All this outrage over WNBA pay is uninformed, misguided and defeatist. Yes, Caitlin Clark’s WNBA salary seems unjust when compared to her NBA peers’ salaries. But as Kavitha Davidson wrote this week, the details matter. Because the WNBA cannot and should not be compared to the NBA, which is expected to generate $13 billion this year. The WNBA will not match that. Nor can it match the NBA’s massive national media deals, which are expected to pay the league $2.8 billion this year alone. The WNBA...
Where men’s sports often receive brand and broadcast support based on their potential, proponents of women’s sports note that investment in their game hinges on proof of its value. This year’s NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament—with help from Caitlin Clark and Dawn Staley—just provided its broadcasters at the Walt Disney Company and their brand partners a small forest’s worth of receipts. When the second round of the tournament aired more than a month ago, Disney’s ESPN noted its 1.4...
The objectification of Caitlin Clark by a reporter is not an isolated incident. It is emblematic of broader institutionalized media trends that diminish women athletes.
Caitlin Clark’s early play in WNBA will serve as her tryout for a spot on the U.S. Olympic women’s basketball team.
Spiranac celebrated the success of the WNBA star and the LPGA's best golfer. Korda has won four straight LPGA events and five overall this season. DailyMail.com
Over the past year, I’ve had numerous conversations with people, including family members, who believe the whole transgender issue is a big old nothing-burger. They say it’s just another political football used to score points with the right to drum up rage and, ultimately, votes. I wish that were true. In its never-ending genuflection to extreme activists, the Biden administration continues to undo years of women’s rights efforts with the single stroke of a pen. Late last week, Biden, in...
When it comes to women’s sports, Joe Biden and James Brown agree: This is a man’s world. This is the only conclusion to draw after the Department of Education recently released an update to Title IX that expands existing prohibitions against discrimination based on “sex” to include, among other things, discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.The president and his administration just proved that all their talk about women’s rights is empty rhetoric meant to pacify his...
Global sports giants have been accused of failing women by not going nearly far enough in designing boots for the specific needs of female feet. Experts have told talkSPORT that neither traditional
After a historic inaugural campaign, the awards continue to pile up for the Iowa women’s wrestling team. Head coach Clarissa Chun was named the USA Women’s Wrestling Coach of the Year on April 20. The announcement was made by the organization during the 2024 Olympic Team Trials in State College, Pennsylvania. This is Chun’s second
A promising young surfer, then 13-year-old Bethany Hamilton’s world was turned upside down when she lost her arm in a shark attack. On “Relatable with Allie Beth Stuckey,” Bethany detailed how her family’s faith in God helped her through these troubling times: “My dad worked really hard — like two to three jobs at a time, so we had a really simple childhood. But they gave me so much. They gave me so much time, and they gave me my faith in God. And so, when I lost my arm, it was almost like...
Caitlin Clark has sent waves through the world of women’s sports — and the economy. The former Iowa women’s basketball guard’s skyrocketing fame generated an abundance of economic possibilities for Iowa City businesses. According to The Common Sense Institute, Clark’s success generated $82.5 million in consumer spending across the state of Iowa over the past
Black sports pundits cannot stop complaining about Caitlin Clark’s skin color because they cannot get over that a white player is the face of a sport predominantly played by black athletes. Jim Trotter, formerly of Sports Illustrated and ESPN and now writing for the Athletic, has joined the pile-on. While claiming he is not dismissing […]