When MVP told me that Han and Holm were going to rematch in Stephanie's hometown of El Paso, I said I want to get on the card to support these two queens. Women's boxing is growing on a global level, and fights like this ... are proof of how far we've come.
When things are intense and you feel like you've gotten in a rhythm and you may get it done and you might get to conclude it, you want to keep going. You don't want to lose the momentum, because the pause you take allows people to go into another dimension. They'll go back home, or they'll get into other meetings, and you don't keep that momentum going.
Lacey Eden became the first player in NCAA women's hockey history to win four national championships after co-captaining the Wisconsin Badgers to another title in 2026.
At my college back in the day, just as Title IX was being passed, the male athletes were given steak dinners at the cafe the night before big games, especially football, but basketball, and baseball too, but none for female teams. I was a walk-on to our softball team my freshman year, and also worked in the cafeteria to help pay tuition.
Mboko and Andreeva are ranked No 9 and No 10 in the world for a reason. Two fiercely competitive beings determined to win every time on the court, they fought desperately and emerged with an impressive result.
"It works for me best to draw analog, edit digitally and add text or colour my drawings in a second step. But for this I already need to know the text elements, so it usually takes me really long to figure out the different elements before I can really start working and puzzle everything together," says Leo. "Most often I work with already existing stories (not strictly texts) and love to do lots of research and deep dives to find links and parallels in other stories. It's important to add historical context and give the stories more dimension."
Wrestling gave me everything. It broke me. Built me. Tested me. Somehow still made me fall in love with it again. 2025 wasn't about being showcased. It was about going back to the indies, back to the grind, back to the reason I started -and remembering exactly who the hell I am.
Over the last year, the Tr*mp administration has aimed to eradicate trans people from public life, issuing executive orders that curtail their access to healthcare and vital services. Trans people also face restrictions on selecting their gender for travel documents, using public restrooms and the ability to serve openly in the military. Last year, the Supreme Court upheld a state ban on gender-affirming care for minors, and seems poised to uphold a trans sports ban this session.
Jessica Pegula never needed tennis. She simply kept showing up for it anyway, through the long and often anonymous slog of the professional tour. Now 32 and the oldest player in the top 10, Pegula is having her best season start yet. The fifth-ranked American reached the Australian Open semifinals for the first time in January, falling to eventual champion Elena Rybakina.
Shields is one of only two boxers in the four-belt era to become undisputed in three weight classes -- Terence Crawford is the other. She unified all four major women's heavyweight titles on Feb. 2, 2025, with a win over Danielle Perkins and has since made two successful defenses.
For decades, the roads to the highest levels of hockey were only available to men. It wasn't until the 1990s that women competed in world championships or at the Olympics, but their events often received less viewership or interest than the men's events. Fast forward to August 2023. The Professional Women's Hockey League was introduced, creating the biggest stage for the highest level of women's hockey in North America. That being said, 2023 was far from long ago.
But as No. 8 Iowa climbed back in Thursday's third quarter, threatening to deal USC another disappointing result, Smith, the Trojans' sophomore leader, took matters into her own hands. She drove once, then again, then again. Four times in a matter of three minutes, Smith attacked the hoop, carrying the weight of USC's weeks-long slump on her shoulders as she did. When the Trojans' attack finally let up, they were well out in front again, rolling to an 81-69 victory.