By Sana Noor Haq, CNN
A bike can take you a long way quickly. As well taking you to new places and spaces. It’s a journey cyclist Ayesha McGowan is experiencing both professionally — and emotionally. Continue reading Meet Ayesha McGowan, the first Black American woman in pro cycling: ‘The thing that we’re working for isn’t just existing in a space, it’s thriving’
By Andrew Das, New York Times
A federal judge on Monday approved a partial settlement in the long-running dispute over equal pay between U.S. Soccer and its World Cup-winning women’s national team, but the players’ fight with the federation is far from over. Continue reading U.S. Women’s Team Clears Hurdle to Reviving Equal Pay Fight
By Henry Bushnell, Yahoo! Sports
On March 18, an oft-injured Oregon center walked toward a basketball court in downtown San Antonio. Very few casual sports fans knew Sedona Prince’s name at the time. Prince, though, knew something wasn’t right. Continue reading The biggest weapon in the fight for gender equity in sports
By Drew Weisholtz
A new Major League Baseball season kicks off Thursday and hope springs eternal for all 30 teams vying to win the World Series, not to mention a group of women with a different goal in mind.
Continue reading Meet the former pitcher, 94, trying to make a women’s baseball museum a reality
By Elise Solé, Yahoo Life
Jazz Jennings was banned from playing girls’ soccer as a child, and she doesn’t want other transgender children to suffer the same fate. Continue reading Jazz Jennings recalls being ‘devastated’ by transgender soccer ban at age 8
By Jenny Sugar, Yahoo Life
Seven-time Grand Slam singles tennis champion Venus Williams wrote a powerful letter in British Vogue about the inequality she’s faced in her sport. “I always dreamed of winning tournaments like Wimbledon,” she shared. Continue reading Equal Pay For Women May Take 257 Years - How Venus Williams Is Fighting to Get There Faster
By Robert Brown, Click Orlando
Brehanna Daniels grew up playing sports, so it’s no wonder she made it to where she is. “I think I was like 4 years old when I started playing basketball,” she said. In middle school, she played four sports: basketball, track, field hockey, and soccer. Continue reading Meet NASCAR’s first Black woman on pit crew
By Anabel Munoz and Jose Mayorquin ACB News
Truth can be stranger than fiction. It would be difficult for most Hollywood screenwriters to imagine Norma Bastida’s real-life story of survival.
Continue reading Human trafficking survivor becomes record-breaking triathlete
By Niamh Lewis, ESPN
Twelve years ago Chloe Targett-Adams joined Formula One as a corporate lawyer, and is now the sport’s director of global race promotions. Continue reading The Women who Power Formula One: Engineers, Mechanics and Directors on their role in changing a man’s world
Kevin Seifert- ESPN Staff Writer
The NFL has hired Maia Chaka as a game official for the 2021 season, making her the first Black woman to join the league’s on-field officiating staff. Continue reading NFL hires Maia Chaka as league’s first Black woman on-field official
