All posts tagged "women’s sports"

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  College

  / 2 years ago

  Wisconsin tops Baylor to reach NCAA women’s volleyball final

  Dana Rettke had 19 kills, Molly Haggerty added 15 and Wisconsin beat Baylor 25-27, 25-21, 25-17, 25-19 on Thursday night to...

  By Alan Saunders
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  News

  / 3 years ago

  Billie Jean King says gender equity in sport far from realized

  Nearly 50 years after Billie Jean King and the so-called “Original Nine” began their campaign for equal prize money in tennis,...

  By Amy Tennery
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  College

  / 3 years ago

  Women’s sports could score big gains from college endorsement deals

  Male stars of college basketball and football will likely reap the greatest immediate gains from California’s new law allowing student athletes...

  By Reuters Sports
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  Soccer

  / 3 years ago

  Rapinoe fuses politics, pay and tech with World Cup win

  LYON, France — A Women’s World Cup stirred by heated debates on politics, pay and technology saw the narratives fused in...

  By Rob Harris
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  College Hockey

  / 3 years ago

  Judge rejects suit to reinstate North Dakota women’s hockey

  FARGO, N.D. — A judge has thrown out a discrimination lawsuit by 11 former University of North Dakota women’s hockey players...

  By Dave Kolpack
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  Soccer

  / 3 years ago

  Perfect record for France but a lot to improve as knockout phase looms

  PARIS — Hosts France benefited from two highly debatable goals in their last two Group A games as they reached the...

  By Julien Pretot
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  Soccer

  / 3 years ago

  Thailand manager apologizes to fans after historic loss to USA

  BANGKOK – The general manager of Thailand’s women national soccer team apologized to fans on Wednesday after the record 13-0 defeat...

  By Reuters Sports
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  Soccer

  / 3 years ago

  World Cup: Morgan has 5 goals as US routs Thailand

  REIMS, France (AP) — Thailand was never a real threat to the U.S. national team. Even so, the three-time Women’s World...

  By Anne M. Peterson
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  News

  / 3 years ago

  Women’s World Cup becomes platform for social change

  PARIS (AP) — Seizing on the once in every four years spectacle, teams at the Women’s World Cup are hoping that...

  By Anne M. Peterson
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  College

  / 3 years ago

  UCLA tops Oklahoma to win 13th national title

  OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — UCLA is back on top. Kinsley Washington’s RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning lifted...

  By Cliff Brunt