Whoopi Goldberg Launched A Women’s Global Sports Network — An Idea 16 Years In The Making

“If a woman is playing it, we’re showing it.”
Whoopi Goldberg is looking to give women’s sports the recognition it deserves.

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“I’m launching the first global women’s sports channel called AWSN (All Women’s Sports Network),” Whoopi said. “It’ll be the home for live women’s sports from around the world.”
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“Everything from soccer, basketball, tennis, cricket, curling, you name it — if a woman is playing it, we’re showing it.”
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AWSN has partnered with CommonSpirit. The View co-host gushed about how great the company is and how the pride themselves in promoting women’s health.
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“We’re growing really fast. We’ve already launched in Asia, the Middle East, India on Jio (JioTV), and we’ve got a big announcement about our U.S. launch coming next week.”
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Whoopi, who’s currently starring as Miss Hannigan in the Broadway musical Annie, revealed she always wanted to play sports when she was younger, but people seemed to overlook her because she was a girl.
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“Ever since I was a little kid, I always wanted to play sports. My brother could play. He played baseball, he played softball, he played basketball, he played everything And they would say, ‘Oh, hi little girl.’ [referencing herself as she patted herself on the head.]”
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“It always pissed me off. So, for years, I’ve been talking to people and saying, ‘Wouldn’t it be great if we could go around the world, start getting young athletes in high school so that we can grow with them and grow up with them?”
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