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‘Fuel to Her Fire’: A Rising Basketball Star Thrives When You Doubt Her

by admin | Jan 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Diamond Johnson glanced over hopefully, expectantly. Andrea Peterson, her high school coach, had yet to receive the anticipated call appointing Johnson to the 2020 McDonald’s All American Game. Peterson had considered delaying practice so the team could gather in...

‘This girl has no fear’: Junior standout with familiar last name is starting her college career early

by admin | Dec 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Grace Summerhays is no stranger to tournament golf. In fact, she has tested herself at almost every level of competitive play there is: junior golf, amateur championships, women’s professional events, even men’s Korn Ferry Tour qualifiers. But there’s one stage she...

Missouri beats South Carolina: What we learned from the biggest upset of the women’s college basketball season

by admin | Dec 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Unranked Missouri stunned No. 1 South Carolina on Thursday with a 70-69 overtime victory. It marked the Gamecocks’ first loss of the 2021-22 women’s college basketball season, and ended their 43-game win streak against unranked opponents, which was the...

Two Big Ten women’s basketball games canceled because of COVID-19 protocols

by admin | Dec 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Two Big Ten women’s basketball games scheduled for Thursday have been canceled because of COVID-19 protocols, it was announced Monday. No. 21 Iowa’s game at Penn State has been called off because of positive COVID-19 test results in the Nittany...

Olympic Champion, Women’s Sports Advocate Nancy Hogshead-Makar Details Issues With Lia Thomas Situation

by admin | Dec 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Nancy Hogshead-Makar knows all about being a champion in the pool, and championing for the rights of female athletes. A four-time medalist at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, Hogshead-Makar has long fought for equality in women’s sports and is the head of...

Former Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw says ESPN is biased toward UConn

by admin | Dec 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Former Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw said on a podcast released on Wednesday that ESPN is “Connecticut’s network” and that there is “absolutely complete bias there.” McGraw, speaking to Kate Fagan and Jessica...

No. 1 Gamecocks ‘go out there and handle business,’ cap women’s basketball program record comeback vs. No. 2 Stanford

by admin | Dec 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW

No. 1 South Carolina (12-0) defeated No. 2 Stanford (8-3) 65-61 at home on Tuesday night in a rematch of their meeting in the 2021 NCAA Final Four. The Gamecocks came back from an 18-point, first-half deficit, the largest comeback in program history. “It feels...

COVID protocols force cancellation of first coaching matchup between hall of famers Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson

by admin | Dec 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Very few WNBA players can boast about winning four championships. Even fewer accomplished the feat in consecutive years, including the very first league title. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famers Cynthia Cooper and Tina Thompson did just that. Cooper and...

UConn out of women’s basketball AP top 10 for 1st time in 16 years

by admin | Dec 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW

UConn’s record 16-year run in the top 10 of The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll is over. The Huskies fell four spots to No. 11 on Monday after losing to Louisville a day earlier. UConn had been ranked among the first 10 teams in the poll...

Why Won’t These Colleges Promise to Protect Their Athletes From Sexual Abuse?

by admin | Dec 17, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW

Five years ago, the first reports of ex-USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar’s heinous crimes laid bare one of the largest sexual abuse scandals in American history. Fast-forward to this week, when more than 500 survivors, including Olympic gymnastic champions Simone...
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