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Women’s National Football Conference founder Odessa ‘OJ’ Jenkins talks Caffeine streaming
"Caffeine’s unique approach to generating viewership for emerging and next generation leagues is above and beyond what we have seen from others."
Normalizing women’s sports discourse comes with a ‘hot take’ tax for now
Advertising giant GroupM pledges to double spending on women’s sports
“There is a business opportunity for women’s sports, and we can feel it."
Women’s basketball has fully arrived – can the sports media catch up?
Rose Zhang and Lexi Thompson talk ‘incredible opportunity’ of teaming with Rory McIlroy and Max Homa for ‘The Match’
Sue Bird calls for focus on ‘engagement’ over ‘reach’ as coverage of women’s sports grows
"The brand loyalty on the women's side is amazing. Fans really rock with us. We got out there and we go, 'put some Nike shoes on,' they're gonna do it."
Ryan Clark defends The Pivot after Michael Porter Jr.-WNBA interview criticized over sexism
A disappointing interview featuring NBA star Michael Porter Jr. launched criticism at the multimedia company.
Volleyball fans blasted ESPN for 0-4 performance on showing Elite Eight matches as intended
Study: Coverage of women’s sports tripled in 2022 over previous averages
As women's sports leagues grow and younger audiences take to the internet for sports coverage, women's sports are being talked about more than ever.
Rebecca Lowe calls federations’ treatment of Women’s World Cup players ‘an absolute disgrace’
"Virtually every team has an issue with their federation, whether it is issues of sexual abuse or payments or simply they can't even seem to get them on the right flight altogether."
FIFA Women’s World Cup’s success breaks down barriers and stereotypes across the globe
Different in the world of sports isn’t always a bad thing, especially when it comes to women’s sports and the Women's World Cup.
After impressive growth this season, how does the WNBA take the next step forward?
Kim Clijsters talks women’s sports’ drive for equality, International Tennis Hall of Fame, and more
"Everything that’s happening now, the increase in prize money and the bigger stadiums and the interest all around the world, is because of what happened back then. And I think that is really important for our younger generation to realize: it doesn’t happen overnight."
The Athletic doubling women’s sports coverage through partnership with Google
Google is helping to fund a major expansion of women's sports coverage at The Athletic, an interesting bet.
Just Women’s Sports announces media partnership with NWSL, including highlights and championship activations
Just Women's Sports already had a significant women's soccer presence on both the content and ownership sides, and this deal with the NWSL should boost their content side further.
Candace Parker on “Title IX: 37 Words That Changed America”: “This is a passion project.”
"I would love to continue to do impactful projects and provide a voice for those whose voices aren't heard as much as they need to be."
New media venture Just Women’s Sports raises $3.5 million from investors for coverage, production
The site already has podcasts covering soccer and the WNBA.
USC study finds ‘subtler sexism’ in TV coverage of women’s sports
Researchers found that discussion of women's sports tended to be more bland and less celebratory than discussion of men's sports.
FanRag Sports lays off director of content Tommy Stokke and several other writers
Stokke had been with the company for almost five years.
Does American media pay enough attention to women’s sports?
You may not know it from watching mainstream sports television or reading America’s newspapers, but women play professional...