Press Release Archive for dates of Sunday, February 27, 2022 thru Saturday, March 12, 2022
- 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...
- Delta Air Lines said it has signed a sponsorship deal to become the official airline of the National Women’s Soccer League. It’s Delta’s first major sponsorship of a women’s professional league and will make it...
- ESPN Fantasy will introduce next month ESPN Fantasy Women’s Basketball, the first full-scale, season-long fantasy game dedicated to a major women’s sport. The game will be open for signups in early April ahead of the...
- Dick’s Sporting Goods and Just Women’s Sports is making March Madness for women’s college basketball fans a bit more lucrative. The retailer and the women’s sports multimedia platform have teamed up to offer a...
- Stacker dug through historical records and selected inspirational or important moments in women’s history every year from 1919 to 2021. Read on to find out when women in the U.S. and around the world...
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Denver, Colo. (March 8, 2022) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – The Colorado Classic®, America’s premier women’s only racing event, announces a public partnership request in a final effort to relaunch the event. In an open letter...
- Mastercard is doubling down on its commitment to women in sport and strengthening its NWSL sponsorship by joining the NWSLPA as an official partner. The multi-year alliance will provide the players with additional resources...
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(Williston, VT) March 8, 2022/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Mammut, premiere mountain safety and outdoor brand, has announced their second annual women’s specific scholarship in partnership with the American Mountain Guides Association (AMGA). The recipient will be...
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Wilton, Conn. (March 8, 2022)/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Charge, the direct-to-consumer electric bike brand is excited to announce its 2022 Women in Charge brand ambassador program. Charge has selected inspiring women across sports, fitness, health...
- Athletes are public figures, and their bodies are foundational to their jobs. It’s easy to home in on aesthetics in order to make sense of how athletes do what they do. But while body...
- Brands shouldn’t invest in women’s sports just because it’s the right thing to do. Today it’s important to recognize that the future is female. This slogan has been around for decades and still rings...
- NEW YORK — lululemon athletica inc. (NASDAQ:LULU) today announced its official entrance into the footwear category, allowing the brand to now offer a head-to-toe solution for guests—made for women first. Earlier today, the company introduced...
- In 2019, the Colorado Classic was the showcase of a successful women’s stage race in Colorado. The event was heavily backed by corporate partners like the VF Corporation. It debuted an innovative live streaming...
- NAPA, CA /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Chilly morning temperatures gave way to perfect running conditions as Ann Centner, 30, of Tallahassee, Florida, made history on the Kaiser Permanente Napa Valley Marathon course on Sunday morning....
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BERKELEY, CA – March 8th, 2022 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – &Mother, a social change nonprofit dedicated to breaking the barriers that limit a woman’s choice to pursue and thrive in career and motherhood, is pleased...
- Steamboat Springs, Colorado (March 8, 2022) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – A new outdoor brand for kids has launched in Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Town Hall Outdoor Co offers a collection of sustainable, durable outdoor apparel built...
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Atlanta, Ga., (March 8, 2022) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Ayesha McGowan, the first African-American female professional road racer, launches two programs aimed at uplifting elevating Black and Brown women who seek to further themselves in the...
- While the public perception of professional basketball players being multi-millionaires, bolstered by the headline-grabbing stories of contracts in excess of $40 million, the reality is that in the women’s game, the money is far more...
- Fabletics, the online-native activewear company founded by actress Kate Hudson, has announced plans to open 30 new store locations in 2022. The new locations will increase Fabletics’ global brick-and-mortar presence to more than 100 storefronts...
- Female athletes are set to have a US channel exclusively dedicated to them. Ahead of International Women’s Day, SportsPro caught up with Carol Stiff, the former ESPN executive now serving as an advisor to...
- On Monday, Zwift announced that it will become the presenting partner of the Paris-Roubaix Femmes avec Zwift. The 2022 “Hell Of the North” is the second edition of the race after the COVID-delayed inaugural...
- Cape May, NJ – March 7, 2022 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – DelMoSports is pleased to announce that Stampone O’Brien Dilsheimer Law has agreed to title sponsor the Women’s Philadelphia Triathlon & 5K for the next...
