Sports Business Awards attendees discuss progress in women's sports

With the rise in popularity of athletes such as WNBA sensation Caitlin Clark, USC college basketball star Juju Watkins; gymnast Simone Biles, a seven-time Olympic gold medalist, and track and field champion Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, women's sports have been elevated to unprecedented heights.

- By DERREL JOHNSON Special to the AmNews

Still, with the exception of a few, which includes tennis standouts Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka, women are not earning an equal amount of money as their male counterparts.

At the Sports Business Awards presented by the Sports Business Journal held at the New York Marriott Marquis in Midtown Manhattan on May 21, journalist Hannah Storm, businesswoman Julie Uhrman, and wrestler Chelsea Green of the WWE Superstars discussed how women are endeavoring to close the financial gap as their prominence in sports grows.

"I've always known, I was, you know, the first play-by-play person for the WNBA, so I have always known about the magic of women's sports and how amazing it is," said Storm, who has also served as an ESPN anchor and NBA Countdown host. "But to see huge corporations come in and understand the return on investment in women's sports now is just so gratifying."