Women's Sports

PWHL’s Boston Fleet to play 2026-27 season at Agganis Arena in city limits

The PWHL Boston Fleet are “relocating within Boston city limits” to Agganis Arena, which will be the Fleet’s “primary home venue for the 2026-27 season” after the team played the majority of its home games in Lowell during the league’s first three seasons. While the Fleet “often commended the Tsonga...

Apex Capital to invest up to $30M in Northern Super League

London-based private equity firm Apex Capital “is investing up to” $30M into Canada’s pro women’s soccer league, the Northern Super League, according to Simon Houpt of the GLOBE & MAIL. The move -- Apex’s first investment in women’s sports -- “is a vote of confidence in the opportunities that in...

Gotham FC’s Etihad Park move underscores NWSL’s growth

Reigning NWSL champion Gotham FC will be inside N.Y. limits for the first time when they begin to “play home games at Etihad Park in Queens, New York, beginning in 2028,” and NWSL Commissioner Jessica Berman said it is “indicative of so much of the progress the NWSL has made,” according to Jeff Kass...

Angel City FC hires The Team to sell kit, facility naming rights

In its first NWSL assignment, The Team has been hired by Angel City FC to sell two of the club’s commercial assets -- its next front-of-kit sponsorship and naming rights to its Thousand Oaks performance center.

SBJ Women’s Sports: AUSL’s magic with mic’d-up players

The AUSL is mic'ing up players in the field, and it's finding that the insights and banther they're providing is paying off. Also: Data on women's sports on YouTube and a look at the major stories shaping women's sports so far in 2026.

Our greatest hits from the first half of 2026

Since we’re all easing into things off the holiday weekend, I thought it’d be a good chance to look back at what resonated from the first half of the year.

We love to see it!

We’re still living in a land of firsts in the women’s sports space, and I took note of this one.

Mic’ed up AUSL players making for compelling broadcasts

Carolina infielder Alyssa Brito stopped amid explaining how her love of coffee led her to bring her espresso machine to the clubhouse, pausing so she could turn a double play.

Togethxr, iHeartMedia launch new women’s sports podcast

Togethxr and iHeartMedia on Thursday are launching “Everyone Watches Women’s Sports,” a weekly audio and video podcast.

NWSL’s Gotham FC to play home games at NYCFC’s Etihad Park starting next year

NWSL club Gotham FC is set to announce Tuesday that it is “abandoning its current home” in Harrison, N.J., and “will play its home games at Etihad Park,” the future home of NYCFC in Queens. The move “will happen next year, when the new stadium opens.” Gotham’s owners said that the team “can attract ...

Suns, Mercury CEO Josh Bartelstein finalizing extension

Suns and Mercury CEO Josh Bartelstein is finalizing a new extension, “further cementing” his partnership with owner Mat Ishbia to “shape business and basketball operations of both franchises.” Ishbia said, “From day one, I knew Josh was the right person to help build the culture and organization tha...

Clark denounces online abuse following Thomas incident

Fever G Caitlin Clark “addressed the harassment and hatred professional athletes and coaches face online” and “expressed frustrations with individuals using her name ‘in ways that are inappropriate’” following an in-game incident with Mercury F Alyssa Thomas, according to Brian Haenchen of the INDIA...

Geno Auriemma, sports broadcaster? UConn’s women’s basketball leader says he’d consider it in a post-coaching world

As the coach of the 12-time national champion Univ. of Connecticut women’s basketball team, Geno Auriemma has long been a familiar face for ESPN viewers. But on Tuesday night he’ll find himself on ESPN in a different role -- as a broadcast analyst. Auriemma will join Beth Mowins and Robin Roberts on...

Talks of having KLPGA players compete in South Korea LPGA event stall

Negotiations on having South Korean tour players compete at an LPGA tournament on their home soil “have fallen through.” The Korea Ladies Professional Golf Association said that the upcoming BMW Ladies Championship, the lone U.S. LPGA event held in South Korea each fall, “will not be co-sanctioned w...

Omaha Productions launches women’s sports series

Omaha Productions is “making inroads into a slate tied to women’s sports,” with the new series, “Gamechangers: America’s Top 25 Female Athletes.” The series is executive produced by Basketball HOFer Sue Bird, former soccer player Alex Morgan, and Pro Football HOFer Peyton Manning and features commen...

Sun set to face Wings, UConn stars in Hartford showdown

The Sun will play their second game at PeoplesBank Arena this season against the Wings and UConn alums Gs Paige Bueckers and Azzi Fudd on Thursday. This “figures to be a Sun home game in name only.” The Sun will honor former coach and current Wings GM Curt Miller as “one of their ‘Sun Legends’ on th...

Wings share new renderings of Oak Cliff practice facility in video

The Wings shared a video reel that “includes renderings” of the new “state-of-the-art” practice facility, according to the SportsDay Staff of the DALLAS MORNING NEWS. The facility will be located at Joey Georgusis Park in Far West Oak Cliff. The renderings included the “practice courts, which includ...

WNBA’s Engelbert facing strained relationship with fan, players after latest PR hit

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert “can’t catch a break” even after helping secure a historic CBA earlier this year, but she “doesn’t do herself any favors either,” according to Madeline Kenney of the N.Y. POST. At the Commissioner’s Cup on Tuesday night, fans showered Engelbert with disapproval as s...

Togethxr planning house, sponsor activations during WNBA All-Star weekend

Togethxr will again operate its own house with brand activations, fan experiences and shows during the WNBA All-Star weekend later this month. Togethxr House will take over a warehouse in Chicago’s West loop, just east of the United Center, from July 24-25, with Aveeno, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Barbie...

LPGA, two sponsors go separate ways ahead of future schedule changes

The two primary sponsors of the LPGA’s Kroger Queen City Championship presented by P&G over its five-year history “have dropped out, putting the tournament’s future in jeopardy,” according to Steve Watkins of the CINCINNATI BUSINESS COURIER. Kroger and Procter & Gamble began sponsoring the n...
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