Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin and his wife, Nastya, are taking an active role in supporting women’s professional sports, becoming investors for the Washington Spirit of the National Women’s Soccer League.
Ovechkin told ESPN that part of his drive to become an investor comes from his mother, Tatyana, who was a two-time Olympic gold-medal-winning basketball player for Russia. She taught him that “it doesn’t matter if you are a man or a woman, you should be able to chase the same goals as a professional athlete,” Ovechkin told ESPN.