40-love: The day women tennis players smashed sexism
Owen Gibson of TheHindu.com reports: Equal opportunity laws in the U.S. were still two years away when Billie Jean King barricaded 63 of her colleagues in a room at the … Continue reading
More female reporters should be given opportunities, Association for Women in Sports Media founders say
Cassandra Negley of Azcentral Sports reports: The “living, breathing Mt. Rushmore” of women in sports media celebrated 25 years of growth Friday at the Association for Women in Sports Media … Continue reading
Women In Sports More Likely To Become High-Level Executives, Study Finds
Are girls who play team sports more likely to end up in C-suite positions? Apparently so. This week, accounting firm Ernst & Young released the results of a survey taken … Continue reading
Women archers want national camp shifted out of Pune
Kolkata: With the confidence of women archers “shattered” by the recent incident of alleged sexual misconduct and a suicide in the Army Sports Institute in Pune, the Archery Association of … Continue reading
‘Wonderful to watch’ changes in women’s sports since Title IX, says MSU great of the 1970s
Chris Bassnett of News-Leader.com reports: “Joanie French remembers the time when perks were few and far between for female athletes at the college level. On the short list of greatest … Continue reading
Wambach is soccer’s all-time leading scorer
Tom Canavan of the Associated Press reports: “A drenched and elated Abby Wambach stood at midfield with her U.S. teammates after a win over South Korea, watching the goal onslaught … Continue reading