by admin | Jul 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In a July 6 tweet, Hernandez revealed she had “a bone bruise, fluid, a cyst and torn meniscus” as a result of the bad dismount. That’s a lot more than a hyperextension. While she received lots of support and well-wishes for her recovery, Hernandez...
by admin | Jul 18, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Melanie Newman, Sarah Langs, Alanna Rizzo, and Heidi Watney, who will become the first all female team to call a Major League Baseball broadcast. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the FBI who botched...
by admin | Jul 14, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
The Justice Department’s inspector general released a long-awaited report on Wednesday that sharply criticized the F.B.I.’s handling of the sexual abuse case involving Lawrence G. Nassar, the former doctor for the U.S.A. Gymnastics national team and Michigan State...
by admin | Jul 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
A decades-long trend in women’s artistic gymnastics will hit a milestone at the Tokyo Olympics. For the first time since 1968, there will be more non-teens than teens competing. For the 97* women currently on the entry list, the median age is 21 years on the day of...
by admin | Jul 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The world wants everything from Simone Biles, and she keeps on giving it. She pulls off some of the most difficult skills in gymnastics better than any of her competitors, then adds unimaginable ones. She takes an improbable winning streak and extends it again....
by admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
At age 18, Sunisa Lee achieved one of her biggest dreams: becoming an Olympian. Before securing her spot at the June trials, the gymnast from Minneapolis prepped how she usually would by speaking with her father John, who has been her biggest supporter and inspiration...
by admin | Jun 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Before Simone Biles and Gabby Douglas wowed the world and dared many to believe, and even before Dominique Dawes and Betty Okino, there was Dianne Durham. Durham was the first Black woman to win a U.S. gymnastics national championship. “People referred to her as a...
by admin | Jun 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The five-time Olympic medalist finished first in the two-day competition overall, with a score of 118.098. Biles actually finished second on day two to Suni Lee with a 57.533, but again, won the overall meet with 118.098. Biles hesitated on the uneven...
by admin | Jun 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Jordan Chiles felt numb. She looked around her bedroom in Vancouver, Wash., at the dozens of medals, the rainbows of ribbons, the trophies standing in formation, all from a gymnastics career that started when she was 6. None of it meant a thing. She asked her mother,...
by admin | Jun 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As the Olympic Trials approach with the speed of molasses (more than a week?!?!?!), the only thing becoming clearer is that nobody knows what the hell we’re supposed to do about this 4th team spot. To illustrate that, today’s Score Corner takes a look at...
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