Zora Stephenson gives the lowdown on ‘Hardwood HERStory,’ a new NBC Sports podcast that tells the stories of women’s basketball game changers, including Lucy Harris, Niele Ivey, Elizabeth Williams, and more.
Annika Malacinski (USA) competes in Nordic combined, the only Olympic sport without a women’s event. On June 24, an IOC decision will change the trajectory of her life.
Fifty years ago, Title IX changed the landscape for women across the United States. To celebrate the landmark civil rights law, here are nine (or so) who paved the way for Title IX and have championed its transformative legacy,
Ahead of figure skating’s gala at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Alysa Liu raised a question: why isn’t she allowed to skate with one of her female competitors?
In a first-person essay about her goal to qualify for the LPGA Tour, golfer Hailey Davidson describes why she wants to be a role model for transgender kids.
Abby Wambach started running, sans soccer ball, shortly after retiring from the sport in 2015. On Sunday, she will attempt the 2021 New York City Marathon.
Following the killing of Agnes Tirop, runners Mary Wacera Ngugi, Aliphine Tuliamuk, and Tianna Madison called for greater awareness of domestic violence.
At the “Gold Over America Tour starring Simone Biles” — the GOAT acronym is no coincidence — elite gymnastics gets a refreshing and empowering makeover.
“People hire people who look like them.” Muffet McGraw and Noelle Quinn discuss the lack of women coaches during a segment of “On Her Turf at the Olympics.”
Kawai Risako, who earned 2016 Olympic gold at 63kg, decided to make a run for the Olympics in a lower weight class to provide her sister Yukako with the best chance of qualifying for Japan’s Olympic team.
Diver Delaney Schnell did not dive off the 10-meter platform for six months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. She got through by doing bodyweight exercises and and practicing on a three-meter springboard.
On Wednesday, Katarzyna Zillmann - a member of Poland’s rowing team - won a silver medal. During her post-race interview, she then thanked her girlfriend, thus identifying herself as a member of the LGBTQ community.
“Get ready to watch some incredible, unapologetically themselves, intelligent, strong women take the field,” U.S. rugby co-captain Abby Gustaitis said of her team.
Pepper Persley, age 10, joined “On Her Turf at the Olympics” to discuss covering the WNBA and what she wants other kids to know about sports reporting.
“I learned from a young age it will take discipline to get to this level,” Emma Weyant told “On Her Turf at the Olympics” after winning Olympic silver.
Jordan Raney was the last player cut from the 2021 U.S. Olympic women’s water polo team. In this first-person essay, Raney discusses what she learned about herself in the process.
Brehanna Daniels made her Cup debut three years ago, joining Breanna O’Leary as the first female tire changers for the same team in NASCAR’s premier series.
