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New Professional Women’s Soccer League Aims to Begin Play in 2024

by admin | May 18, 2023 | Representation, SEW

With the 2023 Women’s World Cup looming, a new soccer league in the United States is on its way for the 2024-25 season. The USL Super League will begin play in ’24 with teams in eight markets, it officially announced Tuesday morning. It will include teams in the...

‘We have to be more than athletes’: inside the women’s US soccer league

by admin | May 17, 2023 | Representation, SEW

The women’s locker room is supposed to be a safe space. And yet its feeble record for warding off unwanted attention is underscored time and again in TV tropes and class-action lawsuits. It goes a long way to explaining why, despite the abundance of fly-on-the-wall...

WNBA power lies with two superteams. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing

by admin | May 17, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Over the course of its 27 year history, the WNBA has come to be defined by dynastic superteams and fierce rivalries. It dates back to the league’s humble beginnings in the late 1990s, when the now-defunct Houston Comets won the first four WNBA finals, defeating the...

Inside the WNBA triple-double explosion: Leaders, stats, more

by admin | May 17, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Eleven players account for 20 triple-doubles in WNBA history, with Sheryl Swoopes — who recorded the first — Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, Sabrina Ionescu and Alyssa Thomas repeating the feat more than once. Last summer, Thomas compiled a...

WNBA suspends Hammon, strips draft pick: What’s next for Las Vegas Aces, Dearica Hamby?

by admin | May 17, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

After a three-months-plus investigation involving more than 30 people, the WNBA said Tuesday it is suspending Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon for two games and taking away the Aces’ 2025 first-round draft pick because the franchise violated league rules...

Becky Hammon Addresses Becoming NBA Head Coach Amid Raptors’ Reported Interest

by admin | May 16, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Ahead of the 2023 WNBA season, Aces coach Becky Hammon addressed the prospect of one day becoming an NBA coach in the aftermath of a report linking her to the Raptors’ vacant head coaching job. Toronto–just two weeks after firing coach Nick Nurse–reportedly received...

WNBA’s Toronto sellout provided ‘trial run’ for expansion

by admin | May 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Toronto nailed its WNBA expansion audition. As the Chicago Sky took down the Minnesota Lynx 82-74 in preseason action Saturday, the sold-out crowd of nearly 20,000 fans in Scotiabank Arena cheered them on with an “almost ear-splitting” din, Sportsnet reported. Read...

Brittney Griner Scores 10 Points in First WNBA Preseason Game Since Release: ‘Grateful to Be Here’

by admin | May 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Brittney Griner is officially back on the court. The WNBA player — who missed all of last season while she was imprisoned in Russia for 10 months — played in her first preseason game since her return to the U.S., scoring 10 points and making three rebounds in her...

Sha’Carri Richardson Celebrates 200-Meter Win with 40 Meters to Go—and Still Sets Meet Record

by admin | May 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Instead of coasting through the finish line, Richardson threw her arms up in exuberant celebration at the Kip Keino Classic. Sha’Carri Richardson celebrated her 200-Meter win with 40 Meters to Go and Still Sets Meet Record with 22.07 seconds. Richardson had...

Breanna Stewart plans to keep pushing WNBA for better flights

by admin | May 12, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Breanna Stewart is going to keep pushing for more charter flights from the WNBA. The league has come under fire in recent seasons for not allowing teams to charter private flights; instead, players are required to take commercial flights to road games. Read...
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