Before she watched the flag being raised in her honor while being+ACY-nbsp+ADs-serenaded by the national anthem or even before her first Olympic+ACY-nbsp+ADs-medal was placed around her neck, Misty May-Treanor had to involve+ACY-nbsp+ADs-her mother in the celebration. It was the 2004 Athens Olympics,+ACY-nbsp+ADs-and May-Treanor … [Read more...]
Julie Foudy
On July 10, 1999, fans from around the world watched as the U.S. Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s National Soccer team defeated China in the World Cup. The 11 players on the field proved that with focus, perseverance, teamwork, and sportsmanship, a team could accomplish anything. Men and women from all over the world … [Read more...]
Martina Navratilova
I was an intern at the 2006 NASDAQ-100 Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, where I was taking a short cut to the concession stands for lunch. As I walked by the player drop-off and pick-up, I passed right by Martina Navratilova for the first and only time in my life, where she was waiting to be picked … [Read more...]
Sheryl Swoopes
In high school, she led Brownfield+ACY-nbsp+ADs-High to its first Texas State+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Championship for girls basketball+ACY-nbsp+ADs-in 1988. In college, she led+ACY-nbsp+ADs-the Texas Tech Lady Raiders to+ACY-nbsp+ADs-its first National Collegiate Athletic+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Association (NCAA) National+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Championship in 1993. In+ACY-nbsp+ADs-the pros, … [Read more...]
Hazel Wightman
+ACY-ldquo+ADs-Queen Mother of Tennis+ACY-rdquo+ADs is one of the many nicknames Hazel Wightman has donned. It was one of many, not because people changed their minds about her during her 45-year-long career, but because she had a hand in almost every aspect of the game of tennis. Wightman was a talented player, a … [Read more...]
Dr. Carole Mushier
Before Dr. Carole Mushier became an activist and a leading voice of Title IX legislation, the former athlete, coach, administrator, and academic remembers playing on as many as five varsity teams in one year during high school. Growing up on the north shore of Long Island, New York, she knew that … [Read more...]
Billie Jean King
Billie Jean King was an early teacher for me on the issue of Women+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Rights. She used the world of sport to help educate many young girls and women, boys and men, about the inequitable and sexist world in which she competed. I have been lucky to know Billie Jean King since the mid-1980s. I … [Read more...]
Charlotte West
+ACY-ldquo+ADs-I pretty much devoted my life to creating opportunities for girls and women in sports,+ACY-rdquo+ADs-1 said Dr. Charlotte West, the former president of the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW). There is nothing but truth in that statement, but West says it so humbly. West, whose … [Read more...]
Beverly Kearney
After she slowly made her way up the steps and across the stage, each foot carefully placed in front of the next with the help of a cane on either side, she finally arrived at the podium. She leaned over to the microphone and said, +ACY-ldquo+ADs-I want you all to know that I have two canes,+ACY-nbsp+ADs-but I … [Read more...]
Nancy Hogshead-Makar
I met Nancy Hogshead-Makar in 1984 after the Los Angeles Olympic+ACY-nbsp+ADs-Games. We were in Boston at Northeastern University+ACY-rsquo+ADs-s Center+ACY-nbsp+ADs-for the Study of Sport and Society shortly after it opened. I was immediately+ACY-nbsp+ADs-struck by more than the amazing accomplishments of this+ACY-nbsp+ADs-great swimmer … [Read more...]