by admin | Apr 28, 2021 | #MeToo, Leadership, Representation, SEW
Battling sexism, giving a talk at Harvard University, running a podcast and stopping elite strikers – another day in the life of Janelly Farias. There’s much more to the 31-year-old Mexican-American defender than just her abilities on the field. Aside from her roles...
by admin | Apr 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Caster Semenya’s fight continues. In February, the South African runner filed an appeal to the European Court of Human Rights, for the right to run in the Tokyo Olympics in her preferred event: the 800-m, a race in which Semenya is the two-time defending Olympic...
by admin | Apr 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Two-time champion Serena Williams is the only notable absentee for this year’s draw as she continues to recover from oral surgery. There’s a return, however, for Britain’s Johanna Konta, who missed the Billie Jean King Cup play-offs recently with a knee injury but is...
by admin | Apr 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
This week is the first time since November 2019 that the LPGA will be holding a tournament in Asia. The HSBC Women’s World Championship in Singapore kicks off a two-event/three-week stretch (originally scheduled for three in three) that marks the tour’s return after...
by admin | Apr 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Syracuse Orange will look like a new team heading into the 2021-2022 season this fall. A whopping 12 players from last year’s squad have elected to transfer for the upcoming season, leaving head coach Quentin Hillsman with just three familiar faces on his...
by admin | Apr 27, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
She laced up her boots and sped on to the skating rink. A seemingly innocuous act, except in 1952 during a time of racial segregation in the US, this young Black woman departed the rink with a broken arm, her actions having infuriated White men intent on her...
by admin | Apr 27, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
New LSU women’s basketball coach Kim Mulkey promised to do her best to bring an NCAA title to the program during her introductory news conference on Monday in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mulkey appeared at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center in a combination...
by admin | Apr 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Held in the Spanish capital every year, the tournament is a joint men’s and women’s professional tennis event, held every year on clay in the build-up to the French Open. It started as a men’s only competition in 2002, before a premier women’s contest was introduced...
by admin | Apr 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Sapir Berman announced Tuesday she has received the support of her family, the local referees’ union and Israeli and international soccer officials. She said even players and fans have begun to address her as a woman, even if they don’t always like her...
by admin | Apr 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Megan Olivi, who covers the UFC for ESPN, was overlooked by network star Stephen A. Smith in a tweet about the channel’s UFC 260 coverage in March. A month later, she’s still pretty down about it. “That was actually tough for me,” she said during a Q&A after...
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