Press Release Archive for dates of Tuesday, July 26, 2022 thru Monday, August 8, 2022
- Rough & Tumble, a women’s sports bar, is coming to Old Ballard later this year. The bar will be the first-ever home for women’s sports in Seattle, where women’s sports will be prioritized on...
- The federal government is giving $2 million to Canadian Women and Sport to reduce barriers and retain women and girls in sport over the next two years. Canadian Women and Sport published a study...
- WNBA legend Sue Bird took the hardwood for her final regular-season home game on Sunday evening — to a historic crowd. About 18,100 fans packed into Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle to celebrate Bird’s...
- Nike wants to make it easier for pregnant and postpartum people to get back into sport. The athletic giant revealed its global maternity training program today, dubbed Nike (Move) Like a Mother. The new...
- Morro Bay, CA /SPORTSWIREWOMEN/ – The Morro Bay Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce that as part of their brand-new reimagined and rebranded 2022 Avocado Margarita Food and Drink Festival, Friday, Sept. 9...
- Surfing was one of the fastest-growing activities during the pandemic, alongside basketball and soccer, with 196,000 people aged 15 or older picking it up in 2020 or last year, according to the latest data from...
- Weekly sales of women’s soccer gear have tripled since the start of the women’s European Championship that ended on Sunday with an historic England win, according to retailer Fanatics Inc, which sold official merchandise...
- Despite the equitable earnings for female athletes, action sports still retain a heavy male presence—from agents to executives to brand owners, even to the members of the media who cover it. So the fact...
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NEWBURY PARK, Calif. (Aug. 5, 2022)/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Liv, the company dedicated to getting more women on bikes and sponsor of the ‘Best Young Rider Classification’ at the inaugural Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift,...
- Griner was found guilty of drug possession and drug smuggling with criminal intent. The judge fined her 1 million rubles, roughly $16,300 US dollars, in addition to sentencing Grine to just shy of the...
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Thousand Oaks, Calif. — August 4, 2022 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Bonk Breaker, the nutrition and energy bar long-favored by elite athletes and professional sports teams, welcomes former Olympian Sarah True to its team of...
- Through their performances in Eugene, Faith Kipyegon and Allyson Felix, among others, gave inspiration to one mother-to-be. Runners World
- The eight stages captured, on average, a quarter of the French television audience, a total of 2.25 million viewers across the channels France 2 and France 3 and a total of 20 million people...
- A new paper in the Journal of Sports Sciences, in setting up what turns out to be a highly unusual and interesting experiment, casually drops this little fact-bomb in its opening sentence: “The cardiac...
- Ahead of the Euros, breast biomechanics experts provided personalised bra prescriptions to the England players to improve their comfort and ensure they were getting the right support. According to their latest data, the bras...
- Following public outcry that forced former owner and U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler to sell the Atlanta Dream — Loeffler had made derogatory comments about the Black Lives Matter movement, a cause long supported by...
- Today, during a discussion at the FN CEO Summit in New York City with FN executive editor Katie Abel, Mensah detailed the importance of being a Black woman leader at the athletic giant and...
- /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – 2XU Malibu Triathlon is excited to announce the Elevate Women 4Tri 7-week triathlon training program will kick off the week off August 8th and lead right into race weekend September 17-18,...
- Six time WNBA All-Star and Phoenix Mercury Guard Skylar Diggins-Smith has teamed up with PUMA to release her first capsule collection with the brand. The collection of apparel items feature “bold graphics” and a “color palette...
- The funds promised to the U.S. National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) players by Voyager Digital in a sponsorship deal may not materialize as the lender filed for bankruptcy, Sportico reported Aug. 1. The league has informed...
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Adidas partners with local designer Thebe Magugu to make sports clothing made from recycled materialMagugu, whose clothing has been worn by the likes of global musical star, Rihanna and been featured in Vogue, has designed a collection that spans across sports including running, swimming, training, tennis, football, and...
- Two Brazilian Olympic medallists are among the speakers confirmed for the Brazilian Olympic Committee’s (COB) first Women In Sport Forum. Jacqueline Silva, who won gold in the first women’s Olympic beach volleyball tournament at...
