Women's Sports
K.C. Current unveil new performance center, second club stadium
NWSL club K.C. Current on Tuesday introduced the “newest addition” to its training grounds, the 2,000-seat Riverside Stadium and Performance Center, which will host its second team, Current II, and “support the club’s senior roster and youth development program.” The performance center features “gra...
Fire, Thorns collaborate on women’s sports channel in Portland
RAJ Sports, which owns the WNBA’s Fire and the NWSL’s Thorns, is creating a joint broadcast home for both teams on Gray Media’s Fox 12 Plus in Portland, essentially turning the channel into a rare local female sports hub.
U.S. women’s hockey team declines Trump invitation to State of the Union
The U.S. women’s hockey team said that it is “declining” President Trump‘s invitation to “attend his State of the Union address” after winning the gold medal Thursday at the Milan Cortina Games. A day before inviting the women, Trump had “jokingly told the U.S. men’s hockey team that he would be imp...
Denver Summit showcase inaugural NWSL jerseys
NWSL club Denver Summit FC unveiled their inaugural Evergreen Kit, with the primarily evergreen green uniform “inspired by the towering pine forests that blanket Colorado’s Front Range year-round.” The club showcased the jersey at a live event at Denver Union Station on Monday. The debut kit was int...
U.S. women drive Team USA’s medal haul at Milan Cortina
American women won six golds and 17 medals overall at the Milan Cortina Games -- “not even counting mixed events” -- topping the previous best by U.S. women at the Winter Games of five golds and 13 total medals, according to Tim Reynolds of the AP. When taking into account mixed events, U.S. women t...
Chicago Sky’s training facility approaches completion, with increased scale and scope
When the Chicago Sky’s practice facility opens in late spring (Chicago’s idea of spring, to be clear), it’ll measure roughly 80,000 square feet, a significant increase over the original plan’s 52,000, making it the largest in the WNBA for at least a year until the Indiana Fever’s opens in 2027.
Breanna Stewart: EuroLeague chance ‘came out of the blue’
Liberty G Breanna Stewart is planning to return to EuroLeague’s Fenerbahce Opet in April after “the opportunity ‘came out of the blue.’” Stewart said, “[Fenerbahce] offered me something that I couldn’t refuse, and the fact that I’ll go and play in the Final Six and that’s it.” She added, “I think it...
Ogwumike: WNBA players understand the moment in CBA negotiations
WNBPA President & Storm F Nneka Ogwumike said players “understand what’s going on” in terms of CBA talks with the WNBA and “understand the moment that we’re in,” as they know the position and leverage that they have. Appearing on “Flagrant and Funny with Cari Champion and Jemele Hill,” Ogwumike ...
Metrics & murkiness: Mock exercise seeding the women’s basketball tournament reveals how subjectivity enters the process
INDIANAPOLIS – Inside the Pat Summitt room at the NCAA’s downtown offices, a quote from the legendary Tennessee head coach was plastered on the wall above our heads as we nestled into our respective seats:
CVS leans into women’s soccer with U.S. Soccer, NWSL deals
CVS Pharmacy has signed a pair of sponsorship agreements with U.S. Soccer and the NWSL, a significant expansion of the pharmacy chain’s involvement in women’s soccer. The brand is also adding team-level deals with the NWSL’s Seattle Reign and K.C. Current after serving as the front-of-kit sponsor fo...
ESPN to launch ‘Women’s Sports Sundays’ in summer primetime slot
ESPN plans to use its Sunday primetime slot in the summer -- which was previously occupied by “Sunday Night Baseball” -- to “launch ‘Women’s Sports Sundays,’ a hub for top match-ups from the WNBA and NWSL.” The program represents “one of the biggest investments in women’s sports programming by a maj...
Denver Summit FC adds Canvas Credit Union as sleeve sponsor
Incoming NWSL expansion club Denver Summit FC has landed its first uniform sponsor ahead of its inaugural season, signing Canvas Credit Union to a seven-year sleeve deal. The Colorado-based financial institution will be designated as a founding partner and the official credit union of Summit FC.
PWHL looking to take advantage of Olympics to grow women’s hockey
The stakes have “never been higher for women’s hockey” than with Thursday’s U.S.-Canada gold medal game at the Milan Cortina Games due to players coming back to the PWHL, according to Katie McInerney of the BOSTON GLOBE. This is the first Olympics where players will go back to a league that “offers ...
SBJ Live: Women’s basketball seeks continued momentum amid WNBA CBA negotiations
Women’s basketball enters 2026 with both unprecedented momentum and existential complexity. The WNBA–WNBPA negotiations remain front and center, with players stressing the importance of playing next season as talks continue. Meanwhile Unrivaled’s second season expands on TNT Sports and a global 5-on...
San Diego Wave FC signs on with PlayMaker Software
NWSL club San Diego Wave FC has signed a multiyear deal with sponsorship management platform PlayMaker Software. It’s the first NWSL client for the startup and the second major North American soccer club (and fourth soccer club overall) to bring on the company: PlayMaker announced a similar deal wit...
Report: WNBPA offers CBA counterproposal with lower rev share, salary cap requests
The WNBPA on Tuesday submitted a collective bargaining “counterproposal to the WNBA” that now asks for “an average of 27.5% of gross revenue, defined as revenue before deducting expenses, over the course of the agreement, including 25% -- and less than a” $9.5M salary cap -- in Year 1, according to ...
Jessica Pegula to lead WTA panel on tour calendar, ranking rules
Tennis player Jessica Pegula will “lead a new 13-person panel to suggest changes to the women’s tennis calendar, rankings points rules and the requirements about competing in certain events,” according to Howard Fendrich of the AP. WTA Tour Chair Valerie Camillo in a letter sent Tuesday to players a...
Stewart’s signing with EuroLeague’s Fenerbahce not a sign WNBA season in jeopardy
Liberty F Breanna Stewart’s decision to sign Monday with Fenerbahce for the EuroLeague Women’s Final Six in mid-April is not expected to violate WNBA rules, according to sources with knowledge of the situation.
Proposed Texas volleyball arena is a natural progression of women’s sports growth
When the University of Texas volleyball team hosted fellow powerhouse Stanford last September at Moody Center, a Texas state record 10,899 fans watched. While the attendance number was nowhere near Nebraska’s 92,000 fans who saw the Cornhuskers play Omaha at Memorial Stadium in 2023, it further supp...
Boston Legacy FC unveils inaugural home uniform
NWSL expansion club Boston Legacy FC on Friday unveiled its inaugural home uniform, “dubbed the ‘First Light’ kit in a nod” to the team’s first season. The kit’s primary color is the club’s “signature green” with “accents” of pink, black and white. The hem tag on the bottom right of the jersey -- “t...
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