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SUNY Albany Sued For Title IX Violations After Elimination Of Women's Tennis Team
The State University of New York at Albany (SUNY Albany) abruptly eliminated the women’s tennis program in March, stranding players—all but one of whom are from other countries and are on student visas—and violating Title IX regulations, according to a lawsuit filed Friday in U.S. District Court for...
How Can Gymnastics Escape The Curse Of The Olympic Cycle?
The World Artistic Gymnastics Championships that take place the year after the Olympics have the reputation of being something of a letdown; with the next Olympics three years away, it’s highly unlikely that you’re going to meet the sport’s next mega star there. The 2013 Championships, which marked ...
Cycling's Governing Body Is Not So Sure About Paying Women
Today, the UCI announced that they’d be raising the minimum wages for some professional cyclists. The lowest paid male riders at the WorldTour and Pro Continental level will now make around €2,000 and €650 more per year respectively, with guaranteed salaries of €38,115 for WorldTour racers and €30,8...
Serena Williams Shares Baby Video, Says Newborn Daughter Already Has One Grand Slam Title
A little less than two weeks after Serena Williams gave birth to a baby girl with her fiancé Alexis Ohanian, she posted a photo of her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian, Jr., to Instagram....
Russian Gymnastics Legend Accuses Simone Biles Of Doping, Compares WADA To Nazis
Svetlana Khorkina, one of the greatest Russian gymnasts of all time, was frequently called a diva—a title she fully embraced—throughout most of her career. She earned this appellation for the drama she brought to her performances, especially on the floor exercise, and her outspokenness in the media...
Sloane Stephens Dominates Madison Keys To Win U.S. Open Women's Final
After doing the damn thing against Venus Williams in the semifinal, Sloane Stephens crushed Madison Keys 6-3, 6-0 this afternoon to win the U.S. Open Women’s Final, her first Grand Slam victory....
Sloane Stephens Knows What She Has To Do
QUEENS, N.Y.—It was after 10 p.m. in interview room one, in the basement of Arthur Ashe stadium, and Sloane Stephens was dutifully answering questions about her three-set U.S. Open semifinal win over Venus Williams. The press conference would go longer than usual, a PR guy said, because there would ...
Sloane Stephens Did The Damn Thing
After the first set, Sloane Stephens’s U.S. Open semifinal against Venus Williams looked like it was going to be easy. She won smoothly, 6-1, in just 24 minutes. With 17 unforced errors, Williams was all over the place. This looked like it would be over soon. ...
The Battle To Stop A Sparks-Lynx Rematch In The WNBA Finals Has Begun
The 2017 WNBA Playoffs are underway and, if last night’s first round of single-elimination games are any indication, it’s going to be a fiercely competitive road to the Finals....
The U.S. Open Women's Semifinals Will Be All-American
For the first time since 1985, a major event will feature an all-American women’s semifinal. ...
Root For Sloane Stephens
CoCo Vandeweghe, Madison Keys, Venus Williams, Sloane Stephens: Half of the remaining players in the U.S. Open are Americans, and as the draw is set up, it could be an all-American semifinal on Thursday. You should root for Sloane Stephens. ...
U.S. Open Top-Seeded Players Are Already Dropping Like Flies
As the U.S. Open heads into its first weekend, let’s have a moment of silence for all the top seeds gone too soon....
Jonquel Jones Is Rebounding Her Way Into WNBA History
It’s been a great season for the WNBA’s living legends. In June, Diana Taurasi became the league’s all-time leading scorer. Sue Bird of the Seattle Storm is just three assists away from becoming the all-time assists leader. And Minnesota’s Sylvia Fowles is the overwhelming frontrunner for the MVP aw...
Are You Buying What Maria Sharapova Is Selling?<em></em>
Everything about Maria Sharapova’s first grand slam match since her April return from a 15-month doping ban was exaggerated. The venue: New York City’s Arthur Ashe stadium at night, tennis’s biggest, most electric stage. The opponent: world No. 2 defensive specialist Simona Halep, hungry for her f...
NWHL Revises Internship Duties To Be Less Like Multiple Full-Time Jobs
The NWHL has scaled back the responsibilities of their hockey operations interns after the women’s hockey community criticized them for the fact that the positions—which were not initially described as paid—read more like the work of several full-time front office jobs than a single part-time gig....
Glory Johnson Slams WNBA For One-Game Suspension After Throwing Punch
Dallas Wings forward Glory Johnson has come out swinging against the WNBA after being issued a one-game suspension today for throwing a punch during an on-court altercation Saturday....
English Women's National Soccer Player Accuses Coach Of Racism<em></em>
A player on the English women’s national soccer team, Eni Aluko, received a settlement earlier this year from the Football Association after she accused the coach, Mark Sampson, and other staff members of “bullying and harassment.” Aluko received £80,000 despite the fact that the FA said they found ...
At Nationals, The Juniors Stole The Show And Previewed U.S. Women's Gymnastics' Golden Future
ANAHEIM, Calif.—This national championships was supposed to be the one with at least a little suspense. After all, Simone Biles, the gymnastics juggernaut, was on hiatus from the sport—though she did just announce that she has started working out again—and there were several gymnasts who, at least o...
Gymnast Botches Turn On Beam, Kind Of Invents New Skill
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Jordan Chiles is a 16-year-old gymnast from Washington that you’ve probably never heard of. She was too young to vie for a spot on last year’s Olympic team so this year is her first time competing at the national championships in the senior ranks. And when she was competing on balanc...
The Gymnasts Who Say Larry Nassar Abused Them Are Speaking Out At The National Championships
ANAHEIM, Calif.—Every year during the national gymnastics championships, there’s a trade show for the members of the sport’s community—many of them gym owners and coaches—who have converged on the competition and the congress. It’s at the trade show that you get to see the range of businesses that s...