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Game Changers: Lindsey Harding Named Second Female Head Coach in Summer League History

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Record Setting 43% of Euro 2025 Teams Coached by Women

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Game Changers: HBCU Hires First Female Assistant Football Coach

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Game Changers: The 'Women in College Coaching Report Card' Finds Positive Trend in Career Landscape

Game Changers: Lindsey Harding Named Second Female Head Coach in Summer League History

One year after making history as the Los Angeles Lakers' first-ever female assistant coach, Lindsey Harding has raised the bar for female coaching representation.

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Record Setting 43% of Euro 2025 Teams Coached by Women

This year’s competition marks a significant step forward for women’s coaching representation in the sport, as seven of the 16 total teams are coached by women.

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Game Changers: HBCU Hires First Female Assistant Football Coach

Ashley Cornwell is the tight ends and assistant special teams coach for the Marauders, and before coming on as the first female coach at the university...

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Game Changers: The 'Women in College Coaching Report Card' Finds Positive Trend in Career Landscape

The 13^th edition of the report, published last week, examines the distribution of female coaching staff in seven NCAA D-I conferences.

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Game Changers: Rockies' High-A Affiliate Team Adds First Female to Coaching Staff

Allison Krajewski is the first-ever woman on the coaching staff of the Spokane Indians, a High-A affiliate of the Colorado Rockies MLB team.

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Game Changers: LHSCA Hires First Female Director in 'Historic' Step Forward for the Organization

The Louisiana High School Coaches Association (LHSCA) hired Jessica Barber as the organization’s new director, making her the first woman to hold that position.

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Baker: House Settlement 'Comes With Choices, Instead of Bankruptcy' for NCAA

During a keynote address to the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics convention Tuesday in Orlando, NCAA president Charlie Baker said the $2.8 billion House settlement approval only days earlier creates "a far better future" for the organization, one that "comes with choices, instead of bankruptcy."

Game Changers: Girls' and Women's Wrestling Programs on the Rise at HS and College Levels

Girls’ wrestling had 64,257 participants nationwide, and it ranked 11th among all girls' sports in terms of the number of schools that sponsor it.

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AD Told Parents 'No Political Messages, Signs or Shirts' Ahead of Softball Game Against Trans Player

An email from Eagan (Minn.) High School athletic director and assistant principal Jason Elias ahead of Eagan's state softball quarterfinal matchup Wednesday against Champlin Park, which featured trans-identifying male pitcher Marissa Rothenberger, instructed parents to not politicize the situation.

Game Changers: ACU Sports Leadership Center Prioritizes Mental Health, Emotional Intelligence

Abilene Christian University in Dallas founded the Center for Sports Leadership and Learning to nurture the sports performance metrics that aren’t easily tracked or analyzed.

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Game Changers: Match Canceled After Female Athletes Protest Skorts Uniform

At the center of the conflict are the Cork and Waterford camogie teams. Camogie, a female version of hurling, requires women to wear skorts, but last week, teams refused

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Brought Down by Drugs, Ex-NHL Star Kevin Stevens Strives to Help Other Addicts

Kevin Stevens skated as the star left wing on a line centered by all-time NHL great Mario Lemieux.

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