Opinion: A call to mandate neck guards in women's hockey

www.theprovince.com— Opinion: The PWHL, like the NHL, does not adhere to any rule for the mandatory usage of neck guards. Since the death of Adam Johnson in 2023 from a neck injury, there has been much debate about whether neck guards should be obligatory

The Daily Iowan—Iowa women’s wrestling’s Clarissa Chun named USA Women’s Wrestling Coach of the Year. 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

CNN—Olympic champion Peres Jepchirchir wins London Marathon women’s elite race and breaks women’s-only world record. 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...

Washington Examiner—White House ignores Johnson’s call to send in National Guard to Columbia University. The White House Thursday deflected House Speaker Mike Johnson‘s (R-LA) request to send National Guard assets to police pro-Gaza protests at Columbia University, saying it’s New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s (D-NY) call. Johnson visited Columbia on Wednesday, where he called on university President Minouche Shafik to resign and added that he planned on calling President […]