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September 30, 2022
Bivo Honored with Win at Title Nine Pitchest
Richmond, VT /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Bivo co-founder and co-owner, Carina Hamel was honored to spend a few days in Emeryville, CA for Title Nine’s annual Pitch Fest, where on the final day, she was announced as one of three winners of the event. Pitchfest was created to help support female...
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September 30, 2022
Judge Dismisses Peloton’s Lawsuit Against Lululemon Regarding Apparel Infringement
Peloton’s lawsuit against Lululemon, which sought a judgment ruling that Peloton’s apparel did not infringe on Lululemon’s design patents, has been dismissed. A judge in the Southern District of New York on Thursday granted Lululemon’s request to dismiss Peloton’s complaint, which means litigation is likely to continue between the two...
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September 30, 2022
IRONMAN Champion Amelia Watkinson Joins MANA Group
/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - MANA Sports and Entertainment Group welcomes Ironman Asia Pacific champion Amelia Rose Watkinson to its roster of managed athletes. The 2020 Ironman Asia Pacific title holder and multiple middle distance triathlon winner from New Zealand believes by working with MANA she can take her professional career to...
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September 30, 2022
Women’s Triathlon Coming to Nashville
September 30, 2022 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Team Magic has announced the addition of the Inaugural Nashville Women’s Triathlon to its 2023 race season, taking place at Music City’s central Centennial Park on Sunday, May 21. Nashville’s only women’s-focused triathlon will feature both Sprint and Super-Sprint distance options with a pool swim...
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September 29, 2022
Women’s Pro League Athletes Unlimited Lands $30M Funding Round
Athletes Unlimited, the multi-sport women’s league launched in 2020, has completed its first outside capital raise. The company announced a $30 million funding round on Thursday that included Kevin Durant’s 35V, David Blitzer, and Angela Ruggiero. (It was announced just a day earlier that Durant and Blitzer also invested in...
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September 28, 2022
Merrell CMO Wins Marketing Leader of the Year Award
Merrell chief marketing officer Janice Tennant has been named a Marketing Leader of the Year by the Women in Content Marketing Awards (WICMA) for her work bringing more inclusion and diversity to the footwear brand’s outreach. The Marketing Leader of the Year was established to recognize the outstanding work of inspiring and accomplished...
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September 28, 2022
Billie Jean King, Kevin Durant Back Pro Volleyball League
A new professional women’s volleyball league has scored $16.75 million in a Series A funding round led by a star-studded group of investors. League One Volleyball, first founded in 2020, secured funding from Billie Jean King, Kevin Durant, Chelsea Handler, and David Blitzer, among others. With the freshly minted capital, LOVB will continue creating professional...
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September 28, 2022
Here’s Why Women May Want to Eat More Potassium-Rich Foods
Potassium is a mineral of key importance for runners. Alongside sodium, it balances electrolyte levels which help stave off muscle cramps as well as regulating heart rate. Making sure you have the right electrolytes in the summer and for long endurance runs, is part of a runner’s checklist. Now, a...
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September 28, 2022
Lululemon to Launch At-Home Fitness Platform
Lululemon Athletica Inc. is launching a new fitness-content platform that would allow customers to access on-demand and live-streamed classes at home. The athletic apparel retailer said Wednesday that Lululemon Studio would become accessible starting on Oct. 5 through its smart-home gym product Mirror and its app. Market Watch
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September 28, 2022
UCI to host road championships for Afghan women next month in Switzerland
Afghan women racers who were evacuated last year in the aftermath of the Taliban takeover will be racing next month for the 2022 Afghanistan Women’s National Championships. The UCI confirmed the date set for October 23 near the UCI’s headquarters in Aigle, Switzerland. Velo News
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September 27, 2022
How Exercise Protects Your Brain’s Health
In a recent study, 454 older adults underwent yearly physical exams and cognitive tests for 20 years and agreed to donate their brains for research when they died. The participants were given accelerometers, which tracked their movement and physical activity around the clock. Cleveland Clinic
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September 26, 2022
Renowned Mountaineer Hilaree Nelson’s Body Found on Manaslu
Renowned big-mountain skier Hilaree Nelson has gone missing on 26,781-foot Manaslu while attempting to descend the peak on skis on Monday. According to multiple reports, Nelson, 49, crashed just below the summit. Outside
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September 26, 2022
Angel City name Chevrolet as latest founding partner
The deal places Chevrolet into the same third-level sponsorship tier as eight other brands, including Therabody, Heineken and Diageo’s Jane Walker whiskey line. Angel City have confirmed, as per all of the franchise’s commercial deals, the tie-up with Chevrolet will see ten per cent of partnership revenue redistributed back to...
