by admin | Mar 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
American basketball star Brittney Griner was arrested in mid-February at an airport outside Moscow, allegedly for carrying cannabis oil in her luggage, and has been held there since. Now, American observers are increasingly alarmed for her safety. American Iranian...
by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Three congressional lawmakers sent a letter to NCAA president Mark Emmert on Monday, lambasting him for failing to take meaningful steps to ensure gender equity in college sports and suggesting his association is in violation of Title IX. Representatives Carolyn B....
by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA has announced that their 26th annual draft will take place on April 11 this year. The 2022 Draft will return as an in-person event for the first time since 2019 at the Spring Studios and will be available on ESPN. Spring Studios is located in New York that...
by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
For the first time since 2000, the NCAA women’s basketball tournament will have as many teams as the men’s — 68, to be precise, starting with a “First Four” slate of games. The expansion of the field, announced in November, is the most notable among a package of...
by admin | Mar 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The striking thing about TIAA’s effort to promote awareness of the 30% gap between how much men and women make during their earning years, and thus are able to save for retirement, is how it factors into the plans of women’s basketball’s most significant figures at...
by admin | Mar 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
When Athletes Unlimited launched its inaugural basketball league in January, a major selling point of the league was the opportunity for players to compete professionally in the United States as an alternative to playing overseas. As outlined in an official statement,...
by admin | Mar 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Two-time WNBA champion Candace Parker remembers seeing the weight-room disparities between the men’s and women’s NCAA Tournaments last year and thinking, ‘‘It’s a picture and video we’ve all seen a thousand times.’’ Images of the men’s rows and rows of benches, squat...
by admin | Mar 13, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to ESPN for starting some women’s fantasy basketball. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Russia for detaining WNBA superstar, Brittney Griner.
by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Texas Southern women’s basketball coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke’s list of accomplishments should have qualified her for any job in the basketball world. She’s won a championship in high school, two collegiately, four in the WNBA and two Olympic medals. Individually, she’s...
by admin | Mar 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The strange case of Brittney Griner raises all sorts of perplexing questions. Is one of the best women basketball players in the world a political pawn in the standoff between two antagonistic superpowers? Is she being treated like anyone else who allegedly violated...
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