Washington retiring Kelsey Plum's jersey; first women's basketball player to receive honor in school history

Cowboys' Brandon Aubrey becomes first kicker in NFL history to accomplish this feat on 'MNF' vs. Texans

Aubrey checks off another milestone in just his second NFL season

Sports - CBS Sports - 5 days ago

Alyssa Nakken, first full-time female coach in MLB history, leaving Giants to join Guardians

Alyssa Nakken, the first woman to coach in an MLB game, is leaving the San Francisco Giants to join the Cleveland Guardians

Sports - ABC News - Yesterday

USC beats UCLA to claim first outright conference championship in women's soccer

The Trojans win their first outright conference title as Maile Hayes scores the game's only goal in the 36th minute Sunday at Dignity Health Sports Park.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 27

Japan Wins First Ever IIHF Asia Women's Championships

Japan dominated the competition going undefeated, without allowing a goal, at the first ever Asia Women's Championships in Beijing.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 5

Black women to serve together in Senate for first time with Rochester, Alsobrooks wins

Sens.-elect Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) will become the first two Black women to serve together in the Senate. Neither Delaware nor Maryland have ever had a Black ...

Politics - The Hill - November 6

Will women be the big losers from Rachel Reeves’ first Budget?

National insurance increases will push up the cost of childcare and hit lower-paid part-time jobs

World - Financial Times - November 8

Number of women in Congress stalls for the first time since Trump's 2016 election

Women have made significant gains in Congress in recent elections, but that progress has stalled for the first time since 2016, falling short of the current record levels.

Politics - NBC News - 2 days ago

Fires, first aid and guns: meet the Finnish women training for war with Russia

Anxious Finns are learning how to survive in the wild in preparation for an invasion by their hostile neighbour . It is Friday night on a forested military base in western Finland. A group of women ...

World - The Guardian - 9 hours ago

Alabama high school football player died from a heart condition, autopsy finds

Officials say a 14-year-old football player who collapsed during practice this summer died from congestive heart failure

Sports - ABC News - November 8

SWAC suspends 16 players from Jackson State-Alabama State melee, fines both schools

The Southwestern Athletic Conference has issued one-game suspensions to a total of 16 Jackson State and Alabama State players over a post-game altercation and fined both schools

Sports - ABC News - 5 days ago

Teddy Bridgewater's Florida high school team under investigation for alleged use of ineligible player

Bridgewater's Miami Northwestern team might be forced to forfeit games

Sports - CBS Sports - 3 days ago

Washington Spirit, Orlando Pride to face off in National Women's Soccer League Championship

Kansas City's CPKC Stadium, the first stadium built exclusively for women's soccer, is hosting the National Women's Soccer League Championship game this weekend between the Washington Spirit and ...

Washington Spirit owner Michele Kang makes $30 million investment in U.S. Soccer women's and girls' programs

Kang's is the largest philanthropic investment in women's and girls' soccer in the federation's history

Sports - CBS Sports - 9 hours ago

3 women say Michigan doctor secretly filmed them in swim school changing area

Three young women have filed a lawsuit against a Detroit-area doctor alleging he used hidden cameras to film them naked in the changing room of a private swim school.

USC’s Kiki Iriafen heads list of transfers in women’s basketball

USC's Kiki Iriafen can’t wait to start delivering highlight-worthy plays with JuJu Watkins now that the former Pac-12 rivals are teammates in the Big Ten Conference.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 31

Women’s Basketball Isn’t Having a Moment. This Is Our New Reality.

What we’re seeing is long overdue, and it still feels like it’s just getting started, a columnist for The Athletic writes.

Sports - The New York Times - November 8

8 must-see freshmen this women's college basketball season

It’s a new year with a new crop of talented freshmen. Here are eight college basketball rookies who will have an immediate impact for their teams.

Sports - Yahoo Sports - November 13

Why USC's JuJu Watkins is the next big thing in college hoops

The center of the college basketball universe has shifted from Iowa City to Los Angeles. And JuJu Watkins has snatched the torch.

Sports - ESPN - 8 hours ago

Elite Eight rematches, player of the year showdowns, rivalries renewed: Top women's games of 2024-25

Games in November and December can make a résumé. From the best backcourt battles to All-American meetings, these games will shape the season.

Sports - ESPN - October 28

Spaniards Rodri and Bonmatí win Ballon d'Or award as Real Madrid snubs ceremony

Spanish midfielders Rodri and Aitana Bonmatí won the men’s and women’s Ballon d’Or award on Monday as the world’s best soccer players, while Real Madrid snubbed the star-studded ceremony in Paris ...

Sports - ABC News - October 28

Spanish midfielder Aitana Bonmatí wins the Ballon d’Or award for the world’s best women's soccer player

Sports - ABC News - October 28

Kiss chaste: number of high school boys in Japan who have had first kiss falls to record lows

Polls showing downward trend in kissing indicates a move away from ‘real physical sexual activity’ that could affect country’s birthrate, experts say. Just one in five of boys at senior high school ...

World - The Guardian - November 5

World Series 2024: Yankees win the first of a potential four games in a row as they look to do the impossible — 'Who doesn't wanna make history?'

With key contributions from the bottom of the lineup and another shutdown outing by the bullpen, the Yankees rediscovered their swagger and stole some momentum

Sports - Yahoo Sports - October 30

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