by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On June 1, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill into law that would ban trans athletes from participating on female sports teams at the high school and college level. It states that individuals with a biological sex indicated as male on their birth...
by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
For years, female professional athletes were fed the narrative that no one wanted to watch women’s sports. In reality, too many media companies and brands looked past the value of women’s sports. The 2021 NWSL and WNBA seasons have the potential to shift the mentality...
by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
In a bold and unusual move, young phenom Naomi Osaka stunned the tennis world Monday by announcing her withdrawal from the French Open, citing mental health issues. While other players have left major tournaments midstream, typically because of physical injury, this...
by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Jordan Chiles was just joking when she first started talking to Simone Biles about changing gyms and joining her at the World Champions Centre in Spring, Texas. But the more they talked about it, the more Chiles couldn’t stop thinking about it. She enjoyed...
by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
While sudden, Hughes’s decision is not necessarily surprising. He missed the beginning of the 2019 season due to cancer. As a health precaution, he skipped the 2020 WNBA wubble season, when his Storm squad captured their second title in three seasons under interim...
by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Representation, SEW
SAN FRANCISCO — As 14-year-old Chloe Kovelesky prepares to swing, she gathers herself. The youngest player in the 76th U.S. Women’s Open field has a slight squat motion that acts as her trigger before taking the club back, then mashing 280-plus-yard drives beyond some...
by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill is one of the biggest and most recognisable figures in British sport – but being hailed as the pride of a nation comes with pressure and scrutiny. The three time world champion and Olympic gold medallist opened up to host of How To...
by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After Michael Phelps heard on Monday that Naomi Osaka had pulled out of the French Open, and he read her Instagram message explaining why—Osaka cited “feeling vulnerable and anxious” in Paris, and revealed that she has suffered from “long bouts” of depression since...
by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
What I know about tennis as a sport couldn’t fill a water bottle. It enters my consciousness only via headlines, as it did this week when Naomi Osaka, currently the highest-paid female athlete in the world, announced that she would withdraw from the French Open. She...
by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW
On Monday evening the four-time grand slam champion Naomi Osaka, the brightest young star across the world of tennis, withdrew from Roland Garros because she felt that her attempts to preserve her mental wellbeing were a distraction to her peers. In other words, it...
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