Sports are meant to be a unifying force. For decades, people have used sports to relax, forget about their problems and have a good time. They have the power to pull together people of different religions, races, classes and even genders. However, this is not always the case, and many athletes have complained that there…
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ESPN said it signed a trailblazing analyst Jessica Mendoza to a new multi-year contract extension.
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The two-day event features 60 women with baseball or softball experiences and introduces them to MLB’s many career paths.
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It’s been a while since I updated this series on program design, so I figured it’d be a good time to throw some new material at you on this front. 1. Ground-to
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That time the highest-ranking woman in government was mansplained to about how Congress works.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/11/while-trump-schumer-blustered-pelosi-illustrated-her-case-woman-table/

Elizabeth Rowe’s case against the Boston Symphony Orchestra could change how orchestras pay men and women.
— Read on www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/entertainment/music/orchestra-gender-pay-gap/

LAS VEGAS — Kedeem Octave arrived at his first Winter Meetings this week with eight job interviews already lined up. He doubted he would have been able to secure more than two on his own, but Octave credited Major League Baseball’s Diversity Pipeline Program and its senior director, Tyrone Brooks for helping him get his foot in the door. “It’s helped tremendously the past few months,” Octave said Monday. “[Brooks] has definitely gotten my name out there more. … I feel like getting involved with the game and trying to move up within the game, you can’t do it by yourself. It’s just like anything else. It’s not what you know, it’s who you know.”
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LAS VEGAS — Over a year has passed since Major League Baseball suffered the sudden death of its own Katy Feeney, but no amount of time will erase the legacy she has left. After 39 years of hard work that took her from an entry-level assistant to breaking gender barriers as an executive, directing the construction of the entire Major League schedule not only left behind an impressive resume, but opened doors for young women who aspired to be just like her.
— Read on www.mlb.com/news/women-in-mlb-honored-at-katy-feeney-symposium/c-301630938

“MY LIFE IS not your porn,” read one poster. “We should be able to live, not survive,” declared another. The women brandishing them in the centre of Seoul, South Korea’s capital, wore red clothes and large sunglasses. They had covered their heads with baseball caps or broad-brimmed hats.
— Read on www.economist.com/asia/2018/12/08/south-korean-women-v-the-patriarchy

It’s the biggest social event on the offseason calendar, as the baseball world gathers for the 2018 Baseball Winter Meetings at the Mandalay Bay Resort.
— Read on ballparkdigest.com/2018/12/07/winter-meetings-begin-sunday-see-you-there/