women in sports A Flag Football Game in North Texas Makes State History On a recent Thursday evening in Fort Worth two high school teams met for the very first girls varsity flag football game in North Texas. As the 50th anniversary of Title IX approaches, the students and coaches reflected on what progress in girls’ sports looks like and why it matters.
women in sports Former Cheerleader: NFL Needs to Treat Women Better As a U.S. House committee prepares to talk about a harassment investigation into the Washington Football Team (now the Commanders), a former NFL cheerleader is speaking up about the league’s treatment of women. Heidi West, who cheered for the Titans and 49ers, tells LX News host Eric Alvarez the league “doesn’t value its women athletes” and needs to hire more...
football Meet Shaina, the Kicker For Her High School Football Team Shaina Clorfeine could play soccer, but one day, her dad asked her to try kicking a football through the uprights…and she made a field goal from 30 yards. Now Clorfeine is the kicker on the varsity football team at her school in La Cañada Flintridge, California. She spoke with LX News host Ashley Holt about making the team, and finding...
women in sports Will The NBA Finally Break the Glass Ceiling By Hiring Its First Female Head Coach? There's much speculation that the Boston Celtics, one of the premier and most revered organizations in the league, could be set to hire the first female coach
LX Is the NBA Poised to Make Becky Hammon the First Female Head Coach in League History? The Boston Celtics are in need of a new head coach. There’s much speculation the club could be poised to appoint a women as head coach for the first time in league history.
women in sports As a Kid, She Raced Go-Karts. Now She's NASCAR's 1st Arab American Woman Driver Toni Breidinger, the first Arab American woman to compete in NASCAR, recently raced at Daytona for the first time. She talked with LX News about coming up in the sport, racing Go-karts with her twin sister, and why her friends don’t want her to drive them around.
women in sports Coach Says NCAA ‘Dropped the Ball' for Women Athletes at Tournament Decorated former Notre Dame women’s basketball coach Muffet McGraw, now an analyst for ACC, said gender issues with the NCAA are deeper than what we’ve seen. The topic went viral during the March Madness tournament when women athletes showed they had lesser amenities like weight rooms and meals than male athletes.
women in sports ESPN's GOAT Tweet Snubbed Female Athletes. From Simone to Serena, Here Are Our 7 Picks You can do better ESPN.
Kobe Bryant The Inside Story of Kobe Bryant's Final Public Show of Support for Women Athletes In one of Kobe Bryant’s final public photos, the basketball legend is wearing an orange WNBA hoodie that speaks volumes about his support for women athletes. Eb Jones, a content and influencer consultant, joined LX News to share the inside story about how that moment happened.
Sarah Fuller Vanderbilt's Sarah Fuller Made Football History — and Now She's Encouraging Others to ‘Play Like a Girl' Two weeks after becoming the first woman to play in a Power Five conference game, Sarah Fuller made college football history again when she scored for Vanderbilt during its game against Tennessee. The senior kicker joined LX News to talk about the honor of “playing like a girl” and how she became an unlikely member of the team.
