Women's Sports Articles - Page 65

Billie Jean King surprised many with her support for Saudi investment in tennis. King, who has long been renowned for not only her tennis play, but fight for equal pay, women’s rights, and LGBTQ+ rights, surprised quite a few people when she disclosed her support for Saudi investment in tennis, given Saudi Arabia is a […]

The women’s college softball world flipped upside down after Oklahoma Sooners star Jordy Bahl transferred and landed at Nebraska. Now, the Oklahoma State softball program is losing its top pitcher, Kelly Maxwell, via the transfer portal, per Jacob Unruh of The Oklahoman. ‘Oklahoma State softball ace pitcher Kelly Maxwell’s brilliant career will likely conclude elsewhere. […]

The Chicago Sky are going through an in-season transitional period after head coach James Wade announced his departure to become an assistant coach for the Toronto Raptors. Wade was in a unique position with the Sky as he also served as the franchise’s general manager, a title that interim head coach Emre Vatansever has also […]

As if athletes needed another reason to dread press conferences, tennis player Paula Badosa was subjected to one of the more befuddling and awkward lines of questioning in recent memory. And it came after she suffered injury again and retired from her second-round Wimbledon match Friday. Apparently, victory is in the eye of the beholder, […]

Sha’Carri Richardson from LSU is the current undisputed queen of the 100-meter dash. She has set records on top of records with her performances. Her latest was at the 2023 USATF Outdoor Championships on Thursday, and it did not disappoint. The 23-year-old master of the track absolutely dominated the USATF sprint tournament. Richardson’s only biggest […]

Florida A&M women’s basketball coach Shalon Pillow announced her resignation on Thursday after two seasons in charge of the Rattlers. Pillow was the head coach for three years but Florida A&M opted not to play during the 2020-2021 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Rattlers went 9-48 in their two seasons under Pillow, posting […]

Megan Rapinoe is taking on a new role with the U.S. women’s national team. While the 38-year-old forward has played in three previous World Cup tournaments, she knows she will be playing a much different role for the team than in her three previous World Cups, she told Bleacher Report’s Taylor Rooks. “I’ve been used […]

LSU star gymnast Olivia Dunne is doing everything she can to help female college athletes. Dunne is reportedly launching “The Livvy Fund,” which will be intended to help female college athletes with NIL deals, per On3 NIL. Dunne is arguably the most famous college athlete in the country today. Her popularity has increased with various […]

The Morgan State softball team has been slapped with a heavy punishment after the program was found to commit multiple recruiting violations. According to the agreement released by the Division I Committee on Infractions at the end of June, the Morgan State softball head coach and his staff were discovered to have conducted tryouts during […]

Michelle Wie West’s professional golf career is set to conclude after this weekend’s 2023 US Women’s Open at Pebble Beach Golf Links. More than a year since announcing her intention to retire, Michelle Wie West sounds like someone who wishes they didn’t have to call it a career. Wie West’s life outside of the LPGA […]

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, also known as CTE, is mostly found in ex-NFL players and most notably, men. Well, that’s now changed. Former Australian Rules player Heather Anderson has become the first female athlete diagnosed with the disease after playing just seven games for Adelaide back in 2017. She ultimately retired shortly after and ended up […]

This was not what Venus Williams had in mind when she decided to make Wimbledon her first grand slam of 2023. Venus William’s first Wimbledon match barely started before a knee injury all but ended her hopes of making any kind of run at All England Club. Williams slipped and fell early in his first-round […]

Chelsea has made an exciting addition to their squad with the signing of England goalkeeper Hannah Hampton on a free transfer, reported by goal.com. The 22-year-old shot-stopper joins the WSL champions after her contract with Aston Villa expired, and she has put pen to paper on a three-year deal at Kingsmeadow. Expressing her delight at […]

LSU gymnastics star Olivia Dunne often avoid sharing details about her earnings from brand partnerships and other NIL deals. However, in a recent interview, she revealed how she earned $500,000 from one social media post. ONE! Dunne, who is second on ON3 Sports’ NIL rankings with a valuation of $3.3 million (only behind Bronny James […]

Wimbledon saw its first upset of the 2023 women’s draw on Monday as the seventh-seeded Coco Gauff lost her first-round match to fellow American Sofia Kenin. The match went the distance with Kenin taking it in three sets, 6-4, 4-6, 6-2. It is the first time Gauff failed to win a match in the Wimbledon […]

Despite being born and raised in Los Angeles, Ali Riley has represented the New Zealand women’s national team since 2007. She’ll do so again this summer at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup with New Zealand co-hosting the event with Australia. Riley had dreams of playing for the United States women’s national team but shifted […]

Former UFC middleweight champion Michael Bisping doesn’t expect Alexa Grasso to lose her title to Valentina Shevchenko. Grasso defends her women’s flyweight crown against Shevchenko in a rematch set to headline the UFC’s upcoming Fight Night event taking place Sept. 16 in Las Vegas. Their first meeting took place in March at UFC 285 and […]

The Banyana Banyana is set for the 2023 World Cup but a lot of drama still plagues the team. A new issue arises for the South African soccer women’s team and Desiree Ellis after their refusal to sign pre-tournament contracts from FIFA and SAFA. Their debacle with Botswana and Tsakane Stadium only stirred the pot […]

One of the best women’s tennis players of her era is searching for another grand slam title, this time at Wimbledon 2023. Venus Williams is set to make her 24th career appearance at Wimbledon. Williams will do so with a match against Elina Svitolina Monday at All England Club. Venus Williams is one of the […]

