by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Representation, SEW
A Team USA Artistic swimmer was dramatically rescued by her coach after she appeared to faint in the water during the world aquatics championships in Budapest on Wednesday. In harrowing images, 25-year-old Anita Alvarez could be seen floating toward the bottom of the...
by admin | Jun 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Tobin Heath, a soccer player with the U.S. Women’s National Team, has unveiled an artwork she created, Out Now, which features letters in colorful blocks spelling out “I Am Gay.” Read More
by admin | Jun 21, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
“I should have been on the team. If I’m really honest about it, I think I was cut from the ‘92 team because I was gay. Because I think there were rumors about me, and one of the coaches was close to a coach who was very, very anti-gay.” Jennifer Azzi shared this...
by admin | Jun 20, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce equaled her world-leading time of the year in winning the 100 meters in 10.67 seconds at the Diamond League meet in Paris on Saturday. She was unchallenged at Stade Charlety as she matched her time at the Kip...
by admin | Jun 17, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When Florida sophomore Talitha Diggs dashed across the finish line in 50.98 seconds on March 12 at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Birmingham, she didn’t simply win the 400-meter title. She captured a piece of history. Thirty-nine years earlier, her...
by admin | Jun 16, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
A quarter-century after they helped lead the United States women’s basketball team to an Olympic gold rush that continues today, Dawn Staley and Tara VanDerveer sat on a stage and razzed each other about their chess games. In Manhattan to watch the world...
by admin | Jun 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Rio de Janeiro Olympics gold medalist Monica Puig announced her retirement from professional tennis at age 28 via a post on social media Monday. Puig became the first athlete to win gold for Puerto Rico in any sport at an Olympics with her women’s singles triumph in...
by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Representation, SEW
In the 50 years since Title IX passed, women went from having a fraction of the Olympic medal events of men to carrying Team USA, despite still having fewer medal opportunities. The value of the U.S. women, and by extension the impact of Title IX, was clear on the...
by admin | Jun 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Before stepping onto the wrestling mat at the Tokyo Olympics last summer, Helen Maroulis reminded herself to take it all in. “I just remember thinking, ‘This is the last tournament that I’ll ever wrestle,’” Maroulis, 30, reflects now. It wasn’t the first time...
by admin | Jun 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King and the late Pat Summitt are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer, along with Michael Phelps and hurdling great Roger Kingdom. Others...
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