March 2024 - Page 2 of 4 - More Than A Game

Moving The Goalposts: Why North Korea Suddenly Axed Plans for World Cup Qualifier vs Japan

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March 26, 2024

Via NK News, a report on North Korea's sudden reversal on playing a World Cup qualifying match versus Japan, and how the secretive nation uses sport to advance/signal diplomatic goals: What was shaping up to be a [...]

5 Trailblazing Black Women in Sports

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March 26, 2024

Via NBC SportsEngine, a look at five trailblazing black women in sports: For centuries, sports have been dominated by men. However, in recent decades, female athletes have been breaking down the barriers of gender [...]

First All-Black All-American Women’s Basketball Team Made History in 1984

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March 24, 2024

Via Andscape, reflections on the first all-Black, All-American women's basketball team in 1984: 1984 was packed with many firsts in women’s basketball. It was a year with a glimpse into the future of the game’s [...]

How ESPN’s Bracketology Show Finally Gave Women Equal Billing

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March 23, 2024

Via Power Plays, a look at how ESPN's bracketology show finally gave women equal billing: Hi, friends. It’s March. I’m assuming you’re aware of that, given it’s March 21. But I’m not talking about March, the [...]

NC State’s Jannah Eissa: The ACC’s First Hijab-Wearing Basketball Player

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March 23, 2024

Via Power Plays, an article on NC State's Jannah Eissa, the ACC's first hijab- wearing basketball player: Jannah Eissa just turned 18 years in February. She is a walk-on on the N.C. State women’s basketball team, meaning [...]

Leveling The Field In Women’s Athletics

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March 19, 2024

Courtesy of Power Plays, a look at the opening of Kansas City's CPKC Stadium, the first stadium designed and built specifically for a NWSL team and what it means for women's athletics in general: In Kansas City, they say that if [...]

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