Olivia Dunne is one of the most famous college athletes in the country right now. She’s amassed 7.6 million TikTok followers and 4.2 million Instagram followers. Some people strictly know her from social media and did not even realize she happens to be a talented college gymnast at LSU. Dunne recently said that doesn’t bother […]

The dream of a unified professional women’s hockey league in North America received a huge update on Thursday after Los Angeles Dodgers chairman and controlling owner Mark Walters purchased “certain assets” of the Premier Hockey Federation. The move could clear the way for a single professional women’s league, a source told The Associated Press. Players […]

Caroline Wozniacki, former world No. 1 and Australian Open champion, announced her return to professional tennis on Thursday more than three years after her retirement. In an essay she wrote in Vogue, Wozniacki said she is hitting the ball “better than I ever have” and wants to show women that they can have both a family and […]

Guess who’s back! After a long hiatus, Simone Biles is returning to the international scene. The USA Gymnastics scene announced that Biles will be participating in a tournament for the first time since 2020, per Will Graves of The Associated Press. “Simone Biles is back. The gymnastics superstar plans to return to competition at the […]

World No. 1 Iga Swiatek was named the top seed at this year’s Wimbledon Championships on Wednesday for the second consecutive year. The four-time Grand Slam champion has never won the tournament but heads a strong field at the All England Club. Swiatek has been the top-ranked women’s player since April 2022 and came into […]

The Washington Mystics provided an update on injured center Shakira Austin on Tuesday, announcing she’ll be out for at least three weeks after suffering a left hip strain in Sunday’s loss to the New York Liberty. Austin was carried to the locker room after tipping a pass and landing on her hip. She had six […]

Days after firing head coach Vanessa Nygaard, the Phoenix Mercury have a newfound confidence according to the woman who is replacing her, interim head coach Nikki Blue. Blue said he is already seeing a difference in the players. “Our players just have had a renewed sense of confidence,” Blue said. “The way that they came […]

Jordy Bahl shocked the college softball landscape earlier this month when she announced she was transferring from powerhouse Oklahoma to join the Nebraska sotball program. Growing up in Papillion, NE, about 50 miles from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus, Bahl’s return home has sparked a new celebrity status for the superstar. “It’s like a swarm,” […]

Caitlin Clark took the basketball world by storm in the last college basketball season when he led the Iowa women’s basketball squad all the way to the national championship game. Although the Iowa Hawkeyes fell short of completing their run with a title, Clark has won individual awards since. In fact, another one has been […]

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicks off on July 20, and we now know what the U.S. Women’s National Team roster looks like. There are plenty of familiar names on the squad like Alex Morgan, Megan Rapinoe, and Julie Ertz. However, there are also some surprising names that were left off. That list of USWNT […]

Rivalries and bad blood are normal occurrences in sports. These unfortunate events may be caused by controversies or beef but it is all just game that people take to heart sometimes. Sisterly love can still outshine most of these terrible incidents just like what Coco Gauff did in support of Emma Raducanu amid her US […]

Reigning Wimbledon champion and world No. 3 Elena Rybakina pulled out of the Eastbourne International tournament Monday, raising concerns that she may not be fit enough to defend her title at Wimbledon, which starts next week. Rybakina broke through for her first Grand Slam win last year at Wimbledon after making it to one major […]

Jin Young Ko, a 15-time winner on the LPGA Tour, broke the record for most weeks as the No. 1 ranked women’s golfer on Monday. This week will mark her 159th week as the top-ranked women’s golfer, topping Lorena Ochoa’s record that stood for 13 years. Ko has ranked No. 1 five different times in […]

Petra Kvitova defeated Donna Vekic in straight sets (6-2, 7-6) to win the Berlin Open on Sunday, the WTA veteran’s 31st career singles title. Her victory comes just less than a week before the 2023 Wimbledon Championships, where Kvitova will be vying for her third title while playing on her favorite surface. “I love grass, […]

Ukrainian tennis star Lesia Tsurenko has slammed WTA CEO Steve Simon and the WTA itself over an alleged cover-up of his panic attack episode during last March’s BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. It can be remembered that Tsurenko withdraw from her scheduled match against Aryna Sabalenka, who is from Belarus, a supporter of Russia’s […]

With the greatness displayed by Novak Djokovic, Rafael Nadal, Roger Federer and Serena Williams, it is easy to forget that tennis players are not supposed to find much success deep into their 30s, let alone their 40s. Venus Williams is by no means contending for majors at 43 years of age, but she made incredible […]

The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Australia and New Zealand is just under a month away, which means all countries participating in the tournament are announcing their squads, including the reigning champions. The USWNT unveiled their 23-player roster earlier this week and among the standout names is Alex Morgan, one of the greatest American […]

The Nebraska Cornhuskers softball team has been catching plenty of headlines following the massive addition of Oklahoma Sooners star Jordy Bahl. She held her introductory press conference recently, and she gave a lot of answers about her decision to transfer to her home state. As a result of the Cornhuskers landing Jordy Bahl, who just […]

A lot of retired athletes have dipped their toes into the sports ownership waters in recent years and it appears that future NBA Hall of Fame player Dwyane Wade is pondering the thought as well. Wade, a Chicago native, is interested in buying an ownership stake in the Chicago Sky WNBA franchise, according to the […]

Former Oklahoma softball star Jordy Bahl shocked the college softball world when she announced that she was transferring from the program after a 61-1 season and a national championship win, but Bahl wanted to return home, where she is now with the Nebraska softball program. Bahl spoke about why she made the decision to transfer. […]