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Trickle down Clarkonomics: Translating WNBA success to women’s sports overall
November 27, 2024By: Kaja Antic, Sports Writer The 2024 WNBA season saw record-breaking numbers, both in viewership and attendance. This has been chalked up to what some have called the “Caitlin Clark effect” — regarding the impact the 22-year-old star has had on women’s basketball during her short career. Clark was an icon in college, leading the University of Iowa Hawkeyes to consecutive NCAA championship finals appearances in 2023 and 2024. Both had record-breaking television viewership records: the 2023 final featuring Clark and the Hawkeyes losing to fellow 2024 WNBA rookie Angel Reese and the Louisiana State University Tigers peaked at 12.6…
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We haven’t forgotten about Peng Shuai and Brittney Griner
November 13, 2022By: C Icart, Staff Writer Content warning: mentions of racism and sexual assault Fifty years after Title IX, a groundbreaking law in the US that “banned sex discrimination in federally funded education programs,” the growth of women’s sports is undeniable.…
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Predicting the winner of the WNBA Finals
January 20, 2022By: Isabella Urbani, Sports Editor For most professional sports teams, the month of October signifies the start of a new season. But for the women of the WNBA, it marks the final stretch of a long and hard-fought journey to…
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The Sports Peakbox: basketball
January 20, 2022By: Charlene Aviles, Staff Writer Peekaboo! Guess what’s back other than midterm season? The PeakBox! Each week the Peak will answer student submitted questions about sports at SFU. This week, we asked students to pose questions about basketball. When was…
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An in-depth look at the gender wage gap issue in sports
February 2, 2019The gender wage gap has been a much-discussed topic for many years now. While there is still a ways to go, many industries have improved in making sure that men and women who hold similar positions are paid equally. One…
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Former SFU basketball star to play for WNBA team
May 27, 2017A former SFU women’s basketball star has made it to the big league. It was recently announced that Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe, who last played for SFU in the 2012–13 season, was named to the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) team New…
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