by admin | Oct 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If you Google WNBA star Sue Bird, one of the first things you’ll discover is that, at the age of 41, she’s the oldest player in the league. It’s an accomplishment Sue is super proud of, but she hasn’t always relished the attention on her age—for very good reason. “At...
by admin | Oct 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After being honored as the NHL’s Seattle Kraken opened Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday night, Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird said Monday that the prospect of returning for her 19th WNBA season in the new arena is “very tempting.” Bird, who turned 41...
by admin | Oct 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
A Serena Williams autographed rookie card from 2003 was sold at New Jersey-based Goldin Auctions on Sunday for $44,280. The price was a record for any women’s sports card, beating the record sale previously held by a 1992 S.I. for Kids Mia Hamm rookie card,...
by admin | Oct 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The long-distance Kenyan runner Agnes Jebet Tirop was having a very good year. She competed in the Tokyo Olympics in August, set a new world record in the women’s 10-kilometer race in Germany in September and was widely seen as a rising star in her country’s...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Germany’s Pauline Schäfer placed second on beam at the 2021 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, and she did so while dressed in something rarely seen at women’s gymnastics meets: a unitard. Earlier this year, German gymnasts debuted these...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Less than three months after the closing ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, 312 elite gymnasts returned to Japan to compete in the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. The competition in Kitakyushu provided something of a redemption tour for American athletes Leanne...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
There has never been a gymnastics world championships quite like the event that unfolded at the weekend in Kitakyushu, a northern city on Kyushu Island in Japan. In a sport so intense that it is difficult for gymnasts to maintain their peak physical form and workload...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The past 18 months have been life-altering for Kayla Harrison, one of the most promising fighters in women’s MMA. Harrison took her niece and nephew, Kyla and Emery, into her home when her stepfather, Bob Nichols, died in May 2020. At that time, the biggest...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
No 23-year-old understands what it’s like to be the No. 1-ranked golfer in the world – except for Nelly Korda. Korda has had a year that most people can only imagine, winning three times on the LPGA Tour, including her first major at the KPMG Women’s PGA...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The way professional and even amateur sports organizations view activism has changed. The activism we’re talking about here, for reference, is a broadly defined one — basically anytime anyone in a position to be heard says, “Hey, this isn’t right/fair/safe/OK.” After...
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