Sarah Hendrickson wins gold at 2013 Ski Jumping World Championship
Reigning World Cup champ tames nerves, edges rival Takanashi
VAL DI FIEMME, Italy (Feb. 22) – Sarah Hendrickson (Park City, UT) soared 106.0 meters on her first jump to take a 3.3 point lead over Japan’s Sara Takanashi and then sealed the gold with a 103.0 second jump at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships [...]
Optimistic Outlook for Lindsey Vonn
VAIL, CO (Feb. 10) – Olympic champion Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) underwent successful surgery Sunday and is resting comfortably. According to U.S. Women’s Alpine Ski Team Head Physician Dr. Bill Sterett, the surgery conducted at the Vail Valley Surgery Center went well and he was optimistic for a full recovery.
Lindsey Vonn (Vail, CO) underwent surgery [...]
Jen Hudak – Going for Gold in 2014
In halfpipe skiing, there are women who can land 1080s. There are women who can spin 900s in both directions. But there is only one woman who has captured two world championship medals and four X Games medals and, this Friday, under the lights at the X Games in Aspen, she has no plans to [...]
2012 Olympian Kayla Harrison (Judo) Wins Women’s Sports Foundation Wilma Rudolph Courage Award
Kayla Harrison is an American female judoka who fell in love with the sport when she was introduced to it by her mother to learn self-defense. A practicing martial artist since the age of six, she transitioned to judo at the age of 13. After demonstrating both a passion and immense talent for judo at [...]
Gabby Douglas & Alex Morgan named Women’s Sports Foundation’s 2012 Sportswomen of the Year!
Gabrielle “Gabby” Douglas, Winner of the Sportswoman of the Year Award (Individual Sport)
Gabby Douglas (l) with Jeanette Jenkins – ‘The Hollywood Trainer’
Gabrielle Douglas received the prominent Sportswoman of the Year Award for an individual sport, given to an individual sport athlete who exhibits exceptional performances over a 12-month time span. After helping the U.S. to [...]
Allyson Felix, Jessica Long named USOC Sportswomen of the Year; U.S. Women’s Eight Olympic Team of the Year
Allyson Felix, Olympic SportsWoman of the Year
U.S. track & field standout Allyson Felix made history during her third Olympic appearance by collecting three gold medals and becoming the first woman to accomplish the feat since Florence Griffith-Joyner in 1988. Felix claimed her first gold of the London Games in the 200 meters and, two days [...]
U.S. Olympians and Paralympians visit White House in celebration of London 2012 Games success
2012-09-14
WASHINGTON, D.C. – In an event that has become a much-anticipated highlight of Olympic years, more than 400 members of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic teams visited the White House today, meeting with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama and participating in a special reception on the South Lawn to celebrate and honor [...]
WNBA Celebrate Team USA’s Female Medalists
USA BASKETBALL WOMEN’S NATIONAL TEAM TO RECEIVE SPECIAL HONOR
–Teresa Edwards, Women’s Basketball Legend, Hall of Famer
Received the Boost Mobile Pioneer Award —
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from the Tri-State Area for Strong Leadership –
NEW YORK, Sept. 10, 2012 – The women of Team USA — fresh from the Olympic Games in London [...]
Congratulations to Katrina McClain on becoming a member of the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
****09/07/2012 NBA Video Katrina McClain Jacket Presentation****
KATRINA McCLAIN [Player] — McClain is one of the most decorated athletes in USA Basketball national team history, winning two Olympic gold medals (1988 and 1996), Olympic Bronze (1992), three FIBA World Championship medals (gold in 1986 and 1990; bronze in 1994) and five more medals at the Goodwill [...]
