by admin | Jun 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Megan Rapinoe, Carli Lloyd and Alex Morgan get one more major tournament together with the U.S. national team. The Tokyo Olympic soccer roster of 18 players — the oldest in U.S. history since women’s soccer debuted at the 1996 Atlanta Games — was...
by admin | Jun 22, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The ‘96 Effect is a three-part documentary series featuring four legendary USA women’s teams who won gold at the Atlanta Games. These women were the first generation who became world-class athletes during the Title IX era, and interviews with them reveal how ’96...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Vashti Cunningham showcased why she’s the best women’s high jumper in the country in May when she leaped a personal best of 6 feet, 7½ inches at the Chula Vista Field Fest. Days leading up to the U.S. Olympic track and field trials, Cunningham envisioned jumping...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
To stay loose for the women’s 100-meter sprint at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Wyomia Tyus danced the “Tighten Up” before settling into her starting blocks. The dance song was an early funk classic by Archie Bell and the Drells, a Houston band that proclaimed...
by admin | Jun 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Naomi Osaka has withdrawn from Wimbledon, a statement from her agent confirmed Thursday, but she plans to play in the Tokyo Olympics. “Naomi won’t be playing Wimbledon this year,” the statement read. “She is taking some personal time with...
by admin | Jun 17, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW
When Mali qualified for the women’s basketball tournament at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, some players received a house and prize money for their part in the remarkable achievement by a country that is extremely poor and largely unsupportive of women’s rights. Another...
by admin | Jun 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As the next generation of athletes prepare to take home the gold in Tokyo this summer, Peacock is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the 1996 Olympics with “The ’96 Effect” and “The Sisters of ’96: The 1996 USA Women’s Soccer Olympic Team,” two...
by admin | Jun 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Lilly King continues to back up brash comments with fast swimming. The latest example came at the U.S. Olympic Trials on Monday night. King clocked 1:04.72 for the fastest time in the semifinals of the 100m breaststroke using her typical approach — taking it out...
by admin | Jun 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Adelaide, Australia, is 9,482 miles away from the site of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials, but Sunday, it felt like it was next door. Australia is holding its Olympic swimming trials this week too, and two of its young stars have already sent the Americans a message...
by admin | Jun 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Claressa Shields is a champion. She has showed that for years in the boxing ring, winning gold medals in two Olympics and becoming a three-division world champion (twice undisputed) in an undefeated professional career. On Thursday night, she showed a different...
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