by admin | Jan 31, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
After the 2021 season, Breanna Stewart predicted the WNBA’s free-agency -period would be the most thrilling since the league and the players’ union agreed to a new collective-bargaining agreement in 2020. Stewart didn’t factor in the bombshell coaching hires that...
by admin | Jan 17, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Last year for Martin Luther King Jr Day, I interviewed a group of WNBA players along with Eric Garner’s daughter, Emerald. We spoke about their campaign to unseat Republican Kelly Loeffler, who had been part of the leadership group of the Atlanta Dream, from the US...
by admin | Dec 10, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream shared its support for tennis player Peng Shuai, who was reported missing after accusing a Chinese government official of sexual assault. “The Atlanta Dream believes that protecting civil and human rights is a fundamental part of our...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA issued suspensions to former Atlanta Dream teammates Courtney Williams and Crystal Bradford for their roles in an altercation outside of an Atlanta-area club in May and for related health and safety protocol violations, the league announced Tuesday. Williams’...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Two-time WNBA champion Renee Montgomery shook the sports world last year when the Atlanta Dream point guard opted out of her 12th season to turn her attention full time to social justice reform. Through the Renee Montgomery Foundation, she launched the Remember the...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Renee Montgomery is looking forward to a time when more athletes will be able to take leadership roles after dedicating years to the sport they love. In February, Montgomery, 34, became the first former player to be both a co-owner and executive of a WNBA team. In...
by admin | Nov 12, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Renee Montgomery and Sirena Grace are married! Over a year after they wed in April 2020, the couple is opening up about their big day as well as sharing their love story with PEOPLE — which, of course, involves basketball. The Atlanta Dream co-owner and vice president...
by admin | Nov 10, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
When something’s right, Renee Montgomery just knows it. The two-time WNBA champion has a knack for making tough decisions—choosing to go to UConn, knowing that her fiancé would become her wife and purchasing her home were all major decisions that she confidently made....
by admin | Oct 12, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Former WNBA player Tanisha Wright, who has spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach for the Las Vegas Aces, is the new head coach for the Atlanta Dream, the franchise announced Tuesday. Wright, 37, played 14 years in the league from 2005 to 2019, with 10...
by admin | Sep 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Last summer, at the height of the Black Lives Matter protests sweeping the nation, the players of the Atlanta Dream stood united against an off-the-court opponent: Kelly Loeffler, then a U.S. senator from Georgia and a co-owner of the team. Loeffler, a Republican, had...
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