by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s 3-on-3 basketball team has made history. Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum, Stefanie Dolson and Jackie Young won gold in the inaugural 3-on-3 basketball Olympic competition, defeating Russia 18-15 Wednesday evening at Tokyo’s Aomi...
by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
One afternoon last month, Marta, a star forward for the Orlando Pride, let loose a ringing shot from near midfield that sailed into the net for a remarkable goal. It might have been one of the top highlights of the season, and a viral advertisement for a young league...
by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It ought to go without saying that Biles does not owe any of us an explanation—or any gymnastics. While we all want to know what happened, why she scratched isn’t even really what’s important here. What is important is that a grown adult athlete...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
This game seemed as good as softball can get: The two best teams in the world, one the inventor of the game and the other the host of the Olympics, going pitch for pitch, nerve for nerve. Then it suddenly got better. Sometimes a sport produces a moment so...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Before discovering gymnastics, Kathy Johnson ran track and was quite good at it. She was so good, in fact, that for a time she thought she might become a track and field Olympian. It’s not unusual for athletes to explore other hobbies and interests before settling on...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After withdrawing from the women’s team gymnastics final on Tuesday, Simone Biles toldassembled reporters that she had pulled out to “focus on her mindfulness” and her mental health after a “long week.” Biles, who struggled on her vault during the first rotation...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
So many young girls around the globe pick up their first tennis racket, win their first match and picture themselves growing up to be the next Serena Williams. But studies have shown that many of them won’t even continue their sport into their teenage years....
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
At an Olympics aiming to set the highest level of television standards, the head of broadcasting at the Tokyo Games is trying to banish overly sexualized images of female athletes. “Sport appeal, not sex appeal” is one mantra Olympic officials push in an effort to...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Uruguayan swimming star Nicole Frank, 17, found out she had qualified for the Tokyo Olympics, she had only one thought: My grandma made it. That thought was 81 years in the making. Frank’s grandmother, Angelika Rädche, qualified to swim for...
by admin | Jul 27, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Earlier this month, the Department of Justice released a report about the FBI’s investigation into former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar that spotlighted what survivors like me have known to be true: the entire system is failing athletes. The FBI failed to...
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