by admin | Jun 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As many women as men will compete in an Olympic canoeing event for the first time when the paddlers gather at the artificial slalom and sprint courses in Tokyo on July 23 for the 2020 Summer Games. That push for equality on the water parallels changes in sports such...
by admin | Jun 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW
An Olympic race of sorts ends on Tuesday, and this time Caster Semenya will not reach the finish line first. Tuesday is the deadline for Semenya to gain a qualifying time in the women’s 5,000 meters for the Tokyo Games that begin July 23. She defiantly refused to...
by admin | Jun 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Former United States Women’s National Team star Mia Hamm is back to breaking records after her rookie card sold for $34,440 this weekend. The 1992 rookie card nearly doubled the previous record for the most expensive female sports card, per ESPN. Hamm’s rookie card is...
by admin | Jun 28, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The email showed up at 3:29 p.m. on a Friday in February. In 31 minutes, there would be an “Important Meeting”—the only two words in the subject line of a Washington Football Team executive’s email. Candess Correll decided she wouldn’t be joining the Zoom call. She...
by admin | Jun 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
American athlete Sydney McLaughlin obliterated the women’s 400m hurdles world record at the US Olympic trials on Sunday. The 21-year-old ran an astonishing 51.90 seconds, smashing the previous record by .26 seconds to become the first woman to run the 400m...
by admin | Jun 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The five-time Olympic medalist finished first in the two-day competition overall, with a score of 118.098. Biles actually finished second on day two to Suni Lee with a 57.533, but again, won the overall meet with 118.098. Biles hesitated on the uneven...
by admin | Jun 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Nelly Korda won the Women’s PGA Championship on Sunday to capture her first major title and become the first American since 2014 to seize the world number one ranking. The 22-year-old daughter of retired Czech tennis star Petr Korda made two eagles in outdueling...
by admin | Jun 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As debuts go, it doesn’t get much better than Ebony Salmon’s. The 20-year-old Englishwoman had been on the pitch for less than one full minute of live-ball action when Savannah McCaskill fed her a pass right at the top of the 18-yard box. Over the next six seconds,...
by admin | Jun 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tennis superstar Serena Williams announced on Sunday that she will not be heading to the Tokyo Olympics. “I’m actually not on the Olympic list — not that I’m aware of. And if so then I shouldn’t be on it,” Williams told reporters...
by admin | Jun 26, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Last night, owners of Barclays Center—and the Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty—Joe and Clara Wu Tsai walked to their sideline seats with a few special guests. Among them was none other than NBA superstar Kevin Durant. The happy Barclays family was in the building...
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