Highlighting the women of the San Francisco 49ers, including their career journeys, roles within the organization and their ...

The National Women’s Soccer League will establish a $5 million fund for players as part of a settlement that stemmed from ...

The National Women's Soccer League must create a $5 million restitution fund for players who experienced abuse following a ...

In 2021, revelations about sexual misconduct and racism roiled the NWSL and sparked investigations. Now, the women's soccer league will set aside $5 million for victims and implement other reforms.

Next year’s Olympics might be called the Milan Cortina Games but it will actually be staged across a large swath of northern ...

What, like it’s hard?” Coined in “Legally Blonde,” the popular phrase isn’t limited to Elle Woods embarking on her law school ...

The century-old sliding center being completely rebuilt for the 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Games is pushing the deadline really tight ...

On a night where they shot 50 percent from the three point line, the results were the same for the UNM women’s basketball team as the previous three games. The Lobos found themselves on the short end ...

The Tyson-Paul fight in November was the most-streamed sporting event ever, leading to a surge in new Netflix subscribers, while two NFL games at Christmas — one featuring a half-time performance by ...

This story first appeared in the 2025 January/February issue of ESSENCE, on stands now. When you scan the history books for stories of athletic feats, their scoreboards tell a familiar […] ...