SEW Sports Equality for Women
  • SEW
  • Timeline
  • Sports Films
  • Team
  • Mission
    • About Our Logo
  • Contribute
  • Contact
Select Page

Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike Talk WNBA Fashion & Empowering Young Creatives

by admin | Mar 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW

If there’s one thing you need to know about Gen-Z, it’s that this generation isn’t waiting for college to take ownership of their future — especially when it comes to fashion. These days, they’re merging their knowledge of technology with a passion for creative design...

In 25th season, Mystics will honor their past, hope to continue championship legacy

by admin | Mar 3, 2022 | Representation, SEW

In their quest for another WNBA title, the Washington Mystics have a milestone to celebrate and a team Hall of Fame to launch. In May, the Mystics will begin their 25th season. When the WNBA began play in 1997, there was no shortage of doubters. Professional women’s...

Hawkins, Cloud finish as the top 2 players in Athletes Unlimited

by admin | Mar 3, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The WNBA offseason is long. While we here are focused more on the NBA or college basketball most WNBA players spend their time overseas. Some players are in countries like Australia and Korea, but superstar WNBA players generally earn salaries multiple times more than...

WNBA Considered Terminating Liberty After Airplane Scandal

by admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The WNBA considered terminating one of its teams, the Liberty, for violating the league’s collective bargaining agreement, per a Sports Illustrated report by Howard Megdal. The crime? The Liberty’s owners charted flights for its players. Liberty owners Joe and...

‘She’s a legend’: Kathy Delaney-Smith concludes four decades as Harvard’s women’s basketball coach and fierce advocate for women’s rights

by admin | Feb 28, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

“Acting as if” led a college synchronized swimmer to a legendary basketball coaching career. “Acting as if” generated equal resources for the girls’ basketball program at Westwood High. “Acting as if” produced the Ivy League’s winningest coaching career in any sport,...

Athletes Unlimited Basketball Crowns Inaugural Champion, Will Return Next Year

by admin | Feb 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Athletes Unlimited’s inaugural season of women’s basketball wrapped up Saturday night, but the league announced Sunday that it will return for a second season in 2023. Through Athletes Unlimited, women’s basketball players who might otherwise play overseas in the...

South Carolina State women’s basketball coach Audra Smith fired day after filing suit

by admin | Feb 28, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

South Carolina State women’s basketball coach Audra Smith was fired Thursday, a day after she sued the school in federal court alleging Title IX violations and discriminatory practices at the university. Smith had led the women’s team the past four seasons...

New Indiana Fever general manager Lin Dunn says love of organization drew her back, improvement on way

by admin | Feb 28, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Longtime WNBA coach Lin Dunn said her love and loyalty toward the Indiana Fever organization drew her back to take over as interim general manager after Tamika Catchings stepped down from the role Feb. 14. And Dunn thinks the Fever, who have missed the playoffs the...

Paige Bueckers, ‘so happy’ to be back after 19-game absence, helps UConn roll to victory in return

by admin | Feb 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Sidelined for nearly three months with a left knee injury, reigning national player of the year  Paige Bueckers made her much-anticipated return in the UConn’s 93-38 win over St. John’s on Friday night. The sophomore All-American guard took the floor for...

WNBA players in Ukraine left country before Russian invasion

by admin | Feb 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Several WNBA players who play overseas during the off-season made it safely out of Ukraine after Russia invaded the country this week. The WNBA on Thursday told USA Today that players “competing this off-season in Ukraine are no longer in the country.” ...
« Older Entries
Next Entries »

Recent Posts

  • How a Women’s College Volleyball Team Became the Center of the Transgender Athlete Debate
  • Geno Auriemma becomes all-time winningest college basketball coach in 40th year at UConn
  • Lindsey Vonn Plans a World Cup Return as She Rejoins the U.S. Ski Team
  • New York Liberty win their first WNBA title and celebrate the end of a long odyssey
  • Susie Maxwell Berning, Hall of Fame Golfer, Is Dead at 83

Recent Comments

  • Guillermo Duque on Where are the Women? by Paulina Duque
  • Mónica R Pardo on WISE Works by Paulina Duque
  • Guillermo Duque on WISE Works by Paulina Duque
  • Nader on Inequality in Sports Made Its Way Into the N.C.A.A Tournament by Paulina Duque
  • Ingrid Jaillier on Inequality in Sports Made Its Way Into the N.C.A.A Tournament by Paulina Duque
  • Home
  • Timeline
  • Sports Films
  • Team
  • Contribute
  • Privacy Policy
  • Facebook
  • X
In Our Header: Gertrude Ederle, Wilma Rudolph, Thelma “Tiby” Eisen, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Lindsey Vonn, Allyson Felix, and Althea Gibson / In Our Footer: Junko Tabei, Stefania Passaro, Uljana Semjonova, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Mirai Nagasu, and Wyomia Tyus

5005 Linnean Ave NW, Washington DC, 20008 e. cieslafdn@gmail.com | t. (202) 362-5760

© The Ciesla Foundation 2022 DCMA Designated Agent - ken.cieslafdn@gmail.com