After Layshia Clarendon was waived by the Minnesota Lynx, head coach Cheryl Reeve implied Clarendon’s injury status was to blame. But on Wednesday, Clarendon tweeted that they are “100% cleared to practice and play.”
Fifty years after Title IX, girls today have fewer opportunities to participate in high school sports than boys did in 1972. That is one of the key findings from a new report published by the Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF).
The Minnesota Lynx cut six players (Layshia Clarendon, Crystal Dangerfield, Yvonne Turner, Rennia Davis, Kayla Jones, Hannah Sjerven) and signed one (Odyssey Sims) on Tuesday.
Brittney Griner is being wrongfully detained in Russia, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. This designation means the United States will more aggressively work to secure her release even as the legal case against her plays out.
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will meet in what has been called the most significant women’s boxing match ever, the first to headline Madison Square Garden.
Brittney Griner remains detained in Russia and it’s unclear how an unexpected prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia will affect the status of the WNBA star.
Men’s sports being treated as the norm is a widespread issue and the omission of the “M” is even more problematic when the organization leaving the letter out is the same one overseeing both the men’s and women’s sports.
The Houston Dash suspended head coach James Clarkson after the NWSL team received a report related to the league investigation into alleged discrimination, harassment and abuse.
On Her Turf interviewed Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) Chairman John Boynton about the timeline for announcing a new commissioner, league expansion, the decision to hire Digit Murphy, and the role of BTM Partners in league governance.
When Peres Jepchirchir pulled away from Ababel Yeshaneh in the final mile of the 2022 Boston Marathon, she seemed the clear winner. Not so fast, said Yeshaneh.
2022 NCAA Women’s Gymnastics Championships: TV schedule, overview of how NCAA gymnastics works, and the differences between elite and collegiate gymnastics.
Allyson Felix confirmed that she will compete during the 2022 track & field season, and then retire from the sport. Felix is the most decorated U.S. athlete in Olympic track & field history.
“I want to take a moment to reiterate the WNBA’s support for Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner,” WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said before the 2022 WNBA Draft started.
Being a WNBA draft pick doesn’t mean you’ll play in the WNBA. In the last five years, about one-third of each year’s draft class was waived prior to the first WNBA game of the season.
2022 WNBA Draft: Four athletes who competed in Sunday’s NCAA women’s basketball championship -- Destanni Henderson, Olivia Nelson-Ododa, Evina Westbrook, and Christyn Williams -- have opted in.
March Madness 2022: Full results and scores from every game of the 2022 NCAA division one women’s basketball tournament, concluding with the Final Four.
