Alexis Ohanian gets sports award, calls for reforms in NWSL

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Published October 13, 2022 8:47 AM

By MELISSA MURPHY
AP Sports Writer

NEW YORK (AP) — Angel City FC founding investor Alexis Ohanian says there needs to be a safe work environment in the National Women’s Soccer League. The former executive chairman of Reddit and husband of Serena Williams is this year’s recipient of the Champions for Equality Award from the Women’s Sports Foundation. Angel City’s ownership group is majority-female and includes Williams, Natalie Portman, Mia Hamm, Abby Wambach, Julie Foudy, Candace Parker and others. Olympic gold medalists Sunisa Lee in gymnastics and Maggie Steffens in water polo are the Sportswomen of the Year. And South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley received the Billie Jean King Leadership Award.

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