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September 26, 2022
Arsenal Set Women’s Super League Attendance Record
A total of 47,367 fans watched Arsenal’s 4-0 win over Tottenham Hotspur at Emirates Stadium on Saturday — almost 10,000 more than the previous record. In total, the team sold more than 53,000 tickets. The record comes just a month-and-a-half after the Women’s Euro 2022 final set a record on its...
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September 26, 2022
Portland Vies to Add WNBA Team, Keep Trail Blazers
Portland is vying for a WNBA team with the help of one of its federal representatives. Sen. Ron Wyden wrote a letter to WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert and NBA commissioner Adam Silver, saying that a Portland WNBA team would be a “slam dunk success for the city and the league.”...
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September 25, 2022
Ewers Rides to Top American Finish in Elite Women’s Road World Championships
September 24, 2022, WOLLONGONG, Australia /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ - Team USA took on the Junior and Elite Women’s Road Races on the sixth day of the 2022 UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, Australia. Veronica Ewers (Moscow, Idaho; EF Education-TIBCO-Silicon Valley Bank) and Samantha Scott (Boise, Idaho; Virginia’s Blue Ridge TWENTY24) were...
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September 23, 2022
Can Ice Baths Help You Burn Body Fat? New Research Says Yes
The authors of a new review published in the International Journal of Circumpolar Health say that taking a dip in cold water may be just the thing if you are looking to reduce the amount of unhealthy body fat that you have. Cold water exposure might also lower your risk...
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September 23, 2022
LPGA, Michelle Wie West Lure New Sponsor, Push Total Purse to $93.5M
The Mizuho Americas Open will take place May 29 to June 4, 2023, in the shadow of New York City at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, N.J., which has hosted the Presidents Cup and the PGA Tour playoffs. The event represents Mizuho Americas’ first foray into sports sponsorship,...
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September 22, 2022
&Mother and Salomon Raise the Bar for Supporting Mothers Participating in Race Events
BERKELEY, CA & OGDEN, UT (September 22, 2022) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – &Mother, a nonprofit driving change and building equity for mothers in sports, is partnering with Salomon, a global leader in trail running, to kick off a project aimed at standardizing support services for parents participating in recreational athletic events. These...
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September 22, 2022
Christen Press’ Clothing Brand Collabs With Angel City On New Collection
Press founded the lifestyle clothing brand in 2019 with teammates Tobin Heath, Megan Rapinoe and Meghan Klingenberg, and now she’s bringing the brand to her NWSL club. The collection, titled the “New Everyone Club,” will include “gender-free” T-shirts, sweatshirts, shorts and socks, Angel City FC announced Thursday. The clothes are...
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September 21, 2022
Tour de France Femmes: A lasting impact?
For most of its 120 years of existence, the Tour de France was misogynistic. Pro men’s teams had no female staff members; the presence of women in official race vehicles was not allowed; and a woman journalist in the press room was a rare sight. Matters began to change in...
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September 21, 2022
adidas by Stella Mccartney Unveil Industry-First, with Viscose Sportswear Made In Collaboration With 12 Pioneering Partners
Today, adidas by Stella McCartney unveil a first of its kind sportswear garment designed to demonstrate the potential of a circular fashion ecosystem. Joining forces with leading names and innovators in the fashion industry to create, test, and innovate, the tracksuit forms the pinnacle expression of the brand’s pilot circularity...
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September 21, 2022
Women’s health got worse in 2021, global survey finds
In 2020, the medical technology company Hologic launched a global survey in partnership with Gallup to assess how well women's health needs were being met. Countries were scored based on women's responses to questions in five categories: general health, preventative care, mental health, safety and basic needs like food and...
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September 21, 2022
Michelle Parker’s ‘Nexus’: First Ski Film Entirely Directed and Produced by Women
As the first-ever ski movie entirely produced and directed by women, Nexus proves there’s still plenty to explore for outdoor filmmakers expanding representation. Sponsors dropped the trailer last month, with plans to release the documentary this fall, though no specific tour dates have been announced yet. The Inertia
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September 21, 2022
University of Central Oklahoma Hit with Title IX Class Action Over Alleged Discrimination Against Female Student Athletes
Members of the University of Central Oklahoma (UCO) women’s indoor and outdoor track and field and cross country teams have filed a proposed class action against the school and its board of regents, alleging they and all female varsity student athletes have been discriminated against on the basis of sex...
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