by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Marathon runner Mary Keitany retired from the sport on Wednesday because of a back injury, ending a career in which she won multiple races in London and New York and set the world record for a women-only race. The 39-year-old Kenyan said pandemic-related travel...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne remembers her days growing up in Delaware watching Sheryl Swoopes and the dominant, dynastic Houston Comets during the league’s earliest years. She even had the Hall of Famer’s signature Nike basketball sneakers as a kid. “I’d watch...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Rebecca Lobo tried. But even she couldn’t remember the entire list. In April, before the start of the WNBA’s 25th anniversary season, the retired hoops legend-turned-broadcaster took on a trivia question most can’t answer: Who are the nine players in WNBA history who...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The girls on Afghanistan’s national soccer team have arrived safely in Portugal where they have been granted asylum after weeks of waiting to flee the country following the Taliban takeover. The girls found out early Sunday that they would be leaving Afghanistan...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The NCAA placed Georgia Tech’s women’s basketball program on probation for three years Tuesday, citing violations committed under former coach MaChelle Joseph that included players being forced to practice longer than the rules allow and on scheduled off days. The...
by admin | Sep 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The United Soccer League (USL) will create a professional Division II women’s soccer league in the United States: the USL Super League. With this new league, the USL presents an unprecedented pathway for players–from youth to professional–within one...
by admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Malika Andrews will replace Rachel Nichols as the face of ESPN’s regular NBA coverage, in a move executives no doubt hope will bring a difficult era at the Disney-backed sports-media giant to an end. ESPN said Andrews, who is extending her contract, will anchor “NBA...
by admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
A group of prominent women athletes, including soccer star Megan Rapinoe and basketball standouts Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird, on Monday urged the US supreme court to protect abortion rights in a case involving Mississippi’s Republican-backed bid to ban the procedure...
by admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
U.S. women’s national team star Carli Lloyd has opened up on a “difficult” time after the 2015 Women’s World Cup triumph which thrust her name into the limelight. The 39-year-old scored a hat-trick in the final in Canada six years ago as the USWNT won the...
by admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Simone Biles says she is excited to launch her highly-anticipated Gold Over America Tour on Tuesday. The seven-time Olympic medalist will lead a team of elite athletes across the US, celebrating the power of female athletes and inspiring a new generation of gymnasts....
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