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June 13 – June 19, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights

by admin | Jun 19, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights

👍 This week our highlight goes to Catherine Raiche who was named assistant GM of the Cleveland Browns making her the highest ranking woman football executive. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Russia who has again extended Brittney...

How Title IX Influenced My Journey—And Changed the Landscape of Sports

by admin | Jun 17, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

I’ve saved just about everything. Since my journey in sports began almost exactly in parallel with the passage of Title IX 50 years ago, my souvenir collection has grown: newspaper clippings; cards; photos; game credentials; speeches I gave as the first president of...

WNBA legend Sue Bird retiring after this season

by admin | Jun 16, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

WNBA legend and the league’s all-time assists leader Sue Bird announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of the 2022 season. “I’ve decided this will be my final year,” Bird posted on social media. “I have loved every single...

WNBA Star Didi Richards Got Mentally Stronger After a Serious Injury

by admin | Jun 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW

In the GQ Sports series Breaking Points, young tennis phenom Jannik Sinner talks to athletes about the mental side of sports. And in the latest episode, the Italian linked up with WNBA star Didi Richards, a guard for the New York Liberty. The two went deep over...

Las Vegas Aces clinch Western Conference spot in WNBA Commissioner’s Cup championship game

by admin | Jun 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW

The WNBA-leading Las Vegas Aces clinched the Western Conference spot in the Commissioner’s Cup championship game Wednesday with their 92-84 victory at Dallas. The Commissioner’s Cup, which began last year, will be played July 26 and consists of each of the...

Lusia Harris Is the Nearly-Forgotten ‘Queen of Basketball’ and Title IX Pioneer

by admin | Jun 16, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

Title IX radically altered the sports landscape, but not all at once and not without resistance. In the early years of the statute, the “forgotten heroes” challenged bias and championed equality—and the impact is still felt today. Read more about Title IX’s pioneers...

‘Dream On’ documentary chronicles how the 1996 U.S. women’s Olympic team helped launch the WNBA

by admin | Jun 16, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

A quarter-century after they helped lead the United States women’s basketball team to an Olympic gold rush that continues today, Dawn Staley and Tara VanDerveer sat on a stage and razzed each other about their chess games. In Manhattan to watch the world...

Russian court extends detention for U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner

by admin | Jun 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW

A court in Russia has extended the pre-trial detention for WNBA star Brittney Griner. Griner, who was detained in February, will remain in custody at least through July 2, according to Russian state media outlet TASS. Read More

State Department Officials Meet With Mercury About Griner’s Detention

by admin | Jun 14, 2022 | Representation, SEW

State Department officials met Monday with members of the Phoenix Mercury about Brittney Griner’s monthslong detention in Russia and the Biden administration’s efforts to secure her release. The State Department confirmed the meeting, which involved...

How the USWNT and WNBA have fought and won major gains in collective bargaining agreements

by admin | Jun 13, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

WNBA players didn’t even have a contract for the first two years of the league’s existence, and it would be six years before they got free agency. Not until 2005, after the U.S. women had already won two World Cups and two Olympic gold medals, was U.S. Soccer...
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