by admin | Sep 27, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
In Aly Raisman: From Darkness to Light, the former Olympian confronts her most challenging task yet: recovering from the sexual abuse she experienced while training as an elite gymnast. Raisman is one of more than 200 survivors of sexual abuse by former USA...
by admin | Sep 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Crissy Perham had never spoken publicly about her choice. In 31 years, Perham, a three-time Olympic medalist, told only a handful of people what it was like to be pregnant as a struggling college sophomore and decide to have an abortion. She kept quiet about the...
by admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When the U.S. women’s national team won its bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics last month, Vlatko Andonovski was ready to start working on the team’s next chapter right away. Within a week of returning to the United States, Andonovski texted every player...
by admin | Sep 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Aly Raisman is a retired U.S. gymnast who has reached the highest highs of the sport. As captain of the 2012 Olympic team, Raisman competed alongside Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Kyla Ross, and Jordyn Wieber (via Business Insider) and came home with two gold medals...
by admin | Sep 20, 2021 | #MeToo, Representation, SEW
When Alen Hadzic got the green light to compete in the Tokyo Olympics, USA Fencing administrators decided they had to do something to protect the women on the U.S. fencing team. After Hadzic qualified in May, three female fencers accused him of sexual misconduct for...
by admin | Sep 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Although gymnast Simone Biles’ medal count fell slightly short of the sports world’s lofty expectations in the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, she dominated among U.S. Olympians in the number of times her handle, @Simone_Biles, was mentioned on Twitter. Pew Research Center...
by admin | Sep 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Though the Tokyo Olympics are just barely in the rearview mirror, Alex Morgan and the US Women’s National Team are already looking ahead to what comes next. “You look at the next big tournament, which is the World Cup, and we have two years,” Morgan...
by admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Olympic champion Elaine Thompson-Herah won the 100 meters in 10.72 seconds at the Diamond League meeting in Paris without in-form Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce to rival her on Saturday. Thompson-Herah quickly raced clear with a legal tailwind at the Charlety Stadium to...
by admin | Aug 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Simone Biles is ready to cheer on Sunisa Lee as her former Olympics gymnastics teammate gets ready to compete in a completely different apparatus: Dancing with the Stars. Last week, Lee was confirmed as a contestant on the upcoming 30th season of the ABC dance...
by admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
With all due respect to the in-the-hunt-for-a-championship Orlando Pride soccer team, the best action tends to go down after the pros have left the pitch. That’s when Alex Morgan will bring 15-month-old daughter Charlie to run around the field at Exploria...
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