by admin | May 11, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Billie Jean King has been a trailblazer in sports and public life for five decades. But the five-time Wimbledon singles champ and winner of 12 single Grand Slams has no plans to let up. Just a few weeks ahead of 2021’s installment of the French Open, a...
by admin | May 11, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Cleveland Cavaliers assistant Lindsay Gottlieb has been hired as the women’s head coach at USC, the school announced Monday. Sources told ESPN that Gottlieb agreed to a six-year deal. “It is an honor and a thrill to become the women’s...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
A year ago, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it wasn’t certain the WNBA would have a season. But the league completed it with a bubble scenario in Bradenton, Florida. Despite some high-profile opt-outs, the basketball was top-notch. The Seattle Storm, led...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In late December 2019, Eb Jones was in her Sydney hotel room when her cellphone started buzzing incessantly. Jones, then the WNBA’s head of content and influencer strategy, was on vacation. She thought someone in her family had died. But more than 7,000 miles...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In 1984, the year after her Women’s American Basketball Association championship victory with the Dallas Diamonds, Nancy Lieberman was a reigning champion in a league that folded almost as quickly as it started. In the midst of deliberating her next plan of action to...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tokyo is under a state of emergency amid a surge in cases, 10 weeks from the start of the rescheduled Games on 23 July. Japanese world number two Osaka would be making her Olympic debut in Tokyo. “I’m an athlete, and of course my immediate thought is that...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The 39-year-old hasn’t played since the Australian Open, having undergone oral surgery. Now, as she fights to be fit for major tournaments going forward, Williams is choosing to manage her schedule more carefully. This week in Rome will be her first clay-court...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Becky Hammon has made history many times during her WNBA and NBA careers. But the San Antonio Spurs assistant coach won’t be satisfied until she shatters one of the highest glass ceilings in all of sports: Becoming an NBA head coach. All signs suggest...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Former UConn player Gabby Williams, the No. 4 pick in the 2018 WNBA draft by Chicago, was traded to Los Angeles by the Sky on Sunday. Williams, a 5-foot-11 forward, was put on the suspended list for the season by Chicago last week because she will be with the French...
by admin | May 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Lightweight undisputed champion Katie Taylor regained the No. 1 spot in ESPN’s pound-for-pound rankings with an impressive unanimous decision victory over Natasha Jonas on May 1. Taylor, a previous No. 1, was leapfrogged by Claressa Shields, a two-time...
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