by admin | Mar 11, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
United States women’s national soccer team star Mia Hamm is joining the National Women’s Hall of Fame. Hamm is one of nine women chosen as the class of 2021, announced Monday on International Women’s Day. She joins a select few athletes as part of...
by admin | Mar 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Megan Anderson will need a new fighting home. The former featherweight title contender is no longer under contract with the UFC after completing her deal following a loss to Amanda Nunes this past weekend. UFC officials confirmed Anderson completed her...
by admin | Mar 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
What’s it like to make history and have everyone forget about it immediately? Wyomia Tyus knows. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Tyus became the first person in history — man or woman — to win two consecutive gold medals in the 100-meter dash. It...
by admin | Mar 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Emily Ford made history earlier this week, as the first woman and only the second person ever to hike Wisconsin’s 1,900km Ice Age Trail in winter. She and her canine pal (a borrowed sled dog named Diggins), hiked through temperatures ranging from 7˚C through to -37˚C,...
by admin | Mar 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Chloe Kim headlines the world freestyle skiing and snowboarding championships, among several winter sports competitions on NBC Sports, Olympic Channel and Peacock Premium this week. Kim, who in PyeongChang became the youngest Olympic halfpipe champion...
by admin | Mar 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tom Brady’s social media has been more active since the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback won his seventh Super Bowl last month. Over the weekend, he used his Twitter account to hype his niece, Maya Brady, a slugging redshirt freshman on the UCLA Bruins...
by admin | Mar 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Andi Sullivan was chosen as the No. 1 pick by the Washington Spirit in the 2018 National Women’s Soccer League College Draft, she was heralded as the beginning of the next generation of American footballers. She came into the league as a tested member of the U.S....
by admin | Mar 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As a young child I can still vividly remember watching the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, mesmerized by Dominique Dawes, as she became the first Black person of any nationality or gender to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. I grew up listening to friends talk...
by admin | Mar 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Six years ago, motor sports executive Beth Paretta thought of a new, exciting idea. She was leaving her role at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and already noticed a shortage of qualified female engineers. “At that point, I was looking at this in a broad way, and I met with...
by admin | Mar 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Amanda Nunes continued her dominance over women in the UFC, submitting a badly overmatched Megan Anderson with an armbar in just two minutes, three seconds Saturday in the co-main event of UFC 259 at Apex. Nunes, widely considered the greatest female fighter of...
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