by admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It was the women who pushed the United States to the top of the gold medal table in the final hours of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. And it was the women who contributed most of the American success in ways they hadn’t before. Of the 113 total medals Team USA won in...
by admin | Aug 8, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
After leading Team USA to its seventh straight women’s basketball Olympic gold medal, head coach Dawn Staley said she will not be the one to lead the team to an eighth. In the aftermath of Team USA’s 90–75 win over Japan in Sunday’s gold-medal game,...
by admin | Aug 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women have competed so well at the Tokyo Summer Olympics that if they for some reason decided to form their own country, their medal haul would be among the highest in the world. The female athletes on Team USA have collectively earned about 60 percent of the...
by admin | Aug 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Japanese women’s basketball team put together a smart and efficient game plan, ran it to such perfection that instructional videos could be made from the edits and showed off a roster in which everyone could shoot, dribble and pass. It was a brilliant...
by admin | Aug 6, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Seattle Storm announced today that head coach Noelle Quinn has signed a multiyear extension to remain head coach. Quinn took over as head coach on May 30 after long-time coach Dan Hughes retired. As per team policy, the terms of the deal with Quinn were not...
by admin | Aug 5, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Longtime women’s basketball coach June Daugherty, who spent 11 seasons at both Washington and Washington State, died Monday at her home in Boise, Idaho. She was to turn 65 next week. Daugherty’s husband, Mike, who was also her assistant coach throughout...
by admin | Aug 4, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The NCAA has for years treated women’s basketball as inferior to men’s, a stinging external review found, dramatically undervaluing and undermining the women’s game in ways that go far beyond the substandard weight rooms exposed at its championships in March. The...
by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s 3-on-3 basketball team has made history. Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum, Stefanie Dolson and Jackie Young won gold in the inaugural 3-on-3 basketball Olympic competition, defeating Russia 18-15 Wednesday evening at Tokyo’s Aomi...
by admin | Jul 25, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Sue Bird, WNBA legend and member of the US Women’s basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics, who was elected flag bearer for the opening ceremony. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the European...
by admin | Jul 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Chicago Sky’s Stefanie Dolson will be competing in the newly introduced 3×3 basketball competition in the Tokyo Games. The 3×3 competition is one of 15 new Olympic medal events, making the Tokyo Olympics the biggest ever with a total of 339...
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