Boston Women's Sports

11/21/2024

New op-ed up from Laura Everett: One “BOS Nation” Under Scrutiny: Why NWSL Boston Needs to Change Their Name Now
"The NWSL Boston team name needed to go before the presidential election, and it definitely needs to go after. The longer the ownership group waits, the worse the situation gets, squandering any goodwill from its expectant local fan base."

Thursday November 21, 2024 Op-ed by Laura Everett “BOS Nation” has got to go.  The NWSL Boston team name needed to go before the presidential election, and it definitely needs to go after.&nbs…

08/22/2024

New Story Up: in : Suns, Boston Win. At a SOLD OUT Garden, we wonder: "Could this be our life? A hometown women’s basketball team? The Connecticut Suns are decidedly q***r, unabashedly Black, and Native-owned." written by , https://bostonwomenssports.com/2024/08/21/wnba-in-boston-suns-boston-win/

07/23/2024

, we had so much fun throwing a watch party for the at a Dorchester Vietnamese restaurant for the World Cup, and a Roxbury Dominican spot for the NWSL championship , that we decided to throw an Watch party this coming Thursday July 25, 2024 starting at 1pm.
Plan to join us at Obosa, a Roslindale, Nigerian & woman-owned restaurant at 146 Belgrade Ave, Boston. We’re asking that you RSVP please by responding here or on Instagram to help the staff know how many folks to bring in. Share and invite your friends!

More info at the link: https://bostonwomenssports.com/2024/07/22/olympic-watch-party-7-25/

06/29/2024

Reminder that you can watch the reigning CHAMPION Boston Renegades on Revere TV’s YouTube channel if you can’t make the game in person. It’s 14-13 with Boston up on DC by 1 at the half. Tune in for their playoff run here.

Boston Renegades vs. DC Divas (6/29/24) Playoffs

05/29/2024

“I think we need a bigger stadium,” Everett told GBH Morning Edition co-host Paris Alston. “It’s a great sign of how much enthusiasm there is for women’s sports across the region.” Laura Everett of Boston Women's Sports said to Paris Allston of GBH News “This is also, unfortunately, a consequence of artificial market suppression,” she said. “There are so many women who have been playing so long, but really haven’t received all of the investment and support. … Leagues, investors, the infrastructure just hasn’t been there.”

https://www.wgbh.org/news/local/2024-05-29/pwhls-game-5-marks-an-exciting-moment-for-boston-and-womens-sports?_gl=1*10ni6z0*_ga*ODUzNjIxMzAuMTcwMDQ5ODA1Ng..*_ga_325HS3KQKC*MTcxNzAwOTYwOS4xLjAuMTcxNzAwOTYwOS42MC4wLjA.

05/29/2024

The PWHL’s success is a policy victory of Title IX, writes Joyce Linehan in Commonwealth Magazine.

“Wednesday night in Lowell, PWHL’s Boston and Minneapolis teams will play the deciding game for the inaugural league championship. The game, at the 6,500-person capacity Tsongas Arena, is sold out. There are a handful of tickets on the resale sites, and they cost thousands of dollars.

The excitement about this is a testament to the power of legislation and policy to change lives.”

SUDDENLY, THERE is a lot of interest in and support for women’s college and professional team sports.

05/20/2024

New Story Up!

"...Apparently though, no one told two of the top goalkeepers in the league, and two US Women’s National Hockey team goalies that this would be a defensive battle. And it wasn’t. Boston won 4-3, managing not to go into overtime for the first time in four games.

This is not the game anyone expected.

Perhaps except Coach Courtney Kessel.

“Our plan was not to change our game plan,” Coach Kessel said after the game..."

Read more at the link on PWHL Boston's big home win of Game 1 of PWHL Finals:

https://bostonwomenssports.com/2024/05/20/defensive-much-boston-wins-in-high-scoring-pwhl-finals-game-one/

05/19/2024

Recap/ preview by Laura Everett as we head to Lowell for Game One of : What is PWHL Boston playing for?

After the game, ’s Coach Kessel responded, “You read those articles, and ( Coach) Kori is telling us that we’re lucky. She’s using that as motivation for her team, that we celebrated too hard in the third overtime goal. You know they’re coming in for blood.”

What are we playing for?

If another coach gifts you such fuel for your fire, that your team is celebrating too hard after winning? That you’re just “lucky?” You take her quote, blow it up to 300 pt font, and tape it to each and every locker of your players. You are playing to prove them wrong. You are playing to make them eat each and every one of their words.

You are playing for even more ice time into the finals."

Read more on our , ,

https://bostonwomenssports.com/2024/05/19/boston-sweeps-montreal-in-pwhl-playoffs-draws-minnesota-and-home-ice-in-pwhl-finals/

02/25/2024

For the 24th day of we celebrate Kristen Palmer, a graduate and co-captain of . She took home both Rookie of the Year and MVP before her graduation. She was also on of the finalists for the Woman of the Year award, something that only 2 other students have achieved. Majoring in , she has been a tireless advocate for Black women in stem and for in general, co-founding the club at her high school, , and going on to teach students in South Africa and Botswana basic machine learning and AI with MIT’s Global Teaching Labs.

02/23/2024

For the 23rd day of we celebrate Rashida Ellis, , 2020 Olympian from and the first American Woman to win gold at an Olympic weight class in 8 years. She is currently training to make the 2024 Olympic team and continuing to compete at the elite international amateur level.

02/23/2024

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02/22/2024

For the 22nd day of , we celebrate , Current 100m Womens T64 American Record Holder and two-time . Ayanbeku is a native of who lost her leg in a car crash. She found running in 2015 via a prosthetic and fell in love with the sport. Only a few months later she qualified for her first and in her second she won a bronze in the 200m. She is now training to become the fastest female on earth while mentoring other amputee runners and advocating for amputees through speaking and charity work.