Press Release Archive for dates of Wednesday, March 9, 2022 thru Tuesday, March 22, 2022
- The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association and Premier Hockey Federation are set to meet at the request of NHL commissioner Gary Bettman. Sportsnet’s Jeff Marek first reported the news, saying the NHL’s intention is...
- The 2022 NCAA women’s basketball tournament broke a nearly two-decade-old attendance record, with more fans attending first- and second-round games this past weekend than ever before, the NCAA said. The games, hosted by the tournament’s...
- If you want to watch lady shredders rip it up this year, you’re in luck. A ton of female-led ski films recently launched, with appearances from up-and-coming skiers like Madison Ostergren, as well as...
- Cryptocurrency exchange platform FTX has named Naomi Osaka as a global ambassador in a partnership that also sees the tennis star handed an equity stake in the company and some payments made in digital currency. SP
- As part of the new Ultraboost 22 launch, Adidas is leveraging the all-female designed release to spotlight a new commitment to female runners globally. Adidas has a network of run clubs that span the...
- This year marks the 50th anniversary of the first official women’s field in the Boston Marathon. Eight women started and eight women finished. One of those women is coming back this year to run...
- ATLANTA – March 21, 2022/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Olympians, a defending NCAA Champion and hometown stars will headline the first ever elite field at the Northside Hospital Atlanta Women’s 5K. Atlanta Track Club announced the all-women’s...
- Victoria, B.C. – March 21, 2022 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Girls Gone Gravel and Feisty Media are proud to announce Walmart and Deloitte as major sponsors of the Gone Graveling Women’s Festival. Over 250 women...
- U.S. Ski & Snowboard has confirmed head coach Peter Foley will have no contact with the snowboard cross team while he remains under investigation by the US Center for SafeSport over allegations of sexual...
- The Indian climbing community is predominantly male. These women aim to change that. Outside
- Paige Bueckers, a UConn guard, surged onto the national scene last season, averaging 20.0 points, 5.8 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game and leading the Huskies to the Final Four. Bueckers isn’t just a...
- An extensive report commissioned by the NCAA found inequity is baked into the very fabric of the tournaments. Conducted by Kaplan Hecker & Fink, it found that revenue distribution, contracts, and even the culture...
- Nike continues to reign as the leading shoe and jersey provider for teams in the Women’s NCAA Tournament. Nike and its Jordan Brand affiliate are outfitting 38 teams this year. Adidas saw a one team increase as well,...
- One in five rugby players in New Zealand are now women, and their numbers are rising. But persistent stereotypes are proving hard to dismantle. New York Times (paywall)
- WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention in Russia on drug smuggling charges will be extended until at least May 19, a Russian court announced on Thursday. Sportico
- Nike continues its commitment to supporting women athletes with a new initiative called the Athlete Think Tank. The Athlete Think Tank was established so that Nike could hear directly from its elite women athletes...
- Cincinnati, Ohio, March 17, 2022 — INFINIT Nutrition has revealed its 2022 Team INFINIT Elite roster featuring 24 new and returning athletes representing a diverse range of sports. The 2022 roster will be representing...
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Salt Lake City, UT (March 16, 2022)/OUTDOOR SPORTSWIRE/ – Gnarly Nutrition athlete Lael Wilcox started the GRIT (Girls Riding Into Tomorrow) program with Cait Rodriguez in Alaska in 2017. Both accomplished cyclists, Lael and Cait...
- Pay equity software startup Syndio has gained a new set of high-profile investors. The new investors, announced Monday, are contributing to Seattle-based Syndio’s $50 million Series C round it raised in September and include WNBA star...
- WINSTON SALEM, N.C. — Champion Athletic wear, makers of authentic athletic apparel since 1919, sees women – in high school, college or beyond – as a cause for celebration, not a cause. The brand that...
- According to a 2016 study published in the International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology, and Education, the average American woman is a size 16 to 18. Currently, most outdoor gear companies can only outfit...
- With the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in full swing, the US Women’s National Team hosting its annual domestic tournament at the 2022 SheBelieves Cup, and more, the last month has been busy in the...
- Caffeine, beets and beta-alanine have been widely accepted as legal performance aids in the running community, but is this true for everyone? Most of the research conducted on these supplements has been done with...
- ESPN coordinating producer Patricia Lowry wasn’t necessarily surprised when she saw viral videos last spring showing the inequity between the men’s and women’s NCAAbasketball tournaments. After all, Lowry has worked on the women’s tournament for two decades...
- The 2021 outcry over gender inequities in college basketball led to a scathing 118-page report that detailed the NCAA’s underinvestment in women’s hoops — and then, over subsequent months, to rebrands, expansion and a...
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Emeryville, Calif (March 14, 2022) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Title Nine, adventure and outdoor apparel brand and retailer empowering women to lead, risk, and own, is proud to announce that its second annual Pitchfest Nonprofit Edition is...
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/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Careful consideration doesn’t always play a part when choosing what you do in life. Sometimes it’s all about emotion, ambition, and taking the opportunities that come your way. When Heidi Muller...
- In a 2020 study on more than 15,400 ultra events — longer than a 26.2-mile marathon — statisticians found men were faster than women less than 1% of the time in 100-mile races. In...
- Eye-popping salaries aren’t just for college coaches in football and men’s basketball. They’re also quickly becoming a bigger deal for coaches in women’s basketball. As the sport has grown in stature, so has the pay for its coaches. USA Today
- NBC Sports announced it will showcase the 2022 and 2023 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift. This year’s event will run July 24-31 and start in Paris on the final day of racing at the...
- Fell runner Jasmin Paris is no stranger to breaking records. The Edinburgh-based vet won the 2019 edition of the 268-mile Spine race outright, and also holds the women’s record for the gruelling Ramsay Round...
- The Women’s Sports Network, the new dedicated 24-hour streaming channel for women’s sport, is targeting future rights deals for major properties including the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). SP
- The WNBA has named U.S. Bank a league Changemaker, announcing a multi-year partnership with the organization on Thursday. As part of the agreement, U.S. Bank will also serve as the league’s official bank. Starting...
- The National Women’s Soccer League announced that Jessica Berman has been named the league’s next commissioner. Messing joined the league in October 2021. During her five-month tenure, she is credited with negotiating and launching...
- Florida women’s basketball coach Kelly Rae Finley’s recently signed five-year contract is worth $740,000 annually. The University Athletic Association released her contract Wednesday in response to a public records request. Finley s igned it...
- Old Fort, N.C. (March 9, 2022) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Kitsbow Cycling Apparel is expanding its range of women’s apparel with the introduction of the new Madrone Short. Designed by and for women in Old Fort, N.C.,...
- People are aging constantly, but individual organs have their own pace. The study published on Wednesday in the journal Cell Reports reported multiple “clocks” within the human body. An international team led by Chinese...
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