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October 15, 2024
WNBA Finals TV Ratings Grow in Game 2 Despite NFL Competition
The WNBA continues to smash viewership records despite Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever’s elimination nearly two weeks ago. Game 2 of the Finals between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx averaged 1.34 million viewers Sunday at 3 p.m. ET on ABC, the most-viewed WNBA Finals game in 23 years....
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October 15, 2024
During WNBA season, bars and restaurants say they saw greater customer demand for women’s sports
CHICAGO (AP) — Josh Pehlke remembers having to beg and plead at bars and restaurants to get them to show WNBA games just a few years ago. Too often, the answer was a flat-out no. WaterTown Daily Times
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October 14, 2024
WNBA Postseason Ratings Still Surging Post–Caitlin Clark
The league’s most-watched championship round since moving to the best-of-five game format in 2005 was when the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx deadlocked at one game apiece, with the Finals shifting to Minnesota for the next two games Wednesday and Friday. A winner-take-all Game 5 would be played back...
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October 14, 2024
Ruth Chepngetich Shatters Women’s World Marathon Record In Chicago
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich smashed the women’s world marathon record in Chicago on Sunday, taking almost two minutes off the previous best to win the race in two hours, nine minutes and 56 seconds. Forbes
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October 13, 2024
Tennis star King reflects on 50 years of Women’s Sports Foundation
Living legend Billie Jean King said her work is far from over as she celebrates a half century of advocacy for generations of female athletes this week with the 50th anniversary of the Women's Sports Foundation. Reuters
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October 11, 2024
JoGon And EVRi Team Up To Offer Home Collection in The UK
October 11th, /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - This Recycle Week sees JogOn and EVRi launch their first Home Collection Service together, enabling you to recycle your unwanted trainers easily from home for as little as 10p per pair! JogOn is a national campaign that works to repurpose unwanted trainers and prevent them from going into landfill....
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October 10, 2024
New study shows diet, exercise reverses liver damage
New research from the University of Missouri School of Medicine suggests intensive lifestyle interventions are an effective way of treating and improving liver disease. Diet and exercise are the first lines of treatment for liver disease; however, this study is the first to examine the impact of diet and exercise...
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October 10, 2024
NWSL’s San Diego Wave Sale Closes as Team Faces Lawsuit
Lauren Leichtman and her husband Arthur Levine closed the second piece of their two-part transaction to buy the San Diego Wave, according to a team spokesperson. Sportico
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October 10, 2024
Yahoo Sports and The Athletic Partner to Launch New Digital Destination for Women’s Sports Coverage
Yahoo Sports and The Athletic have announced a partnership to create a new home for women’s sports coverage. Yahoo Sports reports that views of their women’s sports articles are up 253% over the last 12 months. Barrett Media
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October 10, 2024
Robin Goomes wins the first Red Bull Rampage women’s competition
Seven of the world’s top women’s riders dropped into the Red Bull Rampage course in Virgin, Utah for the first time and pushed the level of progression to new heights. For the first time, seven of the best female freeriders heard that starting cue this year. Red Bull
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October 9, 2024
JuJu Watkins Reportedly Signs a Multiyear Contract Extension With Nike
USC basketball star JuJu Watkins has reportedly signed a multiyear contract extension with Nike. Charania further reported that discussions with Nike to close the deal ended on Tuesday. Footwear News
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October 9, 2024
WNBA Finals Feature a Tale of Two Differing Success Stories
In a league where funding has been scarce for some teams, the Liberty’s new billionaire owners invested in new facilities, lucked into Sabrina Ionescu in the 2020 draft, and recruited the likes of Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones, and Courtney Vandersloot. Front Office Sports
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October 8, 2024
The Gist’s revenue strategy is about more than typical sports content sponsors
Sports newsletter and media company The Gist, which just announced that it crossed the 1 million newsletter subscriber mark, has worked with all of those brands—but it didn’t increase its ad revenue 20 fold in the past two years by targeting typical sports marketers alone, Jacie deHoop, co-founder and head...
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October 8, 2024
Allyson Felix Launches New Sports Management Company to Empower Women
Allyson Felix has launched a women-focused sports management firm called Always Alpha, as a new subsidiary of Dolphin, a leading entertainment marketing, production and content development company. Felix is joined by business partner and brother Wes Felix as well as sports executive Cosette Chaput as cofounders. Always Alpha aims to empower modern women...
