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Playing the Long Game: Can the FIFA World Cup Help Level the Playing Field for All Women Footballers?

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July 21, 2023

Via The Conversation, a look at how the FIFA World Cup help level the playing field for all women footballers: There’s little doubt the FIFA Women’s World Cup will deliver spectacle and significant financial rewards when [...]

NFL Coach Kevin Maxen Comes Out, The First in Men’s Major Sports

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July 21, 2023

Via Outsports, commentary on why Jaguars coach Kevin Maxen coming out is so significant: The average career for an NFL player is 3.3 years. In Major League Baseball, it’s 5.6 years, while the NBA and NHL average is 4.5 years [...]

Football Ferns’ Historic World Cup Win Scores Goal for All Women’s Sport in New Zealand

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July 21, 2023

Via The Conversation, a look at the legacy that the Football Ferns’ historic win in the World Cup opener will have upon all women’s sport in New Zealand: The opening match of the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Auckland was a [...]

Australia’s Matildas Call for Equal Prize Money for Men’s and Women’s World Cups

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July 18, 2023

Via AP News, a report that Australia’s Matildas have called for equal prize money for soccer’s global showpiece tournaments just days out from kicking off the Women’s World Cup in Sydney. Australia’s Matildas have [...]

Australia and New Zealand Are Eager to Show a More Inclusive Version of Themselves

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July 17, 2023

Via SI.com, an article on the upcoming Women’s World Cup, and the host countries are eager to show themes of progress and evolution—a stark contrast to the tournament held in Qatar. The final match of the 2023 FIFA [...]

Fifty Years Ago, Billie Jean King Won Equal Pay — but She’s Not Done Yet

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July 17, 2023

Via The New York Times, a look at Billie Jean King, the tennis champion whose activism won equal pay for women at the 1973 U.S. Open and, now 79, she is still leading the fight for equity — in sports and beyond: The more [...]

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