by admin | Jun 27, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Two pioneering women who’ve become leaders and role models — Condoleezza Rice, the first Black woman to serve as secretary of state, and Allyson Felix, the most decorated U.S. Olympian in track and field history — are now working together to help other women...
by admin | Jun 26, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Phoenix Mercury have parted ways with head coach Vanessa Nygaard and promoted Nikki Blue to interim head coach for the remainder of the season, the team announced on Sunday. Nygaard, who was just hired in 2022, is the first coach in the league to be fired this...
by admin | Jun 9, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
More than nine months have passed since Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles played their final WNBA games. The legends retired after the 2022 season, Bird on Sept. 6 when her Seattle Storm were eliminated at home in the WNBA semifinals, and Fowles on Aug. 14 when her Minnesota...
by admin | May 26, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
It’s welcome news the Chicago Sky are taking steps toward getting a practice facility of their own. It’s also an embarrassment. The WNBA is now in its 27th season – that’s more than a quarter of a century – and the Sky have been around for 18 of those. They won their...
by admin | May 17, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
After a three-months-plus investigation involving more than 30 people, the WNBA said Tuesday it is suspending Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon for two games and taking away the Aces’ 2025 first-round draft pick because the franchise violated league rules...
by admin | May 16, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Ahead of the 2023 WNBA season, Aces coach Becky Hammon addressed the prospect of one day becoming an NBA coach in the aftermath of a report linking her to the Raptors’ vacant head coaching job. Toronto–just two weeks after firing coach Nick Nurse–reportedly received...
by admin | Mar 29, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
South Carolina senior guard Brea Beal knew she could trust Dawn Staley before she even suited up for the Gamecocks. It wasn’t just Staley’s coaching accolades, which include fueling South Carolina’s meteoric rise in women’s basketball, that sold Beal. Beal...
by admin | Mar 22, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Washington Mystics hired Ashlee McGee as an assistant coach. The team announced the move Tuesday. McGee was a video coordinator for the Minnesota Lynx (2020-2022) and video/player development associate for the Minnesota Timberwolves (2021-2023). She was also an...
by admin | Mar 20, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
For Dawn Staley, it always goes back to home. The South Carolina women’s basketball coach is a titan in sports. A three-time Olympic gold medalist as a player and one-time gold medalist as head coach of Team USA, Staley’s led the Gamecocks to two NCAA women’s...
by admin | Mar 10, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Since before this season started, Mikaela Shiffrin eschewed talk about the career World Cup wins record of 86, which has stood since 1989, believing it was too far away. Shiffrin, who began the October-to-March campaign with 74 wins, dismissed any chase storylines...
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