From The Players’ Tribune authored by Kevin Love: “On November 5th, right after halftime against the Hawks, I had a panic attack. It came out of nowhere. I’d never had one before. I didn’t even know if they were real. But it was real — as real as a broken hand or a sprained ankle. […]
Category Archives: Athlete
She Exposed the Discrimination in College Sports Before Title IX. Now She’s a Women’s History Month Honoree
From TIME authored by Olivia B Waxman: “With March marking both March Madness and Women’s History Month, it’s a fitting time to look back at how far women’s sports have come since President Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law on June 23, 1972, as part of the Education Amendments of 1972. But, though many know Title IX best […]
Firsts Women Who are Changing the World
From TIME presented by Ford: ‘She broke the glass ceiling.’ “What a jagged image we use for women who achieve greatly, defining accomplishment in terms of the barrier rather than the triumph. There she is up where the air is thin, where men still outnumber women, but where the altitude is awesome. Our goal with Firsts, […]
‘It’s About Making History.’ These Athletes Are Breaking Barriers at the 2018 Winter Olympics
From TIME authored by Jennifer Calfas: “Erin Jackson never expected to qualify for the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. The inline skater, who was accustomed to racing on wheels, had just four months of training in long-track speedskating before she hit the ice at the U.S. speedskating trials in early January. She hoped to someday […]
What A Badass Olympic Skier Can Teach Us About Work-Life Balance
From Five Thirty Eight authored by Christie Aschwanden: “Team USA has sent 20 fathers to Pyeongchang, but only one mother: Kikkan Randall. A three-time winner of cross-country skiing’s World Cup sprint title, Randall was part of a baby boom that happened after the 2014 Sochi Olympics, when four of the sport’s top athletes took time off from racing […]
How a gymnast-turned-lawyer helped bring Larry Nassar to justice
From ABA Journal authored by Debra Cassens Weiss: “Rachael Denhollander was a lawyer and stay-at-home mom living in Kentucky when she contacted the Indianapolis Star in August 2016 and told the newspaper that Dr. Larry Nassar had sexually assaulted her in 2000 when she was a 15-year-old gymnast seeking treatment for back pain. Denhollander was […]
Abuse survivor confronts gymnastics doctor: ‘I have been coming for you for a long time’
From The Washington Post authored by Kyle Swenson: “Two school pictures floated side-by-side on a projection screen in the Michigan courtroom. Both images caught the same small girl — in one, all gawky smile and bangs; the next, braces and long hair — a few years apart. Until this week, the child in the snapshots had been officially identified […]
At Age 101, She’s A World Champ Runner
From NPR authored by Chhavi Sachdev: “Man Kaur is 101, but her routine could tire most 20-somethings. Every day she wakes up at 4 a.m., bathes, washes clothes, makes tea, recites prayers until about 7 a.m. Sometimes she goes to the Gurdwara, the place of worship for Sikhs, other times she prays at home. And […]
Time Unveiled 12 Stunning Covers Celebrating Game-Changing Women
From The Huffington Post authored by Jenavieve Hatch: “On Thursday afternoon, Time Magazine unveiled its newest project: profiles of 46 powerhouse women in entertainment, politics, business, science and sports who have broken the glass ceiling in some way. “FIRSTS: The Women Who Are Changing The World,” which will be available in book form on September 19 from […]
TOP INSPIRING QUOTES FROM THE 2017 KPMG WOMEN’S LEADERSHIP SUMMIT
From KSDK.Com authored by Danielle Page: “Olympia Fields Country Club is no stranger to hosting the best male golfers in the world, having been the host course of four major championships dating back to 1925. But seeing the top LPGA Tour players in the world take their best shot at making history? That was a […]
