May 17th 2022
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In July 2015, 26.7 million Americans tuned in to watch the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team win the FIFA Women’s World Cup Final – at the time the most watched soccer game in American history. The U.S. Soccer Federation, the body that governs the U.S. Men’s and...
Olivia Moultrie and the National Women’s Soccer League have settled the young phenom’s antitrust suit challenging the league’s 18-and-older age restriction. The two sides had previously filed a joint stipulation, which conditioned the settlement on District Judge...
On July 5, we covered Carl Nassib’s announcement that he is gay, becoming the first player in the NFL to be openly out and just the second in the history of the four major North American sports. Just less than a month after the Nassib news, Nashville Predators...
A little less than a year after its introduction at last year’s U.S. Open, the Professional Tennis Players Association recently announced the appointment of an executive director and advisory board, as the fledgling union effort seeks to make headway in mobilizing...
Republican lawmakers in Washington are reportedly circulating drafts of legislation that would provide businesses with sweeping liability protections in case their workers contract coronavirus, The Washington Post reports. The ensuing proposals are no doubt a...
A girls’ high school soccer team in Burlington, Vermont made waves on Friday when they took off their uniform jerseys mid-game to reveal white T-shirts bearing the message “#EQUALPAY.” The crowd chanted “equal pay” in response—many wearing the #EQUALPAY jerseys the...