1st female NFL coach sees video-game appearance as another sign of progress
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Jen Welter recently became the first female coach in Madden NFL 20, calling it one of her "coolest" recent accomplishments.
Jen Welter recently became the first female coach in Madden NFL 20, calling it one of her coolest recent accomplishments.
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Maia Chaka makes history as first Black woman to officiate an NFL game
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Sarah Thomas, first female Super Bowl official, has some bold advice for young girls
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Meet Katie Sowers, the First Woman to Coach in a Super Bowl
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Katie Sowers blazes trail as first woman, and openly gay, coach in
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Scrutiny awaits NFL's first female referee, NFL
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Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, and the NFL are a match made in capitalist heaven - Vox
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Ex-Swiss goalie Florence Schelling 1st female GM in men's pro
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Sarah Thomas makes more NFL history as first female on-field
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NBA Commentator Doris Burke Has a New Job. She'd Still Prefer to Talk Basketball
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Giants to keep Dickerson, Slater, Solano, but decline to offer
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49ers look to avenge NFC title loss, Lions seek 1st Super Bowl
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Why the NFL's Rooney Rule is failing at hiring more coaches of
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New Blue Jays hire Vieira living a dream as club's first female coach
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1st female NFL coach sees video-game appearance as another sign of progress
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Next Woman Up: Alexis Dotson, Player Development Assistant for the Washington Commanders