by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Donnie and Jamie Solesbee had no intention of getting their soon-to-be-daughter Autumn into golf. She was a 7-year-old in the foster care system, and the Solesbees were a couple on a journey to adopt. They met and fell in love with the young girl, unaware the game was...
by admin | Nov 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Roxanne Modafferi may never have captured a UFC title, but she still had a career that many of her fellow MMA pioneers could envy. “The Happy Warrior” competed 44 times over an 18-year run that began in an era of MMA’s infancy. Women’s MMA existed only on the fringes...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On a recent episode of Victoria Secret’s VS Voices podcast, tennis superstar Naomi Osaka expressed her frustrations with the discriminatory behavior that women face in pro sports. Back in 2018, as we previously reported at The Root, Osaka faced off against Serena...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On Tuesday, FIBA held the 2022 FIBA Women’s Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament’s group draw in Geneva, Switzerland. The USA Basketball women’s national team will play in Group D with Belgium, Russia and Puerto Rico. The remaining groups are below. Group A:...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA issued suspensions to former Atlanta Dream teammates Courtney Williams and Crystal Bradford for their roles in an altercation outside of an Atlanta-area club in May and for related health and safety protocol violations, the league announced Tuesday. Williams’...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
What other city has had four WNBA No. 1 overall draft picks — Nneke Ogwumike (Cy-Fair), Chiney Ogwumike (Cy-Fair), Brittney Griner (Nimitz) and Charli Collier (Barbers Hill) — dating back to the beginning of the WNBA in 1997? None. The Houston Comets won the first...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Across the college basketball landscape, the success of most winning programs can be traced back to one or two players — players whose arrival ushered in new areas at their respective schools and whose individual greatness immediately elevated their programs as a...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The 2021 tennis season is officially over, and what a year it was. From history-making quests to the emergence of what looks to be the next generation of superstars, this season was one to remember. Even with the absence of household names such as Venus and Serena...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) has become the world’s “most effective” human rights organization over its leadership on the Peng Shuai case and willingness to lose money to stand by its principles, said Kelley Eckels Currie, former U.S....
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Division I Council approved an expansion of the Division I Women’s Basketball Championship bracket from 64 to 68 teams, effective with the 2022 championship. “This immediate expansion of the women’s basketball championship reinforces the fact...
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