by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Eleven years after she was drafted into the WNBA, center Liz Cambage is finally where she wanted to be all along: with the Los Angeles Sparks. Cambage was introduced by the Sparks in a news conference Wednesday at Crypto.com Arena. She talked about what she hopes to...
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When Edniesha Curry first found out new Trail Blazers coach Chauncey Billups was interested in talking with her, she was skeptical. After all, the California-born Curry was a longtime Lakers fan who rued when Billups and the Detroit Pistons beat Los Angeles in the...
by admin | Feb 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Former WNBA stars Becky Hammon, DeLisha Milton-Jones and Penny Taylor are among eight inductees who will enter the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee, on June 11, it was announced Monday. They will be joined by current DePaul coach Doug...
by admin | Feb 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Tamika Catchings is stepping down as vice president of basketball operations and general manager of the Indiana Fever, the team announced Monday. The franchise’s most storied player, who helped Indiana win a WNBA championship in 2012 and was inducted into the...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When tennis star Naomi Osaka withdrew from the French Open in May 2021 to protect her mental health, the move shook the tennis world and put mental health in the spotlight. As Osaka, then 23 and the No. 2 player in the world, walked away from the Grand Slam event at...
by admin | Feb 10, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When Lynx forward Aerial Powers comes home from practice, she puts on her headset, logs on and starts to stream. The WNBA star has been an avid gamer since childhood, when her family bonded over Call of Duty and GoldenEye 007. But as she’s grown older and started to...
by admin | Feb 9, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Since being drafted number one overall in the 2012 WNBA Draft, Nneka Ogwumike has been making waves as an advocate for gender equality in sports. Ogwumike, the president of the Women’s National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA) and player for the Los...
by admin | Feb 4, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Robin Herman, who as a hockey reporter for The New York Times broke a gender barrier when she became one of the first female journalists to enter a men’s professional sports locker room in North America, died on Tuesday at her home in Waltham, Mass. She was 70. Her...
by admin | Feb 3, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
To quote Ari Chambers, “the WNBA is so important.” Following the celebration of its 25th year, the league announced on Thursday that it has raised $75M in its first-ever fundraising campaign that will support its plans for continued growth. The fundraising effort...
by admin | Feb 2, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Caitlyn Callahan was standing in a Starbucks in the fall 2019 when she peered down at her phone and was met with a jolt that changed the course of her life. A couple of clicks told her the New York Yankees had just made Rachel Balkovec the first woman to be a...
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