This Week's Women's Sports Recap
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Chicago Red Stars break NWSL attendance record at Wrigley Field.
On Saturday evening, the Chicago Red Stars hosted their first game at a Major League Baseball venue as part of their ‘Red Stars Take Over Wrigley Field’ campaign and broke the NWSL attendance record with 35,038 fans in the crowd.
Although the Red Stars dropped three points with a 2-1 loss to Bay FC, the match marked a new milestone for the club as their previous attendance record of 17,338 fans took place following the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup victory.
"This historic match is not just momentous for the Red Stars, but for the NWSL and the future of women’s professional soccer,” said Chicago Red Stars president, Karen Leetzow. “Chicago has truly shown the country what’s possible when we level the playing field with a centrally located stadium that is easy to access, and give these world-class athletes the support they deserve. Our club could not be prouder to call Chicago home tonight.”
Jamie Chadwick revels in becoming first woman to win Indy NXT road race
The British driver Jamie Chadwick is ready to build on her debut victory in the Indy NXT series after becoming the first woman to win on a road course in the US championship that is a feeder competition for IndyCar.
The 26-year-old from Bath, who took a podium this season at Indianapolis, said the victory on Sunday at the Road America circuit in Wisconsin was the highlight of her career.
“It’s?probably the win I am most proud of,” Chadwick said. “A hard fought race, it is definitely the highest level I have had to do that, so it meant a lot. I am super optimistic, we have been in the top five on pace all year. I needed to bridge that gap to the top two, top three and we have done that now."
Diana Taurasi looking for 6th gold medal in Paris Olympics.
It was 20 years ago that Diana Taurasi first got called up to the senior national basketball team. She was still a senior at UConn, but it wasn't long before she was preparing for her first Olympics.
"The first one is always the most exciting one. You know, I was just out of college, I was the youngest on the team and everything was brand new," said Taurasi. "I was just excited to be there. I was learning from all the vets."
Now, Taurasi is one of the veterans bridging exciting eras in women's basketball.
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"It's definitely been a shift, sometimes I'm having lunch with the coaches because I'm closer in age with them, which is pretty funny, but it's a great cast of young, just superstars, and they are just unbelievable basketball players," said Taurasi.
"She's seen everything in every game, has done everything in every game, every scenario," said Team USA Head Coach Cheryl Reeve.
Parity athlete Kara Winger returns to javelin competition with victory at NYC Grand Prix.
Despite a nearly two-year break from competition, Kara Winger is still among the nation’s elite javelin throwers.
The four-time Olympian and Skyview High School graduate won the USATF New York City Grand Prix on Sunday. Winger’s winning throw of 63.22 meters (207 feet, 5 inches) was more than 10 feet better than second place Maggie Malone-Hardin.
Winger, 38, hadn’t competed since September 2022. After initially retiring, she has resumed a late-career surge that saw her win a silver medal at the World Championships in June 2022.
Three months later, she reclaimed the U.S. Women’s Record from Malone-Hardin with a lifetime-best throw of 68.11 meters at a Diamond League meet in Brussels, Belgium.
Now, Winger hopes to reach her fifth Olympics this summer in Paris. Sunday’s mark qualified her for the U.S. Olympic Trials later this month in Eugene, Ore.
LOVB employs 75% of USA Volleyball roster for Paris 2024 Olympics.
The U.S.’ Olympic women’s volleyball roster just dropped, and there’s a lot of love for League One Volleyball (LOVB). Nine of the 12 starters and two alternates on Team USA have already signed deals with LOVB Pro, an impressive feat considering the new pro volleyball league won’t begin play until November, well after the Games. A real medal detector.
LOVB is creating a rare, complete pipeline in women’s sports with offerings at the youth, college, and pro levels. Since its 2020 launch, LOVB has become the top U.S. youth club volleyball brand with 1.3K teams across 22 states. Its grassroots approach has also allowed LOVB to leverage youth popularity into NIL deals with athletes at top schools like Wisconsin and Nebraska.