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Even so, glaring equality gaps persist: At the 2014 and 2018 Winter Games, men had three separate ski jump events, while women only had one. “It’s like, ‘Here, we’ll give you a little piece,’ and then, ‘Go away, leave us alone,’” Lindsey Van, a now-retired American ski jumper who helped lead the discrimination lawsuit, told…
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People are finding all sorts of interesting ways to stay busy while social distancing, but this sports broadcaster’s play-by-play of his pups racing to eat their food is exactly what we all need right now. Though many sporting events have been canceled and postponed across the world due to the coronavirus pandemic—including the 2020 Tokyo…
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There’s scarcely a woman on earth who isn’t impacted by the fight for gender equality—but no where does that fight feel so visceral than in the world of sports. A world where Megan Rapinoe and the USWNT can dominate on the global stage and then come home to fraction of the pay their (less-qualified) male…
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Before you ask, Dick’s Sporting Goods will not be changing its name to appeal to female customers, but it is investing millions of dollars into women’s sports and expanding its selection of products for girls and women. On February 4, the largest U.S. sporting-goods chain revealed their multi-tiered plan to win over women—you know, over…
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Over the weekend, while the rest of us were contemplating a trip to the pumpkin patch or binge watching Netflix with a bag of Halloween candy, Simone Biles, Coco Gauff, and Brigid Kosgei were all making history in their respective sports—gymnastics, tennis, and running. Young women out in the world breaking records and making history…
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Courtesy of IFGfit The concept of wearable posture-improving pieces isn’t exactly new—nor does it need to be so expensive, explains Dr. Joseph E. Herrera, D.O., FAAPMR, director of Sports Medicine and chairman of the Department of Rehabilitation and Human Performance at Mount Sinai’s Icahn School of Medicine. “There are a number of different braces and…
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