As women’s sports continue to capture audiences through March Madness and soccer, will agencies and brands be able to channel some of that momentum in the growing esports and gaming spaces?
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...
Before the days of First Take, Undisputed, or even 1st & 10, sports talk shows were few and far between. The arrival of Pardon the Interruption helped flip the script, at least at ESPN. But there was a show from the early 2000s that helped set a blueprint for the shows of today. In Chris
Faye Carruthers is joined by Suzanne Wrack for an exclusive interview with Fifpro representatives Sarah Gregorious and Alex Culvin, plus Dutch International player, Merel van Dongen, to discuss how the number of games elite athletes are playing is impacting them on and off the pitch. Also, Sophie Downey joins to round up all the weekend’s action in the Champion’s League and WSLFrom our sister pod today; the panel brings you an exclusive interview with representatives from the global players’...
It was billed as a race that would be harder to win than the Olympic marathon gold in Paris and the London Marathon’s elite women’s race did not disappoint as reigning Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir won a hugely competitive race and set a new women’s-only world record. Jepchirchir, regarded as one of the greatest female distance runners of all time, raised her arms in jubilation as she crossed the tape in two hours, 16 minutes and 16 seconds. The Kenyan broke the women’s-only record – the...
Green Day celebrated their new album Saviors with a series of intimate NYC
Children are more anxious than ever, and birthrates are lower than ever. Psychologist Jonathan Haidt has a new book out that overlaps with my new book about parenting, culture, low birthrates, and the epidemic of childhood anxiety. Haidt has a ton of critics, which is to say that a ton of commentators are arguing that […]
The AAN charity (Asociacion de Ayuda al Necesitado de San Fulgencio) is excited to announce its upcoming Race Night. As a registered charity, AAN is dedicated to providing assistance to families and individuals in need in San Fulgencio, under the guidance of Social Services. Join the fun on Monday, April 29, for an exhilarating evening […]