This Week's Women's Sports Recap
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Parity athlete and Olympian Leah Smith collaborates with J.Crew on swim collection.
Olympians Leah Smith and Olivia Smoliga are among a group of swimmers collaborating with fashion brand J.Crew on a limited-edition summer campaign.
The USA Swimming x J.Crew collection includes items for men, women and kids, inspired by “vintage swimming graphics” and a throwback 1990s aesthetic. It includes, “classic crewneck tees and sweatshirts, a swimsuit, windbreakers, bucket hats and baseball caps, and even limited-edition cashmere styles.”
“This summer will be an incredible global heritage moment for our brand—and as J.Crew looks ahead, we want to continue to authentically seek culturally significant alignments and evolve our rich history of collaborations,” Libby Wadle, the CEO of J.Crew Group, said in a press release. “We are thrilled to be able to partner with USA Swimming on this lifestyle and swim campaign and celebrate these incredible athletes on their paths to Paris and beyond.”
Skylar Diggins-Smith teams up with Just Women's Sports for premium content series.
WNBA icon Skylar Diggins-Smith and Just Women’s Sports announced Wednesday that they are partnering on a new premium content series re-examining some of the most important stories in the history of women’s sports.?
Diggins-Smith, who just began her first season with the Seattle Storm, and JWS are developing the docuseries as a way to bridge the past and present while bringing more authentic storytelling to the women’s sports space. The six-episode series will examine how each narrative impacted the way female athletes are treated and discussed in the media today.?
For the six-time WNBA All-Star and Notre Dame legend, the partnership provides a chance to elevate the discourse around women’s sports.?
"Women’s sports are breaking into the mainstream in a major way, but some of the most compelling stories have not been told in a way that’s authentic, impactful, and real," said Diggins-Smith.?
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Doris Burke set to make TV history with NBA Finals call.
ESPN analyst Doris Burke will make history Thursday night when she becomes the first woman to call any major U.S. men’s championship on television.
The Hall of Famer will call Game 1 of the Mavericks-Celtics Finals on ABC from Boston, working alongside Mike Breen and fellow first-time Finals broadcaster JJ Redick, who earlier this season replaced Doc Rivers on ESPN’s top team.
“Nervous as hell,” Burke said earlier this year when asked how she feels about calling the Finals. “If you happen to watch Game 1, I’m going to try and not have my voice quiver.” Burke then credited her many years as a sideline reporter for the Finals, as well as the mastery of Breen, Redick, and the entire production crew, as reasons why she feels more prepared and knows it will go well.
Athletes Unlimited announces softball league to start in 2025.
Starting next year, there will be more opportunities for star softball players to continue their careers professionally.
On Tuesday at the Women's College World Series, Athletes Unlimited announced a new Athletes Unlimited Softball League (AUSL) that will feature four teams playing a 30-game season in a traditional format. This is in addition to the existing AU Pro Softball Championship Season, which launched in 2020 and is also 30 games over five weeks in July and August.
The inaugural AUSL 2025 season will be going on tour, with games in 6-8 cities. The league will move to a city-based format in 2026.
The existing AU Pro Softball Championship Season, which plays all its games at one site in Rosemont, Illinois, in the Chicago area, will be renamed the AUSL Champions Cup.