by admin | Aug 24, 2023 | Representation, SEW
American Katie Moon and Australia’s Nina Kennedy decided to share the women’s pole vault gold medal in another magical moment at the World Athletics Championships on Wednesday. Their decision had echoes of Qatar’s Mutaz Barshim and Italy’s...
by admin | Aug 23, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Sha’Carri Richardson coasted into the 200m semifinals on Wednesday as she bids to become only the fourth woman and first American to achieve the sprint double at the World Athletics Championships Richardson will have her work cut out to emulate Silke Gladisch,...
by admin | Aug 23, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson went off for 53 points, tying the WNBA points record in the process, in a 112-100 win over the Atlanta Dream. The forward has been one of the league’s biggest stars in recent years and has made it into the history books again after this...
by admin | Aug 23, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Laulauga Tausaga-Collins dedicated her out-of-nowhere discus world title — the first for an American woman — to her mom, who forced her into sports in high school. “I just wanted to stay home and be a bookworm,” Tausaga-Collins said. Mom Aveaomalo felt different. Read...
by admin | Aug 22, 2023 | Representation, SEW
A footnote to Simone Biles’ 2021 gymnastics season was that she tied the record of seven U.S. all-around titles. Two years later, she’s back and favored to break that record she shares with Alfred Jochim, who won seven men’s titles from 1925-30 and in 1933 in the AAU...
by admin | Aug 22, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Sha’Carri Richardson proclaimed, “I’m not back, I’m better” this season. She put an exclamation point on that statement at the 2023 track and field world championships Monday in Budapest, Hungary. The charismatic sprinter is officially the fastest woman in the world....
by admin | Aug 21, 2023 | Representation, SEW
The precision and attack was there all game long. Plus, Spain never made a costly mistake: the La Roja defense never broke down, and never gave England an easy chance. England spent the World Cup final chasing, hoping, and making some key errors. So Spain is the World...
by admin | Aug 21, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
USWNT general manager Kate Markgraf is following head coach Vlatko Andonovski out the door. One day after Andonovski officially parted ways with the U.S. women’s national soccer team following a disappointing World Cup run that ended in the Round of 16, U.S....
by admin | Aug 21, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Maria Giovannetti’s journey with the Washington Mystics almost ended in 2010, when Giovannetti’s now-wife, Veronica Sander, moved to Indianapolis to work for USA Football. “I was like, ‘Listen, we’re not going to make it, [and] you’re my person,’ ” Giovannetti said....
by admin | Aug 18, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The US Women’s National Team (USWNT) may not be taking home the trophy at the 2023 FIFA World Cup, but they did make history in another way. For the first time, the team played in a World Cup while under a prize-sharing agreement that aims to address issues of...
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