by admin | Jan 20, 2023 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
At the core of its response to revelations of rampant and systemic abusethroughout its sport, the U.S. Soccer Federation is developing a “safe soccer certification” program that, it hopes, will curtail coach misconduct at all levels of the game. In the aftermath of...
by admin | Jun 9, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
The accusations have been frequent and startling: more than two dozen women have said the football star Deshaun Watson harassed or assaulted them during massage appointments that Watson and his lawyers insist were innocuous. Two grand juries in Texas this year...
by admin | Apr 25, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
The WTA is still working to find a resolution to the standoff with Chinaover the Peng Shuai issue but will not return to the country this year, Tour chief Steve Simon said. Former doubles world number one Peng’s wellbeing became a concern for the WTA after she posted...
by admin | Apr 20, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
International Tennis Hall of Famer Pam Shriver said she was in an “inappropriate and damaging relationship” with an older coach and warned that the problem still exists in tennis and that more needs to be done to address abuse between coaches and players....
by admin | Apr 3, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Karin Harjo, who was just named the new head coach of Canada’s women’s alpine skiing team, making her the first woman to lead a national ski team on the World Cup stage. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week...
by admin | Nov 5, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
ON THE EVENING of Oct. 30, 2016, at Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix, Earl Watson, in just his third game as the Suns’ head coach, faced a tall task: beat the powerhouse Golden State Warriors. The young Phoenix Suns team had been toiling at the...
by admin | Oct 25, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
One more U.S. soccer match to go for Carli Lloyd. The popular, 39-year-old veteran of the women’s national team will play her final game in a U.S. uniform next Tuesday in Minnesota, in a so-called friendly against South Korea. The two teams played to a scoreless...
by admin | Oct 18, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
After allegations of abuse in women’s football surfaced in recent weeks in the US, Venezuela and Australia, the sport’s world governing body FIFA fears they could be the “tip of the iceberg.” Joyce Cook, FIFA’s Chief Education and Social...
by admin | Oct 18, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
There were, most appallingly, the women. By the dozens over the years. Such as some members of the Washington Football Team’s cheerleading squad, who were included in lewd videos secretly produced without their knowledge, videos two former team employees said were...
by admin | Oct 5, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
USWNT and Orlando Pride striker Alex Morgan on Tuesday called for the National Women’s Soccer League to end the systemic failure that led to a decade of alleged sexual harassment of players by some league coaches. The North Carolina Courage last week fired coach...
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