In sports news, athletes on the United States women’s national hockey team have won an agreement with USA Hockey after threatening to boycott the upcoming world championships over inequalities in pay and working conditions between them and their male counterparts. While most of the male players for USA Hockey are professional NHL players earning six- and seven-figure salaries, the women players rely on USA Hockey for their livelihood. On Tuesday, the women won monthly training stipends and travel and insurance provisions, after waging a public battle against the league. Their campaign was supported by fellow crusading women athletes, such as Billie Jean King, professional sports leagues including the NFL, NBA and the WNBA, and 20 U.S. senators.