Meet the Women Making Cycling More Size Inclusive Through All Bodies on Bikes, Marley Blonsky and Kailey Kornhauser are battling anti-fat bias and discrimination. By Sarah Kuta Marley Blonsky used to spend hours each week commuting to work by bus and, intrigued by the people she saw navigating the streets of Seattle on two wheels, she got a bike of her own and…
Title IX: Spectacularly Successful and Disturbingly Unfulfilled A lack of enforcement has blunted the law’s transformative potential By Anne M. Blaschke Title IX celebrates its 50th birthday on June 23. Signed into law in 1972, the policy requires educational institutions that receive government funding to treat all sexes and gender identities equally. This mandate has at once been phenomenally successful…
Women’s Nordic Combined Shut Out of 2026 Winter Olympics By Alex Azzi The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Friday announced the program for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. One of the biggest takeaways? For a 25th consecutive Winter Games, men will compete in Nordic combined and women won’t. Nordic combined — which includes ski jumping and cross-country skiing — has been contested…
Funding Gap Between Men’s and Women’s College Athletics A report from the National Collegiate Athletic Association finds women’s participation in college sports is growing—but so is the funding gap between men’s and women’s programs. By Sara Weissman Women are participating in college sports and athletics at higher rates than in the past, but men’s participation still outpaces women’s—and the funding…
Serena Williams Reveals Motivation to Continue Career By Produced by Digital Editors Serena Williams‘ success includes 73 career titles in singles and 23 more in doubles. The 40-year-old is passionate about her tennis career and still chases her dream of being a 24-time Grand Slam winner. So, what motivates Williams to keep pursuing her goal even when she loses at Wimbledon? Serena Williams’…
FIFA Picks First Female Referees for Men’s World Cup It is the first time that women, three referees and three assistant referees, were selected to officiate games at the top men’s soccer tournament, which will be held in Qatar this year. By Tariq Panja The Qatar World Cup was always going to be full of firsts: the first time it…
What Changed Since The NCAA Women’s Weight-Room Uproar? By Maggie Ryan One of the biggest stories from the 2021 women’s NCAA basketball tournament began with a TikTok and might end — possibly, hopefully — with lasting change. You might remember Oregon Ducks forward Sedona Prince’s video, which exposed the stark differences in the weight roomsavailable to men (a full-size gym) and women (a…
Finally, a Bar With Only Women’s Sports Playing By Frankie de la Cretaz Last month, patrons waited in line for four hours to get into the hottest new spot in Portland, OR. By the time they finally got through the doors, some burst into tears, while others hugged the bar’s owner, Jenny Nguyen (shown above). It was the weekend of…
US Soccer Teams Agree To Historic Equal Pay Deals By Henry Bushnell The U.S. Soccer Federation and its men’s and women’s national teams agreed to side-by-side collective bargaining agreements that will “achieve equal pay” and vindicate the women in their years-long battle with the federation over inequities. The two deals, which run through 2028, will pay men’s and women’s players on “identical” terms for…
Venus Williams on Equal Rights for Women: ‘We Have to Work Harder to Earn More Respect’ By Carson Burton Venus Williams, one of the all-time tennis greats, gave a powerful speech about celebrating individuality at Variety‘s Power of Women Event in New York. “My mom is the strongest person I know,” said Williams, whose remarks were pre-taped, in her speech on…
