sports journalism

Six diverse women and girls gathered around each other: three of them are holding hockey sticks, two are speaking into microphones built into broadcasting headsets, and one holds a scoreboard while wearing a cap.
6 min 0 2009

A letter to the girls pursuing sports

Peak Web February 6, 2025

Dani Santos As an 11-year-old girl still discovering herself, I started playing soccer after my best friend invited me to join her team. With months of learning the sport and shaking off the pain of a few cuts and bruises, I quickly grew to love the fast pace, camaraderie, and excitement of playing the game. Soon after, soccer became a part of my identity as a defender for my club and varsity teams while I also fulfilled my duties as a student.  Soccer became an escape for me and my teammates. After a long and tiring day at school, all…

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Scaling the wall of toxic masculinity and rediscovering sports as an adult

Peak Web September 28, 2020

I’m just about at the top of an indoor rock climbing wall. There’s a red and black machine a couple feet above my head, and it has a bungee-cord-like thing hooked into the harness at my waist. It’s supposed to…

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