The Players Tribune

Women in Sports

Over the last century, female athletes have emerged as powerful voices for equality. Read their firsthand accounts of how they overcame the challenges they faced.

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They did not see me as an 18-year-old woman. They did not see me as a young girl from the bush who was the best in the world.

Caster Semenya

I’ve known I wanted to play professional basketball since I got my first scholarship offer in eighth grade. Being in the WNBA? On the Lynx?! I can’t imagine any

Napheesa Collier

Here the thing about being an impactful coach: It actually has nothing to do with gender.

Lindsay Gottlieb

The goal here is simple: Create a single, viable women's professional league in North America. That's it. That's not only what we want – it's what we need.

Alex Rigsby Cavallini

I am the girl Crystal Dunn of the USWNT met at the airport. It was Dulles Airport in Virginia. I am 19 now, and meeting her changed my life.

Karen Wangare Leonard

When I put on our U.S. kit … I do it for every single American girl out there who wants to see someone who looks like them — someone whose story reminds them of

Crystal Dunn