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March 12, 2026
Nike Brings Back After Dark Tour Amid Women’s Running Boom
Nike has revived its After Dark Tour for the second year, hosting women-only nighttime 10K and half marathon races in seven cities worldwide to unite female runners and showcase performance gear. The event follows the 2025 tour's success, which drew over 50,000 participants across five continents, with one-third being first-time...
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March 11, 2026
Softball Legend Natasha Watley ‘Heartbroken’ 2028 Olympics Won’t Be in L.A.
You would think the return of softball to the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles would be a moment of celebration for two-time Olympic medalist and L.A. native Natasha Watley, one of the most decorated players in U.S. softball history. Instead, it turned to heartbreak. The LA28 Olympics mark the...
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March 10, 2026
Marshall sued over plans to drop women’s swimming and diving
More than a dozen members of the Marshall University women's swimming and diving team have filed a lawsuit over plans by the school to drop the sport. The lawsuit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in southern West Virginia, accuses Marshall of discriminating against current and potentially future female student-athletes...
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March 1, 2026
US Half Marathon Championship ends in chaos as lead runners guided in wrong direction
USA Track & Field has denied an appeal after its Half Marathon Championship in Atlanta ended in chaos. With less than two miles to go in the women’s race, Jess McClain had a significant lead over Ednah Kurgat and Emma Hurley when the guide vehicle took the trio off course....
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March 1, 2026
Women’s sports reach record NCAA participation as leadership roles keep rising
Women's participation in NCAA sports has reached a record high. So has women's influence in leadership across college athletics. During the 2024-25 academic year — the latest NCAA Sports Sponsorship and Participation data available — 242,341 student-athletes competed across NCAA women's championship and emerging sports, marking a 14% increase over the past...
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February 27, 2026
Flavor Flav to host Las Vegas event for winning US women’s Olympic ice hockey team
The rapper Flavor Flav will host a Las Vegas event in July to honour the US women’s ice hockey team’s gold medal at the Milano Cortina Olympics and celebrate other female Olympian and Paralympian achievement. The Hall of Fame rapper announced on X on Thursday that he will host a She Got...
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February 26, 2026
Top 6 women’s sports moments of 2026 Winter Olympics
The 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina marked a defining chapter in the evolution of women’s sport. Across icy rinks, alpine slopes, halfpipes, and Nordic trails, female athletes delivered performances that were not only technically brilliant but culturally significant. This year’s Games reflected decades of progress toward gender equity in winter...
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February 24, 2026
WNBA targets March 10 as deadline for new CBA—or 2026 season will be delayed
On Monday, the WNBA informed the WNBPA and teams that a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) must be agreed to by March 10 to avoid a delayed start to the 2026 WNBA season, according to ESPN’s Alexa Philippou. Philippou writes, “It is thought to be the first deadline of sorts the...
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February 24, 2026
Whoopi Goldberg’s All Women’s Sports Network Debuts Live Boxing
All Women’s Sports Network (AWSN) announces the debut of women’s professional boxing on its fast-growing television platform in partnership with Hall of Fame legend Manny Pacquiao’s promotion, live on Sat., Feb. 28, beginning at 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT from Turning Stone Resort Casino in Verona, N.Y. The two-hour “Queen of the...
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February 23, 2026
Lindsey Vonn says surgery saved her from amputation
Lindsey Vonn narrowly avoided having her leg amputated after her devastating crash in the women's downhill at the Milan Cortina Olympics, the American skier shared in a social media post Monday. Vonn has undergone five surgeries since suffering a complex left tibia fracture after clipping a gate and sailing off...
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February 23, 2026
U.S. women’s hockey team declines Trump’s invitation to the State of the Union
The U.S. women's Olympic hockey team said it is declining President Donald Trump's invitation to attend his State of the Union address, a day after the president jokingly told the U.S. men's hockey team that he would be impeached if he didn't also invite the women's team. "We are sincerely grateful for...
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February 22, 2026
Badwater 135 champion lowers women’s 100-mile world record
Ashley Paulson, a former pro triathlete turned ultrarunner, has built a remarkable career in the sport over recent years, winning and capturing PBs in some of the world’s toughest races. This weekend, she added a world record to her running resume. On Friday at the Jackpot 100 Mile in Henderson,...
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February 19, 2026
Megan Keller’s golden goal at the Olympics for the US explained, from the pass to the move
Taylor Heise was tired, and she knew Megan Keller could skate fast. The end result was the golden goal in overtime that gave the U.S. an emotional victory over Canada in the women's hockey final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Thursday night. Keller's 3-on-3 goal 4:07 into overtime was...
