Sophia Smith named US Soccer Female Player of the Year
January 6, 2023 GMTForward Sophia Smith was named the U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year on Friday after leading the national team with 11 goals and starting in a team-high 17 matches.
The 22-year-old Smith is the youngest player to win the award since Mia Hamm won it, also at 22, in 1994.
Vonn urges athletes use platform for good ‘especially today’
June 25, 2022 GMTLindsey Vonn used her induction speech into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame on Friday to urge athletes to put their platform to good use, “especially today,” the day the Supreme Court overturned the landmark ruling that guaranteed a women's constitutional right to abortion.
Phelps, Vonn among those heading to US Olympic & Para Hall
June 6, 2022 GMTCOLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Mia Hamm, Billie Jean King and the late Pat Summitt are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer, along with Michael Phelps and hurdling great Roger Kingdom.
Singer Aguilera joins Angel City FC investor group
February 16, 2022 GMTLOS ANGELES (AP) — Singer Christina Aguilera, actor Gabrielle Union and designer Rachel Zoe are included in a new group of investors in National Women's Soccer League expansion team Angel City.
The investors in the team's latest funding round were announced Wednesday, ahead of Angel City's first season.
Florida State’s Howell wins second straight Hermann Trophy
January 8, 2022 GMTST. LOUIS (AP) — Florida State senior midfielder Jaelin Howell won the Hermann Trophy for the second straight year Friday night as the top women's college soccer player and Georgetown junior midfielder Dante Polvara took the men's award.
Matson’s OT goal lifts Tar Heels to 9th field hockey title
May 10, 2021 GMTCHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — Erin Matson scored the sudden victory goal in the seventh minute of overtime to lift North Carolina to its third consecutive title with a 4-3 win over Michigan in the NCAA field hockey championship game on Sunday night...
Chelsea Clinton’s next book celebrates women in sports
July 20, 2020 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Chelsea Clinton is extending her celebration of women to chapter books and the world of sports.
Clinton's “She Persisted in Sports: American Olympians Who Changes the Game” will be published Sept.