- Double Olympic gold medallist Brittney Griner has been arrested in Moscow on drugs charges, USA Basketball has confirmed. The Russian Federal Customs Service announced in a statement that an inspection of hand luggage carried...
- Strengthening exercises most benefit your muscular and skeletal health, but they could have two other big perks: helping you prevent disease and live longer, according to new research published in the British Journal of...
- Competing for international teams during the W.N.B.A.’s off-season is common for players. Why play overseas? For one, it gives them the chance to earn extra money. Depending on which country, leagues and teams, players...
- U.S. Soccer is staying the course, voting to keep Cindy Parlow Cone as president at the organization’s annual general meeting in Atlanta. Parlow Cone, the first woman president in U.S. Soccer Federation history, won the...
- Katie Meyer, Stanford women’s soccer goalkeeper and captain, died on Tuesday in a campus residence. Her death was “determined to be self-inflicted” by the Santa Clara County Medical Examiner-Coroner’s Office. The office is investigating Meyer’s...
- Serena Williams just scored a major off-court win — this time, with her venture capital firm. Serena Ventures announced on Wednesday that its first fund has raised $111 million. The fund will “invest in founders with...
- CALGARY, AB /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Prairie Wear, makers of Hugger support bras, has partnered with Press Forward for media relations, product placement, and communications strategy. “Prairie Wear is making compression bras that are easy...
- The WTA Tour has agreed to a multi-year, multimillion-dollar title sponsorship deal with Hologic, a medical technology company. The WTA declined to say how long its contract with Hologic runs or how much it...
- It’s well established that women are grossly underrepresented in sports-science research. A 2014 review of 1,382 exercise medicine studies found that only 39 percent of study participants were women. Isolate sports-performance studies, and the...
- World Surf League (WSL) is acknowledging International Women’s Day this March with a celebration of inspirational women in sports history. Every single surfer — men and women — in WSL’s upcoming Championship Tour in...
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New York, March 3, 2022 /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Youth Athletes United, one of America’s fastest-growing multi-sport programs, with 291 territories nationwide and more than 200,000 children instructed each year, continues to catch on in communities throughout...
- /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – American women are running faster than ever, from the elite level all the way down to amateur marathoners. “Every single race, I feel like people are going after records,” says Emily Sisson,...
- A Stanford University student found dead on campus has been identified as Katie Meyer, the team captain and star goalkeeper for the 2019 Cardinal women’s national champion soccer team. While not disclosing any details...
- Talks with select NHL teams and major corporate sponsors have intensified in the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association’s bid to form a pro league within the next year. Associated Press
- Boulder, Colorado (March 1, 2022) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Krimson Klover, an activewear clothing company created by women, for women, Celebrate the Month of March and Women Led Businesses. A woman of inspirations, Rhonda possesses...
- The Liberty’s repeated chartering of flights, a violation of CBA rules, is a window into the state of ownership in the league. SI WNBA
- On March 4, Seekhaven Family Crisis and Resource Center—a Utah-based violence and sexual-assault shelter—will partner with Futures Without Violence in a virtual training seminar – Seekhaven – that will give attendees a toolkit to...
- In the early nineteenth century women engaging in sport was frowned upon, especially in the United States. As the century rolled on women became more and more involved in physical games and activities. The...
- The Apple Women’s Health Study is a first-of-its-kind study led by the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, and Apple to gain a deeper understanding of menstrual...
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Emeryville, Calif (March 1, 2022)/SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Title Nine, adventure and outdoor apparel brand and retailer aiming to empower women to lead, risk and own, is proud to announce nine finalists of their first annual...
- Atlanta, Ga., (March 1, 2022) /SPORTSWIRE WOMEN/ – Ayesha McGowan, the first African-American female professional road racer, launches her second annual Thee Abundance Summit, a virtual celebration and convening of Black and Brown folks in...
- Former USWNT star goaltender and National Soccer Hall of FamerHope Solo is launching a new podcast in partnership with SiriusXM called “Hope Solo Speaks,” debuting across all platforms March 2. Solo will discuss a...
- With plans to retire after this season, Harvard women’s basketball head coach Delaney-Smith’s accomplishments are extraordinary. She boasts the most wins of any coach (male or female) in any sport in Ivy League history...
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