by admin | Mar 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
Olivia Pichardo, a freshman pinch hitter at Brown University, wrote her name into the collegiate sports history books when she became the first woman to play in an NCAA Division I baseball game. Pichardo, who is of Dominican descent, stepped up to the plate at the...
by admin | Jan 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
The University of Southern California renamed its track and field venue after alum Allyson Felix, the most decorated female Olympic track and field athlete with 11 medals, including seven gold. The former Cromwell Field is now Allyson Felix Field. Felix turned...
by admin | Jan 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
The United States women’s national team enters 2023 as co-favorites to win the World Cup, according to DraftKings. Along with England, the USWNT’s odds are +300 to take home the World Cup trophy, which would be their third straight tile after they won the 2015 and...
by admin | Dec 19, 2022 | Uncategorized
Mallory Weggemann is a “mama on a mission” to showcase what is possible. The three-time Paralympic gold medalist competed in the U.S. Paralympics Swimming National Championships in Charlotte, NC this weekend at 26 weeks pregnant. Read More
by admin | Nov 20, 2022 | SEW, Uncategorized
👍 This week our highlight goes to Salima Mukansanga who has been selected as a referee for the Men’s World Cup. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down to Russia who has sen Brittney Griner to begin serving nine years in a penal colony.
by admin | Oct 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday, a Moscow court rejected Brittney Griner’s appeal of her nine-year sentence on drug charges, a completely anticipated result in a trial that U.S. and international officials have called an illegitimate proceeding — as reported by ESPN’s...
by admin | Sep 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW, Uncategorized
Emma Raducanu shrugged off her recent plunge in the world rankings as she made a winning start at the Slovenia Open in Portoroz. The 19-year-old beat Dayana Yastremska of Ukraine in her first match since the defence of her US Open title ended in a first-round defeat...
by admin | Sep 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Czech tennis player Sara Bejlek said Tuesday that her father and coach will no longer celebrate in the same way after a video of both men repeatedly touching her behind at the U.S. Open received online backlash. Bejlek lost in the first round this week but it was her...
by admin | Jul 18, 2022 | Uncategorized
It was an unusual place to hold a high-jump competition — a parking lot outside a shopping mall in late June. Customers stopped briefly with their bags. A cluster of spectators, including Ukrainian war refugees finding a moment to cheer, stood along a railing. Human...
by admin | Jun 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
When 16-year-old swimmer Leah Hayes at last sat down for dinner after the final day of April’s world championships trials, she rested her head on the table. Her father asked if she was OK. Hayes looked up, said she was fine and added, “It’s just a lot.” Read...
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