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February 18, 2026
At the Olympics and beyond, women’s sports media outlets are writing their own playbooks
Veteran sports columnist Christine Brennan remembers when male colleagues used to laugh at her for insisting on covering women’s sports back in the 1990s. “It was absolutely infuriating to me,” said Brennan, a best-selling author who served as the first president of the Association for Women in Sports Media. Now?...
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February 16, 2026
Marie-Philip Poulin of Canada breaks Olympic record, reaching 20 career goals in women’s hockey
Marie-Philip Poulin of Canada broke the Olympic record for goals in women's hockey, scoring twice in a semifinal against Switzerland at the Milan Cortina Games on Monday to reach 20 for her career. Playing in her fifth Olympics, the Canadian captain scored in the second period to surpass former teammate and Hockey Hall...
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February 16, 2026
It’s USA women’s hockey vs. Cananda in Olympic gold medal game. What to expect
Team USA and Canada meet again. The U.S. women's hockey team advanced to the gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics following a 5-0 semifinal rout of Sweden, marking the Americans' fifth consecutive shut-out of the tournament. The Americans then played the waiting game to learn their next opponent...
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February 10, 2026
Ashley Farquharson wins Olympic bronze in luge, makes history for Team USA
Ashley Farquharson became the second American woman and first in 12 years to win an Olympic medal in luge Tuesday, Feb. 10. She finished third in the women’s single event at the Cortina Sliding Center with a time of 3:31.582. This bronze performance tied the best finish in program history, as the United States’...
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February 8, 2026
Winter Olympics 2026 AM roundup: Lindsey Vonn crashes, Breezy Johnson wins gold
There was both very good and very bad Sunday morning in Italy. Here is what’s gone down so far on Day 3 of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games: The first medal for the United States comes courtesy of Breezy Johnson, who became just the second American woman to win gold...
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February 5, 2026
Winter Olympics 2026: Finland vs. Canada postponed after norovirus outbreak quarantines 14 members of Finnish women’s hockey team
The Finnish women's hockey team won't open Olympic play against Team Canada on Thursday as originally scheduled. A norovirus outbreak throughout the Finnish team has led to over a dozen players being quarantined ahead of the contest, per multiple reports. Symptoms of the illness showed up Wednesday, as the Finnish...
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February 4, 2026
Finland women’s hockey team cancels practice after illness affects players day before Olympic opener
Finland’s national women’s hockey team canceled practice Wednesday due to a stomach illness affecting at least four players, a team spokesman confirmed to The Associated Press. “We’re reviewing a difficult situation,” Henna Malmberg said a day before Finland is scheduled to open the Milan Cortina Games against defending Olympic champion...
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February 4, 2026
Denver Summit reach 40,000 tickets sold for inaugural home match, eye women’s sports record
NWSL club Denver Summit FC, which debuts next month in San Jose, has “passed” the 40,000 mark in ticket sales for its home debut at Empower Field on March 28, according to Sean Keeler of the DENVER POST. Controlling owner Rob Cohen said their first goal “was to break the record...
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February 4, 2026
National Women in Sports Day 2026: Advocates Push Congress for Equal Access Policies
Advocates for National Women in Sports Day took their fight for equity to Washington, DC today, engaging policymakers to address persistent gaps in athletic opportunities for girls and women across the country. The Women's Sports Foundation, national steward of National Women in Sports Day, is meeting with legislators to reinforce how policy shapes...
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February 4, 2026
The 2026 Olympics Take the Gold in Women’s Representation
The Olympic Games haven’t started yet, but there has already been one big win for gender representation. The 2026 Winter Olympics, which kick off Friday in Milan and Cortina d’Ampezzo in Italy, will be more balanced than any other Games in history. In all, 47% of the athletes taking part are women. And,...
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February 3, 2026
Lindsey Vonn plans to compete in the Winter Olympics despite a ruptured ACL
Three-time Olympic medalist Lindsey Vonn ruptured her ACL in a recent World Cup crash but will still try to compete at the Milan Cortina Winter Games, refusing to let this chance "slip through my fingers," she said Tuesday. Training sessions for the women's downhill are set for Thursday, Friday and Saturday...
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February 1, 2026
Unrivaled sets professional women’s basketball attendance record in 3-on-3 league’s Philadelphia debut
Natasha Cloud rooted for the 76ers as a kid growing up in suburban Philadelphia and — like so many hoopsters back in the day — idolized Allen Iverson. So when the former WNBA champion and current New York Liberty standout hit the same court where Iverson once dazzled, Cloud couldn't...
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