney Ogwumike has been trying to go with the flow, taking advantage of whatever opportunities she could while still being a professional athlete. Whether that was anchoring SportsCenter Africa or being a...
by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Award-winning costume designer June Ambrose joined Puma in 2020 and has wasted no time in making her presence felt. Puma, led by Ambrose, has officially launched its women’s hoops category behind the Puma High Court Collection, a basketball-inspired lifestyle...
by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
I don’t like to wake up and immediately start. I need a second. So I set my alarm for earlier so that I can lie in bed and just breathe. I’ll have my coffee in the morning, and then I’ll usually work out, then eat breakfast. I’m very big on the reward of things. I...
by admin | Dec 2, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Now the rest of the world needs to kick China off the sports circuit, too. The decision by the Women’s Tennis Association to forgo playing tournaments for the benefit of the Party-State is a prescient and powerful move that ought to trigger a broader moral blockade....
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