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News Articles: women's sports

Players for the Jersey Shore Wave inside Hinchliffe Stadium in Paterson, New Jersey where the team will play its home games this season.

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Jersey Shore Wave to kick off season as one of the newest teams in women's football

The Women's National Football Conference kicks off its sixth season this weekend. The Jersey Shore Wave is one of the new teams joining the league this year.

March 29, 2025
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  • Buffy Gorrilla
The San Jose State players take the court for warm-ups before an NCAA women's college volleyball match against Air Force on Oct. 31, 2024, in San Jose, Calif.

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NCAA bars transgender athletes from women's sports after Trump order

The move came one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order intended to ban transgender athletes from girls' and women's sports.

February 07, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Every Woman's Marathon promotional banner graphic

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Savannah to host inaugural Every Woman's Marathon on Saturday, expected to draw 7,000 runners

The race is meant to improve gender parity in marathon participation, historically dominated by men.

November 15, 2024
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  • Benjamin Payne
Dearica Hamby speaks during a Team USA 3x3 Basketball press conference in Paris in July. The U.S. women's 3x3 basketball team won bronze at the Olympics last week.

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WNBA star Dearica Hamby sues the league and her former team for discrimination

The suit accuses the Las Vegas Aces of trading Hamby because she was pregnant and retaliating against her for speaking out. Her lawyers say the WNBA's response amounted to a "light tap on the wrist."

August 14, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Katie Ledecky, Simone Biles and Torri Huske (from left to right) are among the female athletes who brought home multiple medals for Team USA.

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Team USA has women to thank for more than half of its Olympic medals

If American women were their own country, they would rank third in the 2024 Olympic medal count. Women brought home 67 of Team USA’s 126 medals, though one remains in contention.

August 12, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
People gather at a Jolene Jolene event to watch USA women’s volleyball during the 2024 Olympic games. (Provided by Jolene Jolene)

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Jolene Jolene will bring Atlanta its first women’s sports bar

Chelsea Fishman wants women’s sports to be taken more seriously. Fishman took what she learned at an equality summit in Australia during the FIFA Women’s World Cup last year to heart and will open Atlanta’s first women’s sports bar called Jolene Jolene next year.

 

August 08, 2024
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  • Beth McKibben
Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates after defeating Hungary's Anna Hamori in their women's 66kg quarterfinal boxing match on Saturday.

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As an Olympic boxing controversy deepens, the women at its center are poised to medal

Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting are guaranteed to leave Paris with medals. But fallout continues, as does drama between Olympic officials and the Russian-led association that disqualified them last year.

August 05, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Taiwan's Lin Yu-ting, left, and Algeria's Imane Khelif have competed in boxing competitions as women for years. But their presence in Paris is being scrutinized by some after they failed a vague gender eligibility test last year.

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What to know about the gender controversy sweeping Olympic boxing

Olympic organizers are defending the participation of two boxers who failed a gender eligibility test last year. Here's what to know about the key players, conservative outcry and official response.

August 02, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Girl soccer team playing. (Pexels)

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State Senate forms committee to protect women’s sports

A newly formed state Senate committee will look to ensure that female athletes have the right to participate on an even basis with their males counterparts.

August 02, 2024
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  • Dave Williams
Team USA celebrates with their bronze medals during the victory ceremony during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis on Tuesday.

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I’ve been obsessed with rugby for 30 years, and I’m so here for this Olympic moment

The U.S. women’s rugby team just won a historic Olympic medal for the country. To this longtime player and fan, it’s a pivotal moment for the sport and a reminder of how it changed her life.

August 01, 2024
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  • Amy Morgan
Ilona Maher celebrates the U.S. women's rugby sevens win over Australia for the bronze medal in Paris on Tuesday.<br>

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With her signature stiff arm and red lip, Ilona Maher rules Olympic rugby and TikTok

U.S. women's rugby sevens center Ilona Maher has dominated the Olympics, both on the pitch and on social media. Here's what to know about the rising star — and the rising sport.

July 31, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
Gov. Brian Kemp and Marty Kemp (left), Arthur Blank (fourth from left) and executives from U.S. Soccer break ground on the organization's new National Training Center in Fayette County, Ga., on April 8, 2024.

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  • Sports

U.S. Soccer breaks records — and ground — as Atlanta becomes top hub for sport

An international soccer tournament and a new training facility are planting the city more firmly on the map for fans of the sport.

U.S. Soccer breaks records — and ground — as Atlanta becomes top hub for sport

April 08, 2024
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  • Jon Nelson and
  • Devon Zwald
The Atlanta Vibe after winning the very first PVF match on January 25, 2024. Kacie Evans is in the front row at the far right.

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Atlanta's newest professional sports team, the Atlanta Vibe, hosts home opener Thursday

The Atlanta Vibe will play its first-ever home game Thursday at Gas South Arena in Duluth.

February 01, 2024
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  • Peter Biello
Atlanta Vibe, front, plays against Omaha Supernovas during a Pro Volleyball Federation game Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, in Omaha, Neb.

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US women's professional volleyball void is filled, and possibly overflowing, with 3 upstart leagues

Volleyball has been the No. 1 girls sport in the United States for a decade. And the next sign of the sport's evolution in this country was on display when the Atlanta Vibe visited the Omaha Supernovas in the debut of the Pro Volleyball Federation.

January 25, 2024
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  • Associated Press

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Getting Women On The Green At Augusta National Golf Club

The Masters begins tomorrow at the legendary Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. It's among professional golf's most prestigious tournaments...

April 10, 2019
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  • Emilia Brock and
  • Virginia Prescott
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