Maybelle Blair walked into a sporting goods store in her early 90s with a mission: to try on a pair of spikes.The salesman suggested that she meant to ask for sneakers. But...
It took just 37 words to change the course of education for millions of women and girls in the United States. Yet the succinct language in Title IX, the landmark education law...
The law has grown participation for women and girls in sports and has had other significant ramifications, too.On June 23, 1972, President Richard M. Nixon signed an omnibus education bill that would...
Julianne Grace “felt like a spectacle” when she lined up for her first New York Mini in 1975. Now she’s joined by her daughter and granddaughters.Julianne Grace began running in 1971 after...
Special Olympics lifted its coronavirus vaccine requirement for athletes and staff members at its U.S.A. Games in Orlando, Fla., this weekend after Florida threatened a $27.5 million fine over the mandate.In a...
Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano recently fought perhaps the biggest bout in women’s boxing, and those in the sport acknowledge that their fortunes have been intertwined with Paul’s.Jake Paul had a premonition.Katie...
