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The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

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The Student News Site of St. Joseph's University

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GRAPHIC: STEPHANIE SAVELA ’25/THE HAWK

Sports media platforms for women ‘create a community and a sense of belonging’

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor April 16, 2025

Lily Shimbashi grew up wanting to be the next Erin Andrews, currently a Fox Sports sideline reporter who has become one of the most popular women sportscasters in the U.S. After graduating from Brigham...

‘We’re made from our history’

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor March 26, 2025

Kathy Garvin ’75 recalled a sign on a St. Joe’s campus bathroom with the letters “WO” taped in front of the word “men.” Garvin, who enrolled at St. Joe’s in 1971, one year after the university...

GRAPHIC: CARA HALLIGAN ’25/THE HAWK

Game changers

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor March 19, 2025

Last year, over Winter Break, I met up with Alex Coffey, the Philadelphia Phillies beat writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer. Coffey is my favorite writer, and has been for many years, so I was thrilled...

Field hockey head coach Hannah Prince offers encouragement to fifth-year Lily Santi during a game.
PHOTO: MIA MESSINA ’25/THE HAWK

‘It’s the same game’

Mia Messina ’25, Sports Editor January 29, 2025

Inequality in sports isn’t always reflected in something as large as pay disparity, a lack of media coverage or inadequate facilities and resources. Sometimes, it comes down to a single word: “women’s.” In...

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