by admin | Apr 13, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Natasha Mack already knows she’s going to cry when she hears her name called in Thursday night’s WNBA Draft. It will be a dream come true for the girl who wrote in the third grade: “I want to be a famous basketball player.” Read More
by admin | Apr 12, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Freshman point guards dominated the storylines around the 2021 NCAA basketball tournaments. On the men’s side, Gonzaga’s Jalen Suggs hit one of the most memorable shots in March Madness history, banking in a 3-pointer from just across midcourt to beat UCLA...
by admin | Apr 9, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Adia Barnes came one basket away from leading the Arizona women’s basketball team to the national championship. Would she take on being the coach of the school’s men’s basketball team as her next challenge? Read More
by admin | Apr 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Disney-owned ESPN hosted the women’s tournament, held in San Antonio. On Tuesday, it said the title game between Arizona and Stanford attracted an average of 4 million viewers on Sunday, peaking at 5.9 million. The network said it was the most-watched...
by admin | Apr 7, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Also at hand are questions about loosening transfer rules and a review of gender equity between men’s and women’s sports that was forced by the visible differences between the two basketball tournaments in coronavirus testing, weight rooms and other arrangements. Read...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The last time VanDerveer and the Cardinal won the NCAA women’s basketball title, it was eight months before the very first text message was ever sent. That 1992 championship was Stanford’s second in three years. No one could have imagined how long it would...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Never again let someone from the NCAA call women’s basketball or any other sport a “cost.” Connecticut’s Paige Bueckers is not a cost. She is the entire damn point. The real cost, the real burden in this iniquitous, contemptible system is the legion of skimmers and...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Even in the cavernous Alamodome and in front of a national TV audience, Adia Barnes saw only the faces in the huddle. Her Arizona Wildcats had slayed a giant, and she had one more message for those doubters who had underestimated her team. Read More
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Don’t you feel silly now, NCAA. March Madness began with the uproar over the NCAA’s blatant disregard of women’s basketball, Mark Emmert and his cronies apparently believing it to be an extracurricular activity rather than an actual sport. It is finishing with the...
by admin | Apr 5, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Fifty years ago, Carole Oglesby helped establish a governing body for women in college athletics at a time when the National Collegiate Athletics Association only oversaw men’s sports. When she saw images earlier this month of the inferior training facilities provided...
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