Women in Sports

Over the last century, female athletes have emerged as powerful voices for equality. Read their firsthand accounts of how they overcame the challenges they faced.

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Off the Bench

I just couldn’t believe how lucky I was, how far I’d come since I thought my career was finished.

Live Better

When I looked down my entire leg was gone. No knee, no ankle. Nothing. Just like that. My mom and the doctors were all gathered around me. I just shook my head.

The Voice in My Head

Pat Summitt is a mountain. We’re all standing in her shadow.

Why I Stand with the Women's Strike

This issue is a lot bigger than my dreams for my own family. It’s about the women across the earth who are suffering.

No Ceilings

I remember one question after the game, “Do you think 50 points is your ceiling?” In my head I was thinking: No way.

No Longer a Man's Game

You had to be a brave little girl if you wanted to play football in Italy.

Letter to My Future Self

I hope, when you open this letter 50 years from now, there are skate videos and animations and drawings and books with your name on them.

Letter to My Younger Self

This sporting life you’re about to embark on is going to be incredible.

Letter to My Younger Self

I’ll allow you one — one! — Ferrari. The red one, the one you’re dreaming about when you go to sleep tonight after winning that under-12s title.

Perfect Day

Pro surfer Carissa Moore reflects on the "Perfect Day" when she won the World Surf League Title.

The Way In

People spend their lives running from places like mine. Thing is, you can’t run from the place that made you because it is you.

One of the Guys

We’ve come a long way to now have two women coaching full-time in the NBA. But for me growing up, I always played with the boys. At least, when they’d let me.

So We Started a Hockey League

The National Women’s Hockey League was born the way a lot of startups are born in 2015.

A Lifetime Sport

Before I was president of the USTA, I was a player. And as much as I was a player, I was a fan.

Making It Out

I grew up in chaos. There’s no other word for it.

The Legacy of the Original 9

You don’t reach the top of your sport without standing on the shoulders of those who came before you.

Full Circle

Even when a dream comes true, it doesn’t play out the way you imagined.

Letter to My Younger Self

Brandi Chastain pens a letter to her younger self: “People will remind you to never look back — always look forward, in positivity and hopefulness.”

(In)Visibility

WNBA star Maya Moore on how we can increase visibility for women's basketball across the board.