by admin | Sep 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi might have played each other for the final time. So it’s only appropriate the two legends shared a special moment after the game. The Phoenix Mercury beat the Seattle Storm 85-80 in overtime Sunday in the single-elimination second round....
by admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
A group of prominent women athletes, including soccer star Megan Rapinoe and basketball standouts Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird, on Monday urged the US supreme court to protect abortion rights in a case involving Mississippi’s Republican-backed bid to ban the procedure...
by admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Between them, they boast six Olympic gold medals, two FIFA World Cups, and four WNBA titles, to name just a fraction of what the duo has achieved in their individual careers. But the two elite-level athletes aren’t just icons in their own right – they are a...
by admin | Aug 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Japanese women’s basketball team put together a smart and efficient game plan, ran it to such perfection that instructional videos could be made from the edits and showed off a roster in which everyone could shoot, dribble and pass. It was a brilliant...
by admin | Jul 25, 2021 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to Sue Bird, WNBA legend and member of the US Women’s basketball team at the Tokyo Olympics, who was elected flag bearer for the opening ceremony. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the European...
by admin | Jul 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Four-time Olympic women’s basketball gold medalist Sue Bird and baseball player Eddy Alvarez have been chosen as U.S. flag bearers for the opening ceremony of the Olympics on Friday night. Alvarez, who won a silver medal in speedskating at the 2014 Sochi...
by admin | Jul 8, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
For Sue Bird’s first Olympics, in 2004 in Athens, the team stayed on the Queen Mary 2 cruise ship. Early WNBA stars like Dawn Staley, Sheryl Swoopes and Lisa Leslie led the squad, and a few of the younger players, including Bird, were quite fond of a nightclub on the...
by admin | Jun 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Ready for a run at a seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal, the 12 U.S. women who will don the USA Basketball jersey in Tokyo were announced Monday morning on the “TODAY” show. Led by soon-to-be five-time Olympians Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, the U.S. Olympic Women’s...
by admin | May 27, 2021 | Uncategorized
After the first two weeks of the 2021 WNBA season, there’s so many talking points to take from these early games. GiveMeSport Women has selected five players who have really stood out with their performances so far… Read More
by admin | May 19, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Late into the night of the Moët-soaked celebrations for the 2020 WNBA championship last fall, Megan Rapinoe was letting loose with her now fiancée, Sue Bird, the great Seattle Storm point guard, when she found her opening. “I had gotten wind that one of the WNBA...
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