by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Real estate developer and financier Ted Segal has become the majority owner of both Major League Soccer’s Houston Dynamo and the Dash of the National Women’s Soccer League. Segal also acquired the leasing rights to BBVA Stadium. Gabriel Brener, Oscar De La Hoya, Ben...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The NWSL finally has its two expansion teams for 2022 formally announced and fully across the line — and they’re both in southern California. Los Angeles based Angel City FC and San Diego (name still TBD) are now in the midst of preparations for next season, but what...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
April 22, 2021, was a big day for women’s professional basketball: It marked the 25th anniversary of the WNBA. It’s mind-blowing that it’s only been 25 years. I remember attending Detroit Shock games with my family and friends when I was growing up in Michigan. As a...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Vashti Cunningham showcased why she’s the best women’s high jumper in the country in May when she leaped a personal best of 6 feet, 7½ inches at the Chula Vista Field Fest. Days leading up to the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, Cunningham envisioned jumping...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Ready for a run at a seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal, the 12 U.S. women who will don the USA Basketball jersey in Tokyo were announced Monday morning on the “TODAY” show. Led by soon-to-be five-time Olympians Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, the U.S. Olympic Women’s...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Sports marketers are leaving money on the table by not investing more in pro women’s leagues, according to a new study by the Sports Innovation Lab, a Boston-based tech research firm. But a new business model that caters to communities of “Fluid Fans” for particular...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur made history on Sunday when she became the first Arab woman to win a WTA title, beating Russian Daria Kasatkina in the final of the grasscourt event in Birmingham. Jabeur, a trailblazer for North African women’s tennis, won 7-5 6-4 to...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Penny Toler grew up in Washington D.C., started college basketball in San Diego, transferred and became a star at Long Beach State, and then went overseas to have a professional basketball career. This was the late 1980s, and whatever dream she had then of competing...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s basketball team has a few questions surrounding its roster as the Americans prepare to make a run at a seventh consecutive gold medal in the Olympics. There are six returning Olympians — Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Sylvia Fowles, Brittney Griner, Breanna...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
To stay loose for the women’s 100-meter sprint at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Wyomia Tyus danced the “Tighten Up” before settling into her starting blocks. The dance song was an early funk classic by Archie Bell and the Drells, a Houston band that proclaimed...
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