by admin | May 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Amanda Ruller wants to be the first female offensive football coach in the Canadian Football League (CFL). And the truth is, looking at the 34-year-old’s list of accomplishments, it’s hard to imagine she won’t achieve what she’s after – male-dominated careers...
by admin | Apr 19, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Tessa David-Burns pulled her long, blond hair on top of her head and stepped into the shower. It was early, about 6 a.m., and she was tired. She had flown in the night before from a whirlwind trip to California to see her boyfriend. She had a busy day at work ahead...
by admin | Apr 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Dawn Staley who led South Carolina to an NCAA Championship and shared the championship net with black coaches around the country. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the NFL for their continued ill...
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 29, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The National Football League set forth new diversity and inclusion efforts for the 2022 season at its annual owners meeting, such as requiring its 32 teams to employ a “female or a member of an ethnic or racial minority” as an offensive assistant, the...
by admin | Feb 28, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
The irreconcilable disconnect between the Cowboys paying $2.4 million to settle voyeurism allegations and concluding that no wrongdoing occurred compels a much closer look at the situation. Content to close the books on the matter (and to accept the team’s...
by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Serena Williams, Billie Jean King and Alex Morgan were among the sportswomen to star during the 56th edition of the Super Bowl. The Los Angeles Rams overturned a 20-16 deficit to defeat the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20, triumphing at the SoFi Stadium in front of a home...
by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Maria Taylor has had a wild couple of years. “You can’t make up the story lines that end up leading to my very first Super Bowl,” she says now, in her first full interview since the controversy that led her to leave her longtime perch at ESPN for NBC Sports. The...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
“People would say to me, ‘You really want to leave the N.F.L.?’ ‘Yes,’ I would answer, ‘with running shoes on.’” RAMONA WASHINGTON, a former production coordinator at NFL Network who is Black. She said she quit in disgust in 2018 after her report of bias among...
by admin | Feb 4, 2022 | #MeToo, SEW
A former employee of Washington’s NFL team told members of Congress on Thursday that owner Daniel Snyder harassed her at a team dinner, putting his hand on her thigh and pressing her toward his limo, to throw the team’s workplace culture back into the public eye a day...
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