May 3, 2013
03:07 PM
Sports
By Lindsay Hock

Jason Collins Comes Out to Sports Illustrated. What Does it Mean to Us?

"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay." 12 words, three short sentences, but full of meaning and significance. When former Stanford basketball star and current NBA Washington Wizards player Jason Collins announced that he is gay by way of a Sports Illustrated cover on Monday, the sports world noticed. No active male player in any professional sport had ever revealed his homosexuality. Immediately, athletes like Kobe Bryant, WSF Founder Billie Jean King and Magic Johnson took to Twitter to offer their support. Even President Obama placed a phone call to Collins.

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Apr 19, 2013
03:47 PM
Sports

By Lindsay Hock

In times of tragedy, do sports matter?

With hopes of killing many, two young brothers planted bombs at the finish line of one of the most famed sporting events in the world on Monday. Just a few months ago, a young man walked into an elementary school in Connecticut and opened fire on innocent first- and second-graders. The incredibly sad reality of our world today is that there have been countless tragedies like these in the past year alone. And events like these always make us reassess our priorities and ask: In the face of tragedy, do sports matter?

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Apr 5, 2013
03:12 PM
Sports

By Lindsay Hock

Where are They Now: Picabo Street, 1985 Travel & Training Fund grantee

To an outsider, skier Picabo Street’s rise to the top of the Olympic podium might have looked easy. A natural athlete who qualified for the U.S. National team at just 18, Street raced like she was born with skies on her feet. But her inspiring success and ensuing ski- icon status did not come without its trials and tribulations. What has the Olympic gold medalist been up to since she last raced in 2002? Read on the find out.

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Mar 12, 2013
02:47 PM
Sports

By Lindsay Hock

Five Questions With...Phaidra Knight

She is her sport’s pioneer, a prolific prop player who has represented the U.S. Rugby National Team for 15 seasons while earning USA Rugby’s Player of the Decade in 2010. But New Yorker Phaidra Knight isn’t just a rugby star – she’s a law school graduate with the 2014 Sochi Games on her mind. We sat down with Phaidra to talk about playing sports as a young girl in rural Georgia, why she’s now aiming for a spot on the U.S. Bobsled team and what the Women’s Sport Foundation means to her.

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Mar 1, 2013
02:40 PM
Sports

By Lindsay Hock

Where Are They Now? Cameron Myler, 1996 Travel & Training Fund Grantee

In 1996, Cameron Myler came to us looking for help. Despite her decade-long tenure on the U.S. National Luge Team and three Winter Olympic Games under her belt, Myler wasn’t able to cover the costs of her dedication to and love of her sport. So we stepped in and in ’96, awarded her a grant from our Travel & Training Fund. Myler went on to qualify for a fourth Winter Games in 1998 in Nagano, Japan, retiring shortly after. What has Myler been up to in the last 17 years? Read on for more.

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Feb 27, 2013
10:57 AM
Sports

By Lindsay Hock

Rutgers women’s coach C. Vivian Stringer wins 900th career game

C. Vivian Stringer, for 42 years and counting a head basketball coach, reached the exclusive 900-win club Tuesday night when her Rutgers team clipped a four-game losing streak with a 68-56 victory over South Florida at home in Piscataway, N.J. She becomes just the seventh coach to join the club and the fourth in women’s basketball history. She joins Pat Summitt, Jody Conradt, and Sylvia Hatchell, along with men’s coaches Jim Boeheim, Bob Knight, and Mike Krzyzewski.

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