As we close out Black History Month and look ahead to Women’s History Month, I am celebrating how 2022 NWSL champ and league MVP Sophia Smith made one of the biggest splashes last year, becoming the first Black woman to ever [...]
February
25,
2023
The MLS season kicks off this weekend, and I’m glad to see the Colorado Rapids tackle the stigma around mental health through this season’s away jersey. [...]
February
10,
2023
Via the Atlantic Council, commentary on Pan-Africanism and soccer:
Morocco’s magical run at the 2022 World Cup, where it became the first African nation to reach the semifinal, was celebrated across the continent. What [...]
February
10,
2023
Via Just Women's Sports, a report on Alex Morgan's criticism of Saudi Arabia's planned World Cup sponsorship:
U.S. women’s national team star Alex Morgan made her thoughts clear on Wednesday about FIFA’s potential [...]
January
27,
2023
Via Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, a transcript of a November podcast entitled 'The Politics of Sports' in which a group of athletes and scholars took a close look at the concept of “sportswashing” [...]
January
21,
2023
Via The Players' Tribune, a reminder of the discrepancies and challenges faced by women athletes who choose to have a baby:
I know this story might upset some powerful people in the football world. You’re not supposed to [...]