- Rudy Tanzi, a professor of neurology at Harvard Medical School in Boston, welcomed the findings that a modest amount of exercise — 120 to 150 minutes per week for 12 months — may slow...
- The England Lionesses’ historic win in the Women’s Euro 2022 soccer championship has proved to be a viewership bonanza for the BBC. England beat eight-time champions Germany at London’s Wembley stadium in the final on Sunday evening, with Ella...
- A new collective bargaining deal in 2021 helped WNBA players earn a lot more money than they were used to making. However, the point remains that the disparity between women’s and men’s sports still...
- England’s women have won the European football championship, bringing a major international trophy home for the first time since the men’s team won the World Cup in 1966, more than a lifetime ago for...
- The city cleaned up the area, built the park and considerable development is following, including the soccer stadium that Long imagined for her NWSL team. Ground will be broken on an 11,500-seat venue in October,...
- NANTES, France /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Team USA showed up to the second day of racing at the 2022 UCI BMX Racing World Championships with 12 riders heading in to the quarterfinals. The highlight of...
- The three women sped to the finish line at the world-renowned Canadian Death Race (CDR) hosted by Sinister Sports, for a remarkable first all-women top-three finish for the 22nd running of the CDR event....
- WNBA legend Sue Bird has signed on to become a minority investor in National Women’s Soccer League club NJ/NY Gotham FC. Bird, 41, will act as a consultant and advisor to “boost the club’s profile...
- Hockey Canada has paid out C$8.9 million ($6.9 million) to settle more than 20 claims of sexual misconduct since 1989, officials told a parliamentary hearing on Wednesday. Some of that money came from an...
- The Texas Tech Lady Raiders made history this week, signing a record NIL deal with marketing agency Level 13. The program agreed to a pact on Thursday that will allot $25,000 to each player on the...
- The players each receive £2,000 per match from the Football Association (one of the few financials which matches the men’s team), and should they win the tournament, each player will receive a £55,000 bonus,...
- The Biden administration has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home WNBA star Brittney Griner and another jailed American, Paul Whelan. Griner was arrested on drug-related charges at a Moscow airport in...
- In the wake of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, leading to abortion bans in 20 states and threatening abortion access in many more, that choice may have disappeared for many athletes, including...
- A women’s Tour de France is back after 33 years — a sign of progress, contestants say, for a sport sorely in need of it. NY Times
- The women’s gold-medal match will serve as the finale of the Olympic soccer tournament at the Summer Games in 2024. The Paris Olympics will mark the first time the soccer competition will conclude with...
- After 34 days and more than 2,400 nautical miles, four female rowers made history on Tuesday morning by wrapping up their journey from California to Hawaii in record time. CBS Sports
- Title IX is now 50, and Adidas is celebrating in a major way. Last night, the athletic powerhouse announced the signing of 15 female student-athletes to name, image and likeness (NIL) deals. Adidas’ new...
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Salt Lake City, UT. July 27, 2022/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Certified B Corporation™ and impact-driven adventure lifestyle brand, Cotopaxi, is proud to welcome Grace Zuncic as their first ever Chief People and Impact Officer. Zuncic brings...
- CARLSBAD, Calif., July 26, 2022 — Upper Deck, the premier global sports and entertainment collectibles company, announced today that it has signed elite skateboarding and surfing superstar Sky Brown to a multi-year memorabilia deal. Upper Deck has...
- Researchers analyzed more than 116,000 adults in a study published Monday in the American Heart Association journal Circulation. Participants self-reported their leisure time activity in questionnaires several times over the course of 30 years,...
- SAN FRANCISCO– Athleta, a Gap Inc. (NYSE: GPS) brand, today launched its limited-edition Athleta Girl back-to-school collection designed in partnership with Simone Biles. The line features 15 items designed to help girls ages 6-12...
- WALTHAM, MA (July 26, 2022)/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Saucony, a division of Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. (NYSE: WWW) and a leading global performance running and lifestyle brand, has announced the appointment of Kathryn Pratt to the position...
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