Women of color can no longer buy into the ‘inclusion delusion’

Ketanji Brown Jackson, the U.S. Supreme Court nominee for President Joe Biden, departs a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing in Washington D.C. on March 23. Jackson had to face a barrage of Republican criticism centering on crime and race, but …

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Dallas sports data analytics startup nVenue raises $3.5 million for ‘micro bets’

Dallas-based data analytics startup nVenue has raised $3.5 million in a recent funding round for its technology that predicts what will happen next in live sports games.

The female-led tech startup was co-founded in 2018 by Kelly Pracht, who led …

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How New Data Models Have Upended Sports Marketing Seasonality

The manner in which sports teams engage with their fans is evolving rapidly. For decades, marketers worked to a fixed schedule built around traditional seasonality: the preseason buildup, then hyping big games, star signings and the playoffs.

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The rise of analytics in women’s football

Most likely, you have not heard about West Ham Women’s signing of the season.

It was not Rachel Daly, who spent the first half of the season on loan from Houston Dash, or Olli Harder, the manager who is now …

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Sports analytics crowd turns to data to tackle diversity

Number crunchers have vanquished starting pitching and brought a barrage of 3-pointers to basketball.

Now they’re taking on a more intractable — and important — issue: making sports more inclusive.

The MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference this weekend features at least six …

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Build trust in diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments

Since the spring of 2020, many organizations have made public commitments to address societal disparity and injustice, and established or expanded diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives for their current and future workforce. After more than a year of accelerated …

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How Empowering Women Supports Economic Growth

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International Women’s Day, first recognized by the United Nations in 1977, grew from early 1900s labor movements for better working conditions and women’s right to work. Now, as the continuing pandemic puts female roles in the labor market …

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How Football, Baseball, And UFC Companies Use Crypto To Build Better Fan Relationships

The newest trend among crypto projects is sports sponsorships in football, Formula 1, UFC, eSports, and baseball. The multi-million dollar investments in sports deals is mainly aimed at building legitimacy and engagements with sports fans. Crypto deals with sports teams …

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Workers with Disabilities & The ADA

By  MoneyGeek Team on 11/2/2021

Because of the undeserved stigma attached to disabled workers, individuals with disabilities often face incredible odds when searching for employment. This is a sad truth, but one that can be overcome if you know your …

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These are the sports that Russia has been suspended from

As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, various international sports organizations have begun imposing sanctions on the country and its athletes.

Below, we take a look at the governing bodies that have so far either suspended Russian teams from competitions …

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