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U.S. women’s water polo team’s shot at Olympic history ends after semifinal loss to Australia

by admin | Aug 9, 2024 | Representation, SEW

The U.S. women’s water polo team’s chance to continue their quest for Olympic history came down to a penalty shootout. And the United States, which entered the 2024 Games as the three-time defending gold medalist, fell one goal short. A save on the final attempt...

How Flavor Flav and Maggie Steffens found a new kind of Olympic synergy

by admin | Aug 1, 2024 | Representation, SEW

It was the yellow ball, for her. It was the piano keys, for him. That first touch of the future. “Ever since I was 5 years old, man,” he says. “From diapers,” she says. That’s when they knew where they were headed. Sports, specifically water polo, for Maggie Steffens....

If US women were their own country, they’d be top-5 in overall medal count

by admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW

It was the women who pushed the United States to the top of the gold medal table in the final hours of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. And it was the women who contributed most of the American success in ways they hadn’t before. Of the 113 total medals Team USA won in...

U.S. Women’s Water Polo Wins Olympic Gold, Aided By A Powerhouse Goalie

by admin | Aug 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The U.S. women’s water polo team has won gold for the third Olympics in a row, handily beating Spain in the gold medal match thanks to aggressive offense and a goalie who made block after block. Ashleigh Johnson, the first African American woman to make a U.S. Olympic...

‘I Choose to Do More.’ Olympian Ashleigh Johnson Embraces Her Role As Water Polo Pioneer

by admin | Jul 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW

When Ashleigh Johnson—the 6’1″ star goalkeeper for America’s “best-team-you’ve-likely-never-heard-of-but-totally-should”—was growing up swimming and playing water polo in Miami, she heard racist stereotypes about Black people and pools. Other kids, parents, even...

June 7 – June 13, Highlights and Lowlights

by admin | Jun 13, 2021 | Weekly Highlights and Lowlights

? This week our highlight goes to Jamaica’s Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, who earned the title of fastest woman alive this week. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to USA Water Polo who had to pay settle a sex abuse lawsuit.

12 female athletes to split $14M sex abuse settlement against USA Water Polo, ex-coach

by admin | Jun 10, 2021 | #MeToo, SEW

Twelve female athletes will split nearly $14 million as part of a sexual abuse settlement for a lawsuit against USA Water Polo and the International Water Polo Club in California involving their ex-coach, the Associated Press reported. The athletes allege that both...

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