UFC women’s bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey during UFC 184 Ultimate Media Day at Club Nokia at L.A. Live in Los Angeles Thursday, February 26, 2015. (Photo by Hans Gutknecht/Los Angeles Daily News)
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Gina Carano arrives for the premiere of Disney+’s ‘The Mandalorian’ at the El Capitan Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Wednesday, November 13, 2019. Photo by Chris Chew/UPI
Bianca Andreescu speaks during a media availability in Toronto, Tuesday, Dec.10, 2019. Andreescu was awarded the 2019 Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year on Monday. (Hans Deryk/CP)
Appearing on three Sports Illustrated covers in one year, plus a special edition digital cover, Megan Rapinoe was propelled into superstar status. Additionally, she would also become the first openly gay athlete to appear in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, with a gallery of over 30 photos online, also taking place in 2019.
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Appearing on her second Sports Illustrated cover in 2019
Appearing on a special edition Sports Illustrated Digital Cover following the World Cup victory
Among six variant covers for the 2019 World Cup Preview Issue
Brakeman, Lauren Gibbs ,left, and Driver Kaillie Humphries,of The United States celebrate their debut winning the women’s World Cup bobsled opener in Lake Placid, N.Y., on Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)
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Required reading for all young women that grace the ice, Offside by Rhonda Leeman Taylor is an important account of the growth of women’s ice hockey. Consisting of fascinating anecdotes, unique stories about club hockey in the 1970s, to the landmark 1982 Women’s National Championships, Leeman Taylor was an integral part of this remarkable time. Introduced to a new generation via Offside, even appearing at the PWHPA Dream Gap Tour event, her appreciation as a key figure in the game’s growth is only truly long overdue, setting a positive example in the modern fight for sporting equality.
Defeating Brazil’s Paulista University in Jinjiang, China, the Ottawa Gee-Gees, a wild card entry in the tournament captured the inaugural FISU University World Cup of Soccer. Mikayla Morton, who calls Courtice, Ontario, her hometown scored the game-winning tally in just the second minute of play, placing a header into the net after Katherine Bearne made a corner kick. Having won the USPORTS women’s soccer championship in 2018, the Gee-Gees earned the right to represent Canada at the tournament.
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