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Why Brittney Griner was in Russia and what it has to do with U.S. women’s basketball

by admin | Mar 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW

In the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, news of basketball player Brittney Griner’s detainment on drug charges became public on Saturday. The Russian government announced that it had detained Griner at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow for...

Commenting on WNBA star Brittney Griner, Secretary of State Antony Blinken says U.S. ready to give ‘every possible assistance’ to detained citizens

by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Reacting to WNBA star Brittney Griner being detained in Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the United States will “provide every possible assistance” to citizens who are being held in foreign countries. “There’s only so much...

Brittney Griner, Star W.N.B.A. Center, Is Detained in Russia

by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Russia said on Saturday that it had detained an American basketball player — quickly identified as Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner — on drug charges, entangling a U.S. citizen’s fate in the dangerous confrontation between Russia and the West over Ukraine. The...

Ukrainian Tennis Star Elina Svitolina Refuses to Compete Against Russian or Belarusian Players

by admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Ukrainian Tennis star Elina Svitolina announced Monday in an Instagram post that she is withdrawing from the Monterrey Open in protest of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Svitolina, the tournament’s No. 1 seed, announced her decision to withdraw from Tuesday’s tournament...

Several WNBA players competing in Russia make plans to leave following invasion of Ukraine, agents say

by admin | Mar 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Several WNBA players currently competing in Russia are making plans to leave the country as a safety precaution following the invasion of Ukraine, multiple agents told ESPN on Sunday. The majority of the WNBA’s players compete overseas in the winter months, with...

Feb 14 – Feb 20, Highlights and Lowlights

by admin | Feb 20, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights

👍 This week our highlight goes to Suzanne Schulting who became the first woman to win 4 short track medals in a single Olympics. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the Russian figure skating coaches and how they treated their athletes...

2 Russians medal at the Olympic figure skating final, but not Kamila Valieva

by admin | Feb 17, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Russian figure skater Anna Shcherbakova took the gold medal in women’s individual program at the Beijing Winter Olympics, in a competition that took place under the shadow of a positive drug test from her teammate Kamila Valieva. Another skater from the Russian...

Russian Figure Skater Can Compete but Won’t Receive Medals

by admin | Feb 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The Russian figure skating star at the center of doping questions at the Beijing Olympics will be allowed to continue to compete despite failing a doping test weeks ago, but officials will not conduct an awards ceremony or hand out medals in any event she wins until...

Russian figure skater’s future to be decided in closed-door boardroom, not on ice rink

by admin | Feb 11, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva’s Winter Olympics will be decided not on the ice rink but by three women and three men at a boardroom table in a five-star Beijing hotel a short drive from the stadium where she thrilled the world this week. The 15-year-old...

The Russian women’s figure skating team has bigger problems than doping

by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Representation, SEW

Russian dynamo Kamila Valieva, 15, made history this week by being the first female skater to land a quadruple jump in the Olympics. A few days later, her team made headlines again with reports that one of their athletes had failed a doping test, delaying the medal...
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