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It'll Cost You $130 To "Volunteer" At The Women's PGA Championship
That this PGA listing uses the word “volunteer” so often makes it seem like they’re rubbing in the fact that they want suckers to pay to work 16 hours for free at the Women’s PGA Championship. Experience Olympia Fields Country Club in Illinois and get one of the (limited) food and water vouchers!...
Carli Lloyd Elbowed An Opponent In The Head
The FA Women’s Super League, England’s top soccer league for women, is currently in its Spring Series—an interim league before the 2017-18 season begins in earnest. In Sunday’s match between Manchester City and Yeovil Town, World Cup hero Carli Lloyd received a straight red card for elbowing Annie H...
The Full-Court Pressure Of The Somali-American Sportswoman
Most Twin Cities high school cross country and track teams have Somali students on the roster. Some of these prep runners have gone on to successful college and even professional running careers, like former Minneapolis South runner Hassan Mead, who represented the U.S. at the Rio Olympics....
Joanna Jędrzejczyk Is The Greatest Female Fighter Ever
Joanna Jędrzejczyk fucking rules....
Why Aren't Women's Basketball Fans Following Their Players To The Pros?
We got next. That was the WNBA’s promotional slogan during its first official season of play, two decades ago in 1997. In essence, players were asking the NBA to step aside and let them have a turn on the hardwood to showcase their basketball acumen. No one knew how long the league would last....
Woman Who Doesn’t Know Who Won Most Recent Women’s World Cup Elected To FIFA Council
Mahfuza Akhter Kiron of Bangladesh was elected to FIFA’s Asian Football Council today, occupying one of six places on the council that are specifically reserved for a woman. She defeated Australia’s Moya Dodd, an outspoken advocate of including more women in soccer’s governing bodies, 27 votes to 17...
Ellie Downie's European Gold Is Another Win For The Ascendant Brits<em></em>
Ellie Downie broke down in tears after her floor exercise score was announced at today’s European championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. It placed her ahead of Zsofia Kovacs of Hungary by a razor-thin margin, giving her the gold in the all-around. The 17-year-old Downie’s title is the first ever all...
North Dakota Women's Hockey Player: We Only Learned On Twitter That The School Was Cutting Our Team
The University of North Dakota did not tell women’s hockey players that their program would be cut before the news leaked to the media, forcing players to wait hours for a chance to hear from the school after initially finding out via Twitter....
18-Year-Old Soccer Star Mallory Pugh Is Leaving UCLA To Turn Pro
Mallory Pugh, the blazingly fast and wildly skilled winger who played with the U.S. women’s team in the 2016 Olympics, is leaving UCLA to turn pro, according to a statement released by the school. The 18-year-old enrolled at UCLA in January and would have begun her freshman season in the fall. Inst...
Rachel Daly Curls Brilliant Goal Into Corner Of The Net
Rachel Daly put the Houston Dash up 2-0 over the Chicago Red Stars today with a simply beautiful goal that curved into the corner of the net at juuuust the right angle:...
This NCAA Gymnast Is Doing A Syrian Refugee Crisis-Inspired Floor Routine
The theme for most NCAA floor routines is “fun.” This year’s viral floor routine belongs to UCLA’s Hallie Mossett, who performs to a medley of Beyoncé music. Last year’s most popular routine was also performed by a Bruin—Sophina DeJesus dabbed and whipped her way to a profile in the L.A. Times and a...
The NCAA Gymnastics Championship Won't Belong To The Olympians<em></em>
Women’s college gymnastics has never had a year like this one. The sport has been shown live on TV for several hours every weekend. Attendance at meets has been steadily climbing every week, with many teams selling out their venues. While much of the media attention, thus far, has been lavished upon...
NCAA Women's Basketball All-Time Top Scorer Kelsey Plum Goes No. 1 In The WNBA Draft
Surprising absolutely no one, Kelsey Plum went to the San Antonio Stars tonight as the No. 1 overall pick in the WNBA draft....
The Stars Of Women's Basketball's First Dynasty Just Want To Be Remembered
On April 2, the 2017 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Class was announced. Among the inductees were basketball luminaries like Tracy McGrady and Rebecca Lobo, and lesser-known figures like Robert Hughes, the all-time winningest high school boys basketball coach. Failing to make the cut were...
Quinnipiac Women's Hockey Players Say Coach Physically Abused Them, Told Them To Kill Themselves<em></em>
Rick Seeley was the head coach of Quinnipiac University’s women’s hockey team from 2008 until 2015. He has the 15th-most wins in NCAA women’s hockey history, and in his final season the Bobcats had their best year ever, going 26-9-3. However, Seeley was fired in April 2015 after allegations surfaced...
USA Reigns Supreme Again After Overtime Win Over Canada In World Championship Final
The United States women’s hockey team is world champions again after Hilary Knight scored ten minutes into overtime to defeat Canada, its opponent in the previous 17 world championship finals....
For The 18th Straight Time, USA And Canada Will Be In The Women's Hockey World Championship Final
The U.S. women’s hockey team extended their run in the 2017 IIHF World Championships last night, trouncing Germany in the semifinals to set up a meeting in the gold medal game tonight against their old rival Canada, who they’ve faced in every final of the event’s 17-year history. ...
The Best Quarterback In Women's Football History Is Back For One Last Ride
Sami Grisafe just might be the best quarterback in the history of women’s football. In 2000, she became the first female to play quarterback in a Varsity Division I high school game for Redlands High School in California. She played professionally for the Chicago Force of the Women’s Football Allian...
USWNT Pries Key Concessions From U.S. Soccer, But Not Equal Pay
After more than a year of often-contentious contract negotiations, dueling lawsuits, and a widening rift over equal pay, the U.S. women’s national team and U.S. Soccer have reached a new five-year collective bargaining agreement that will increase player salaries, guarantee better travel and working...
After Contract Dispute, U.S. Women's Hockey Is Into World Championship Semifinals
A week ago, the participation of the U.S. women’s hockey team in the IIHF World Championship was uncertain, as they were struggling through contract negotiations with USA Hockey in hopes of ensuring equitable pay and treatment. But two days before the tournament started, the sides reached an agreeme...