by admin | Sep 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
“Go gays. You can’t win a championship without gays on your team!” That was Megan Rapinoe’s triumphant logline to the press at the World Cup in 2019, right after she dropped two goals on France in the quarterfinal and hit her now-signature magisterial pose. But that...
by admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
A group of prominent women athletes, including soccer star Megan Rapinoe and basketball standouts Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird, on Monday urged the US supreme court to protect abortion rights in a case involving Mississippi’s Republican-backed bid to ban the procedure...
by admin | Sep 17, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The quality of performances the world has been treated to in 2021 just scratches the surface of what female athletes have to offer. This year alone, we’ve witnessed unforgettable sporting moments – including a plethora of new records being set at the Tokyo...
by admin | Sep 15, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
In a statement, the USSF said the offer was intended to align both senior national teams “under a single collective bargaining agreement (CBA) structure.” At present, the unions for the men and women are separate, meaning there is no obligation for joint terms to be...
by admin | Sep 2, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Soccer pro Megan Rapinoe stars in “LFG,” a film that explores the US Women’s National Team’s fight for equal pay. Read More
by admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
When King won her first Wimbledon in 1966, she received less than half of the prize money her male counterpart did. “I didn’t have any idea we were going to get different prize money,” she said on the 2013 PBS documentary “American...
by admin | Aug 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Megan Rapinoe would like you to stop asking when she’s going to retire. When the U.S. women’s soccer team fell to Canada at the Olympics, a shocking upset for a team that has come to dominate the sport, journalists descended on the 36-year-old forward, pressing her...
by admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Between them, they boast six Olympic gold medals, two FIFA World Cups, and four WNBA titles, to name just a fraction of what the duo has achieved in their individual careers. But the two elite-level athletes aren’t just icons in their own right – they are a...
by admin | Aug 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s national team will leave the Tokyo Olympics with a bronze medal in hand, and a final performance that looked a bit more like what we all expected to see from the No. 1-ranked team in the world. The bronze-medal game was the first in Japan in...
by admin | Aug 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If this is indeed the end of an era, or at least the end for a few decorated U.S. women’s national team stars, it at least concludes with a medal and some style points. The U.S. captured Olympic bronze for the first time on Thursday, rediscovering the joy that...
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