by admin | Mar 13, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The documentary “Sue Bird: In the Clutch,” about the basketball legend’s final WNBA season and her impact on sports, has been acquired following its buzzy Sundance debut. Wolfe Releasing, the largest exclusive distributor of LGBTQ+ films, has picked up the North...
by admin | Feb 26, 2024 | Representation, SEW
WNBA players are moving. This is true in the literal sense — the league’s biggest stars are increasingly changing teams in free agency — while at the same time, they’re seizing a bigger platform. Players come together, whether it be on super teams or around collective...
by admin | Jan 25, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When basketball legend Sue Bird decided to let a team of filmmakers capture her final season after playing 21 years in the WNBA, she wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from watching her career be contextualized on film, but it turned out to be wonderful. “You play...
by admin | Dec 11, 2023 | Representation, SEW
On the one-year anniversary of Brittney Griner’s release from Russian custody, ESPN published a lengthy, detailed story on the WNBA star’s arrest, her time in prison and the efforts to bring her home. Griner, a nine-time all-Star with the Phoenix Mercury,...
by admin | Nov 24, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Billie Jean King always knew that she’d make a difference. “When I was seven, I was drying dishes. I go, “Mommy, mommy, I’m going to do something great with my life. I know it. I just know it.” And she said, “Just get back drying those dishes, you know, and...
by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The WNBA is releasing a new film telling the stories of WNBA newbie DiDi Richards, veteran Isabelle Harrison and legend Angel McCoughtry on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. ET (NBA TV). The film is called “We Are The W” and is meant to give an inside look at the three different...
by admin | Mar 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The story of Lusia Harris only gets better: It’s now won an Oscar. And just like his longtime Los Angeles Lakers teammate Kobe Bryant did four years ago in another category, Shaquille O’Neal can say he’s an Oscar winner, as well. Read More
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lindsey Vonn, a four-time Olympian who picked up a gold medal (2010) and two bronzes (2010, 2018) for Team USA in her illustrious skiing career, recently took on a new title —— co-director —— paired with legendary filmmaker Frank Marshall. It was working with the...
by admin | Nov 5, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
What do Megan Rapinoe, Jessica McDonald, Christen Press, and Pele have in common? They are all successful soccer athletes. How many have you heard of? Women may have the right to vote, but in sports they still lack the respect and equal pay due for their...
by admin | Oct 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The seven-episode series, titled “Simone vs Herself”, looks at the highs and lows of Biles’ life over the course of the past couple of years and celebrates the brilliance of one of the world’s greatest ever athletes. Emmy award-winning sports media company, Religion...
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