by admin | Feb 3, 2023 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
Three former U.S. snowboarders sued their former coach, the national snowboarding federation and the U.S. Olympic Committee on Thursday alleging sexual abuse that was covered up by the two sporting bodies, court documents showed. Rosey Fletcher, Erin O’Malley...
by admin | Apr 6, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
The attorneys general of six states, including New York, have told the N.F.L. they have “grave concerns” about allegations of workplace harassment of women and minorities and warned the league that unless it takes steps to address the problems it could face a broad...
by admin | Mar 27, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Elena Delle Donne of the Washington Mystics who was named co-chair of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness and Nutrition. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to former US ski and snowboarding...
by admin | Oct 1, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Haley Lorenzen was once one of the most reliable players on the Florida Gators women’s basketball team. During her senior year in 2017-18, the 6-3 forward became just the 10th Gator to start 100 career games. But that same season, her first under Florida’s...
by admin | Sep 1, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
A USA Gymnastics reorganization plan includes up to $425 million for survivors who say they were sexually abused by former team doctor and convicted sex offender Larry Nassar. The dollar amount is contained in court documents filed with an Indiana bankruptcy court...
by admin | Aug 30, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
A former Major League Baseball player has been accused of sexually assaulting his daughter, ESPN reported on Saturday. Juan Encarnación, a two-time World Series champion (2003 Marlins, 2006 St. Louis Cardinals), has been taken into custody, the attorney...
by admin | Aug 25, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
There were a lot of seamy, disputable side questions in Trevor Bauer’s court hearing, such as whether that phrase his lawyers used, “wholly consensual,” comes with any limits as to what you’re allowed to do to somebody. But you don’t need to answer that charming legal...
by admin | Aug 17, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Nike confirmed Tuesday that it had renamed the Alberto Salazar Building on its Beaverton, Ore., campus, whose namesake was the famed distance running coach who has been barred from the sport for sexual and emotional misconduct. The change is a stunning and perhaps...
by admin | Aug 16, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer, one of the most polarizing players in his sport, is expected in court Monday for a civil hearing with wide-ranging implications for both the sexual assault allegations against him and, ultimately, his future in baseball. After...
by admin | Jul 31, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
Three fencers on the men’s US Olympic team were wearing pink masks when they arrived Friday in Tokyo for their opening match against Japan. But the coordinated masks weren’t a coincidence; they were a planned protest by the trio against a teammate who is...
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