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Justine Siegal, first woman to coach for an MLB team
Three decades after a coach told Justine Siegal to quit baseball, girls are still behind in the count when it comes to the national pastime.
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10th annual espnW: Women + Sports Summit
Leading the charge for new opportunities for women in sports.
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National Women's Soccer League
Semifinals
Perfect free kick puts Courage ahead in extra time
Courage head back to NWSL title game by cultivating winning culture
The Courage routed Reign FC in extra time to make the NWSL championship for the third straight year.
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Kobe's daughter shows off her range
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Phenom, trailblazer and 'first': Stock car driver Hailie Deegan is working hard to live up to her own hype
In September 2018, Hailie Deegan became the first woman to win on the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West. A year later, Deegan reflects on her childhood, breaking barriers in motorsports and her ultimate goals.
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Paralympian Darlene Hunter on leveling the playing field for adaptive athletes
At 4 years old, Darlene Hunter was diagnosed with a permanent spinal cord injury. More than three decades later, Hunter is a Paralympian and the founder of the Lady Mavericks wheelchair basketball team.
soccer
Women's World Cup watched by over 1 billion
More than one billion people watched this year's Women's World Cup, according to a statement by FIFA.
How Reign FC coach Vlatko Andonovski made a name for himself
Andonovski can become the first NWSL coach to win three titles.
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New CBA is chief priority this WNBA offseason
The Mystics have been crowned and players are heading overseas. So what are the three biggest things to watch this WNBA offseason?
The WNBA Racial and Gender Report Card
The WNBA continues to live and breathe the evolution of opportunities in women's sports.
biles makes history
No hyperbole here: Simone Biles is the greatest
Simone Biles is the most decorated gymnast in world championships history and the clear favorite for gold in 2020. These days, she is unbeatable.
How does Simone Biles do what seems impossible?
No one else has competed skills like the triple-double. No one else has ever been so dominant in the sport. How does Simone Biles do it? Gymnastics experts weigh in.
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The Undefeated
Simone Biles, Coco Gauff and Brigid Kosgei win in dominating fashion
Black female athletes turn in a weekend of historic performances by turning on that #BlackGirlMagic.
The Undefeated
Red Sox's Raquel Ferreira breaks through baseball's glass ceiling
A child of immigrants is now the highest-ranking woman in baseball.
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Sparks' chaos
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Racial epithets, a star benched and a coach questioned: Inside the L.A. Sparks' chaotic finish
L.A. was hitting its stride but then got swept. Did an obscenity-laced speech by Penny Toler impact Derek Fisher's decision to sit Candace Parker?
QB Andra Douglas
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Former QB Andra Douglas explores the illicit allure of football in new novel
New York Sharks owner Andra Douglas takes a fictionalized look at life as a quarterback on a women's tackle football team in her novel "Black & Blue."
Women's basketball recruiting
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Women's basketball recruiting: Predicting where the top undeclared prospects will sign
With a little more than a month until national signing week, here is a look at the six remaining undeclared top-10 prospects in the Class of 2020.
The future has arrived on the WTA and ATP tours
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The future has arrived on the WTA and ATP tours
Coco Gauff and Daniil Medvedev continued to make statements with weekend titles. Don't be surprised if they dominate the tennis conversation in 2020.