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October 8, 2024
Tracee Metcalfe Becomes First U.S. Woman to Climb the World’s Highest Peaks
On Friday, Tracee Metcalfe, 50, became the first U.S. woman to scale all of the world's 8,000m peaks. Metcalfe’s final summit on the list of 14 8,000m peaks was Tibet’s Shisha Pangma, the lowest of the 14 at 8,027 m (26,335 feet). Gear Junkie
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October 7, 2024
Caitlin Clark will compete in LPGA’s The Annika pro-am this November
On Monday, it was announced that Clark will be participating in the LPGA's upcoming pro-am event, 'The Annika,' this November. The Annika's pro-am event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 13. The official tournament will start the following day. Clark will also participate in the Women’s Leadership Summit on Tuesday, November 12...
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October 7, 2024
iHeartPodcasts Announces New Women’s Sports Series “Levels To This” Hosted by Professional Women’s Basketball MVP Sheryl Swoopes and Sports Journalist Terrika Foster-Brasby
October 7, 2024 Listen to the Trailer HERE WHAT: iHeartPodcasts announced a new weekly women’s sports series “Levels To This with Sheryl Swoopes and Terrika Foster-Brasby,” hosted by three-time WNBA MVP and Women’s Basketball Hall of Famer Sheryl Swoopes and sports journalist Terrika Foster-Brasby (Tee). The duo will sit down for...
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October 7, 2024
The GIST and The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Team Up To Create Fan-First Content and Further Amplify Women’s Sports
NEW YORK, Oct. 7, 2024 -- The GIST, a revolutionary and inclusive sports media brand dedicated to leveling the playing field by providing equitable, in-depth, and digestible coverage to both women's and men's sports, and the Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL), a professional ice hockey league in North America comprised of six teams featuring the...
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October 7, 2024
How Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak Survived the Ordeal on Chaukhamba III
Yesterday, a helicopter from the Indian Air Force picked up Fay Manners and Michelle Dvorak after a French climbing party helped the two climbers down Chaukhmaba III. The past three days have been full of tension. Explorers Web
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October 4, 2024
Fines and Suspensions Rock Alexis Ohanian’s Angel City After NWSL Scandal Leads to Unexpected Heartbreak
In the past, Angel City FC, co-founded by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, was such a breath of fresh air for women’s soccer. Yet here the club is now, looking like a drowning man. A sudden blow exposes its very foundation to the risk of fines and suspensions, leaving its future...
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October 3, 2024
WNBA Names Rookie Of The Year
Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark was named as the 2024 Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year on Thursday (October 3). Clark averaged 19.2 points, 8.4 assists and 5.7 rebounds during her rookie season, setting WNBA records for assists in a single-season (337) and game (19), as well as rookie records for points (769),...
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October 3, 2024
Is baking soda your next great fuelling tool?
It might sound like a kitchen hack gone wrong, but many endurance athletes swear by baking soda, this household staple for improving performance (and the hydrogel company Maurten created an expensive product around it). Here’s what you need to know to help you decide whether this idea is half-baked, or...
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October 2, 2024
The Sports Bra launches Roku app showcasing women’s soccer club
Portland-based women’s sports bar, The Sports Bra, launched a new Roku app, aiming to elevate women in sports. The app was created in a “groundbreaking” partnership between The Sports Bra and United City FC Women, a women’s amateur soccer club in Los Angeles, which is prepping for an international tour...
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October 2, 2024
Aescape Brings Automated Massage to Four Seasons Resort Orlando, Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore
Aescape, the company pioneering automated AI massage for personalized recovery, announced its launch at both Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort, and Four Seasons Hotel Baltimore. The on-demand, fully customizable robot massage will be available to Four Seasons Resort Orlando guests and the public alike beginning October...
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October 1, 2024
Why There’s Still Stigma Around Periods in Sports, According to Athletes and Coaches
According to data collected as part of Adidas's Stay in Play campaign, among the 14,000 athletes they surveyed, 65.3 percent had not received education on periods, and 75.8 percent had not discussed menstrual cycles with their coach. This matters for a number of reasons, not least of which is that, as...