by admin | Apr 30, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Angel Reese said she is “super excited” by the “really great direction” that the WNBA is heading in, after being drafted into the league by the Chicago Sky earlier this month. Reese was selected by the Sky with the No. 7 pick in the 2024 WNBA draft, pairing her up...
by admin | Apr 30, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
In the pantheon of basketball greats, Lisa Leslie’s supremacy is unmatched when donning the iconic American jersey. A relentless force for Team USA, Leslie’s Olympic and FIBA World Championships resume is indisputable. Because of her unparalleled...
by admin | Apr 24, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Wieber knew her name would generate buzz at Arkansas, but that alone doesn’t sustain interest year after year. Leaning on her experience at UCLA, Wieber worked on perfecting all aspects of home meets that turn the event into a show, including athlete introductions,...
by admin | Apr 23, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Women’s basketball finally has the kind of audience it deserves, with the NCAA Championship Game drawing 24 million viewers in what some have called the “Caitlin Clark effect” and others have just called “a long time coming.” That is great for the game and has brought...
by admin | Apr 22, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Kate Paye spent nearly two decades as Stanford’s coach-in-waiting, her high energy and positive spirit shining through on the sideline right next to Hall of Fame coach Tara VanDerveer. Now, it’s Paye’s turn at last. And while keeping to many of...
by admin | Apr 18, 2024 | Representation, SEW
For years, women’s sports was an afterthought for TV, frequently relegated to ESPN2, Fox Sports 2 or ESPNNews, if they were able to secure TV rights at all. It was a self-reinforcing cycle of denial: Women’s sports didn’t rate, so the demand for the rights wasn’t...
by admin | Apr 16, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The Iowa Hawkeyes are set to retire Caitlin Clark’s number 22 jersey. The announcement at Iowa’s end-of-season celebration ceremony comes days after her record-breaking NCAA career came to an end. She finishes as the all-time leading scorer in college...
by admin | Apr 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
For the first time in its 42-year history, more people watched the women’s NCAA basketball final than the men’s. The total number of viewers for Sunday’s women’s national championship gamebetween South Carolina and Iowa was 18.9 million, peaking at 24.1 million in the...
by admin | Apr 12, 2024 | Representation, SEW
Iowa Hawkeyes star Caitlin Clark was named the winner of the 2024 Wooden Award on Tuesday, taking home the honor as the most outstanding player in women’s college basketball for the second straight season. Clark won the award over UConn’s Paige Bueckers,...
by admin | Apr 11, 2024 | Representation, SEW
The ratings record for a women’s college basketball game just got shattered – again. Sunday’s NCAA tournament national title game between undefeated and top overall seed South Carolina and Caitlin Clark’s Iowa Hawkeyes averaged 18.7 million viewers, peaking at 24...
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