by admin | Jun 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Naomi Osaka’s withdrawal from the French Open was not the outcome anyone in tennis desired, and yet it happened just the same. It could likely have been avoided through better communication and smarter decisions, but on Monday night the sport’s most prominent young...
by admin | Jun 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW, Uncategorized
The weeklong confrontation between Naomi Osaka, the second-ranked woman in tennis, and leaders of the sport’s four Grand Slam tournaments turned bitter on Monday when Ms. Osaka withdrew from the French Open, citing concerns for her mental health. The move was a...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Sedona Prince arrived in San Antonio in March for her first N.C.A.A. women’s basketball tournament, she was grateful just to be playing again after a long recovery from an injury. But then Prince, who was a redshirt sophomore at the University of Oregon...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tennis fans have a new doubles team to root for! Coco Gauff and Venus Williams will be teaming up for the French Open this year, making their debut doubles appearance on Wednesday. The 17-year-old tennis player and the 40-year-old veteran, whom Gauff has called her...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Despite the WNBA’s 25th season only starting two weeks ago, some teams have already played upwards of six games in 14 days, with the New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun both leading the pack with 5-1 records. What’s changed from last year, where both of these teams...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The first time Michelle Wie West left her daughter to go to work she cried. That’s not unusual, of course. In Wie West’s case, she was headed to the first tee for Round 1 of the Kia Classic, her first official round on the LPGA in 643 days. Wie West was staying on...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Layshia Clarendon, former shooting guard for the New York Liberty, is returning to the league with the Minnesota Lynx as the league’s first openly trans and nonbinary player, Star-Tribune reported. It was announced on Wednesday that Lynx agreed to...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
In July 2020, two months after the initially scheduled start to the season, 144 players from the WNBA’s 12 franchises gathered at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida to play a truncated season in an isolated bubble. Limited family was allowed. There were...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Double Olympic 800 meters champion Caster Semenya failed in her latest bid to qualify for this year’s Tokyo Games, finishing well outside the qualifying mark for the 5000m. The 30-year-old South African is banned from competing in any race from 400m to a mile...
by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Kerri Walsh Jennings, eyeing a sixth Olympics at age 42, and new partner Brooke Sweat must rally past another U.S. team in the last qualifying event next week to make it to Tokyo. Countrywomen Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil won the penultimate international...
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