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Ten Famous ‘Sports Moms’ Whose Kids Made Headlines in New York
Mother's Day 2023 is right around the corner!
Though we all should be doing this every day of our lives, this date on the calendar is everyone's annual excuse to honor and celebrate our mother a bit more than normal. Across the New York sports landscape, if there's a dominant athlete who you've rooted for in the past, odds are, there's an incredible mother who deserves a lot of credit for their professional successes later in life.
We're here to recognize a few of those awesome sports moms, in honor of Mother's Day 2023.
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Honoring Ten Incredible "Sports Moms" from Across New York Sports
Anyone who has played a sport while growing up should be thanking their mother on Mother's Day, as well as every other day of the year. The car rides to-and-from the field or court, the constant pre-and-postgame meals, and most importantly, the unconditional love and support are all huge reasons why young athletes grow and progress during their formative years.
As we take a moment to say "thank you" to our mothers on Mother's Day, we wanted to also take a moment to highlight a few of the more well-known "sports moms" from across the New York sports scene.
Some of the mothers that we highlighted on this list have made secondary careers of their own as motivational speakers and social media influencers, and are supporting the next generation of athletes and adolescents in their growth and development. Others, meanwhile, are most well-known for the love, support and care that they provided for their kids, who have since grown up into world-renowned athletes across all professional sports.
Either way, we thank and appreciate all of them ahead of Mother's Day 2023. Scroll below to read a bit more about each of them.