sports
Gymnasts Deserve Better: As Fans, We're Complicit in Their Abuse, Too
“I, the defender of the sport, am defending an abusive regime.”
By Jessica Taylor Price
Black College Tennis Player Says His White Opponent Told Him "At Least I Know My Dad"
The white student is now suspended indefinitely from the team.
By Suzannah Weiss
A High School Soccer Coach Was Charged With Human Trafficking
He was arrested after a 17-year-old girl told police she was being trafficked.
By Brittney McNamara
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15 Gifts for the Sports Lover Who Doesn’t Need Her Team Jersey in Sparkly Pink
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
By Frankie de la Cretaz
New Jersey's Athletic Association Just Took a Big Step Toward Trans Inclusivity
It's now easier for athletes to join the teams of their choice.
By Suzannah Weiss
Serena Williams’ Message to Her Newborn Daughter Will Make You Want to Hug Your Teammates
Celebrating sisters in sweat.
By Marissa Miller
This Is What It Was Like to Lose My Leg at 19
I thought my leg was going to catch me and it didn't.
By Megan Johnson
This 18-Year-Old Turned Down a Scholarship to Stanford to Play Professional Tennis
CiCi Bellis is one to watch.
By Hanna Howard
How a Softball Star Became ESPN's First Female Major League Baseball Analyst
Jessica Mendoza wants to inspire other girls in sports.
By Frankie de la Cretaz
ESPN Magazine Has a Naked Man on Its Cover and Some Guys Can't Deal
Luckily, there's plenty of people calling them out.
By De Elizabeth
We Asked These Athletes About Their Periods — And They Got REAL
"It's just part of the game."
By Brittney McNamara
The Teammates of a Soccer Player Banned for Looking "Like a Boy" Cut Their Hair, Too
Hair knows no gender.
By Suzannah Weiss
How This Girls’ Soccer Team Is Fighting Sexism
“What La Nuestra tries to do is question constructions from society and machismo.”
By Anna-Catherine Brigida
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This Girls' Soccer Team in Joined a Boys-Only League — and WON THE WHOLE THING
Anything you can do...
By Rachel Jacoby Zoldan
The Story of How This Disabled Somali Refugee Started Playing College Basketball Is SO Inspiring
"Growing up as a young Somali Muslim girl, from a war-torn country, playing sports was not a possibility."
By Anya Alvarez
This Site Wants to Make Sure Female Sports Fans Are Taken Seriously
The Relish won’t talk down to you.
This 18-Year-Old Girl Just Got a COLLEGE FOOTBALL Scholarship
Becca Longo is making history.
By Ashley Paige