Awful Announcing
"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."
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.
"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."
Google is helping to fund a major expansion of women's sports coverage at The Athletic, an interesting bet.
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.
"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."
The site already has podcasts covering soccer and the WNBA.
Researchers found that discussion of women's sports tended to be more bland and less celebratory than discussion of men's sports.
Stokke had been with the company for almost five years.
You may not know it from watching mainstream sports television or reading America’s newspapers, but women play professional...
