Women's Tennis Association

Becerra English 201 March 31, 2017 Equality in Sports After winning the 2015 Women’s World Cup, the United States’ Women National team earned $2 million for winning while the Men’s 2014 World Cup Champion Germany won $35 million. In the 2014 PGA (Professional Golf Association) tour the prize money total was $340 million and 2015 LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) tour prize pool was $61.1 million for winning. (Women’s Sports Foundation, 2015) The question many female athletes ask themselves

Serena Williams’ 10 second tirade in the 2009 U.S. Open tennis tournament may have cost her the semi-final match, but what is the lasting impression on her legacy (Ford 1)? Sometimes during a sporting event, athletes let their emotions get the best of them. Their attitude is like a ticking time bomb, waiting to be set off by a bad call from the line judge, a good shot by the opponent, or a simple mistake made by the player. Many people believe athletes should be able to control their emotions

Playing tennis is a challenging sport that not everyone can play. It not only uses physical strength, but it involves mental strength. You have to be able to push through whatever obstacles there are. In order to play tennis, you have to be able to withstand the heat of the sun, losing, and negative people around yelling at you to do better even if that is the bet you can do. I played on teams in gymnastics, baseball, and soccer. Gymnastics really helped me with running. Baseball was a great sport

first look at the historical development of women in professional sports in the United States and Israel. Next we will analyze the current state of women’s professional sports in the United States and Israel and its unique attributes in each nation. Then we will compare and contrast the growth of female athletic competition in the two countries. Women’s sports have had enjoyed an established history in the United States and the nation remains a stronghold in female athletics. With its recent growth

each of the females were chosen. There was also two groups that stood out through the decade; YMCA and YWCA. The Youth Men’s Christian Association, YMCA, had a whole page and a half dedicated to them in almost every year throughout the twenties praising the group and explaining its purpose, whereas their counterpart organization, the Youth Women’s Christian Association, YWCA, did not even get a mere sentence. This trend seemed to carry on to the Athletics section of the

importance to include the equality of women’s rights as well, times have changed drastically since Jefferson said this and women have acquired several right, however, one place that equality is not present is in the sports world. The persistence of unequal treatment between genders in the sports world has resulted in unfair advantages for men, unequal sponsorship income, and the mistreatment of athletes who play in the opposite sex dominate sports.  Women's equality rights are still far from being

emerged as trailblazers in particular sports over the years, from track to figure skating, and basketball. The hard-won glory of women has paved the way for pioneers such as Alice Coachman, Wilma Rudolph, and Venus & Serena Williams. One of the first women’s track team formed at the all black Tuskegee institute in 1929. Three years after Louise Stokes and Tidye Pickett qualified for the 1932 Olympics in track and field but they were not allowed to participate in Los Angeles because of their race. In Berlin

said, I remembered those three fundamentals forever. Hi there, I'm Christine Marie Evert, most people know me as Chris Evert. When I was a child my 4 siblings helped me become who I am today and that's why I'm such a world wide known professional tennis player. But most of all it was my two parents, Jimmy and Colette, that made me who I am today. My parents also taught me how to raise kids of my own, which I had 3 children in fact. You're probably wondering how old I am, well right now I'm 63. I

initiatives in the region, and could likely have a bearing on the way the subject property is utilized and the timetable for its development. The United States Tennis Association (USTA). The USTA recently announced its plans to create the new home for American tennis, a state-of-the-art facility in Orlando, also at Lake Nona. The 106 court tennis center, housing the USTA’s Community

It has been a topic through history: Gender Equality, but have you ever thought of it from a sports standpoint. There is a huge controversy around the US, concerning the general idea that women can’t play sports. This is a very underlooked issue. The stigma of women not being able to play sports has been around ever since the 1800s. Since the beginning of time there has been the assumption that women are delicate and should have men protect and provide for them, but now the tides are changing and