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April 14, 2022
espnW Announces Lineup for Women + Sports Summit on May 4
The one-day event will gather a distinctive group of leaders and change-makers at the intersection of sports, business, and entertainment for a day of conversation and reflection about the women + sports space.
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April 13, 2022
British runner sets Guinness World Record for most consecutive marathons
A runner from the UK has broken the Guinness World Record for running the most consecutive marathons. Kate Jayden of Derbyshire completed her 101st marathon in as many days on Sunday, beating American runner Alyssa Clark’s record of 95 marathons in 95 days, which she set in November 2021. Canadian Running
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April 6, 2022
Camille Herron Will Run Her 100,000th Mile This Week
Sometime in the next few days, 40-year-old ultrarunner Camille Herron will become the youngest woman on record to log 100,000 miles in her running career. While there are no official records for such achievements, several sites, including 100K Lifetime Miles, keep honor-system accounts. And it’s hard to doubt her accuracy. Outside Online
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April 5, 2022
Victoria Evans breaks world record for fastest female solo row across the Atlantic Ocean after ‘intense’ trip
With nothing but her small boat for company, British lawyer Victoria Evans battled high winds, big waves and sleep deprivation to record the fastest female solo row across the Atlantic Ocean. After setting off from Tenerife, Spain, on February 11, the 35-year-old covered 4,740 kilometers in 40 days and 19 hours before finally...
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April 5, 2022
Women’s March Madness Viewership Skyrockets
Sunday night’s national championship between UConn and South Carolina drew 4.85 million viewers, peaking at 5.91 million, ESPN announced. That’s 18% more than last year, and 30% more than 2019 — making it the most-watched women’s championship since 2004. Even competing directly with the Grammys couldn’t hold ratings back. The...
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April 5, 2022
NCAA Final Most Bet-On Women’s Game in History
The NCAA tournament championship game between UConn and South Carolina was the most watched women’s final since 2004 — and many of those viewers likely had some skin in the game. The Gamecocks’ 64-49 victory over the Huskies was reportedly the most bet-on women’s game in BetMGM history. Though the total amount of money...
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March 23, 2022
NCAA men’s, women’s tournaments see double-digit TV gains
The women's tournament on ESPN, ESPN2, ABC, ESPNU and ESPNews is up 15% overall through the first two rounds. The second round averaged 474,000 viewers, a 25% jump from last year. The game Monday night between Central Florida and Connecticut on ESPN averaged 1.13 million, making it the most-viewed, early-round...
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March 22, 2022
NCAA women’s tournament breaks attendance record on opening weekend that showcased growth
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 top 16 seeds, brought in 216,890 spectators across 32 sessions, topping the previous high of 214,290....
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March 21, 2022
Woman Returns To Run Boston Marathon 50 Years After Running In The First Official Women’s Field
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 again. CBS Boston
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March 19, 2022
Climb Like a Woman: A Bouldering Festival in the Himalayan Foothills Empowers Indian Women
The Indian climbing community is predominantly male. These women aim to change that. Outside
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March 17, 2022
Russia Extends WNBA Star Britney Griner’s Incarceration for Two Months
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
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March 15, 2022
The most stunning photos across women’s sports from the last month — Winter Olympics, US Women’s National Team, and more
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 world of women's sports. Insider spoke with 23 of Getty Images' sports photographers about how they...
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March 14, 2022
Sports Media: ESPN sees strong interest ahead of NCAA women’s tournament
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 and was intimately familiar with all aspects of the tournament. She leads ESPN’s NCAA Tournament production...
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March 14, 2022
What’s changed since NCAA’s inequity failings were exposed during last year’s tournament?
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 $5 million boost to the women’s tournament budget, sources briefed on NCAA plans told Yahoo Sports....
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March 10, 2022
NBC Sports to broadcast Tour de France Femmes
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 men’s Tour de France. The eight-day race will be shown in the United States, on Peacock...
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March 10, 2022
Jasmin Paris completes Barkley Marathons ‘Fun Run’
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 in Snowdonia. Her most recent achievement came at the infamous Barkley Marathons in Tennessee, where she...
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March 8, 2022
ESPN to Launch First Full-Scale Fantasy Women’s Basketball Game
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 start of the 2022 WNBA season, which tips off Friday, May 6. ESPN Fantasy Women’s Basketball...
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March 5, 2022
Stanford women’s soccer goalkeeper, captain Katie Meyer dies at 22; cause of death confirmed
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 death and said in a statement Thursday "there is no indication of foul play." The Athletic
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March 2, 2022
Star Stanford women’s soccer goalkeeper Katie Meyer, 22, found dead on campus
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 surrounding Meyer's death, the university said the campus was in a state of mourning and that...
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February 28, 2022
Kathy Delaney-Smith’s Final Act
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 (her Harvard career record is 629-432), has 11 conference championships, and led the first 16-seed over...
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February 25, 2022
First Irishwoman to row solo across the Atlantic arrives in Barbados
The first Irishwoman to row solo and unaided across the Atlantic ocean has ended her record-breaking feat after more than 80 days rowing 3,000 nautical miles that tested her to the limits of endurance. Dr Karen Weekes, a sports psychologist from Kinvara, Co Galway arrived in Bridgetown to a jubilant welcome from family...
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February 21, 2022
€50,000 for women’s Tour of Flanders as men’s prize money is matched
The 2022 edition of the Women's Tour of Flanders will offer the same prize money purse as the men's race, Flanders Classics CEO Tomas van den Spiegel has announced. Speaking in an interview with Belgian financial newspaper De Tijd, Van den Spiegel said his organisation would offer €50,000 as a...
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February 20, 2022
Camille Herron breaks her 100-mile world record
On Feb. 19, U.S. ultrarunning legend Camille Herron broke her previous women’s 100-mile world record time of 12:42:40 at the Jackpot Ultras in Nevada, which hosted the 2022 USATF 100-mile Championships. Herron got redemption after her fourth-place finish last year, winning the race outright in 12:41:11, ahead of the first...
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February 19, 2022
One of the themes of the 2022 Winter Olympics: Women supporting women
Sportsmanship is as much a hallmark of the Olympics as winning a medal, endearing athletes to fans (hello, Brittany Bowe!) and searing heartwarming scenes that personify the Olympic ideals of excellence, friendship and respect into memory. But demonstrations of support between fellow women competitors in Beijing have provided a fresh take...
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February 16, 2022
5 women ski jumpers are disqualified at the Olympics over their jumpsuits
Anger and confusion overflowed at the Olympic mixed-team ski jumping final in China after five female competitors were disqualified from the event by officials who said their jumpsuits didn't comply with the rules. The disqualified athletes' jumpsuits were reportedly too large, potentially giving them an unfair advantage as they soared...
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