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...
by admin | Jun 25, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
If a woman from a small town in West Virginia can become the owner of a WNBA team, so can other women, Montgomery told the audience at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Next Gen digital summit. “I have nieces, I have nephews,” Montgomery said....
by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Renee Montgomery and Tiffany Hayes appreciated what former UConn teammate Maya Moore was doing when the All-Star forward stepped away from basketball two years ago to focus on criminal justice reform. The Atlanta Dream guards admit they weren’t sure...
by admin | Jun 7, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The Pitt women’s basketball team recently added former player Brianna Kiesel to its coaching staff as an assistant. Kiesel, of course, is one of the most decorated players in the history of the program. With 1,938 career points, she left Pitt as the fifth highest...
by admin | Jun 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Atlanta Dream rookie Aari McDonald made a statement on WNBA draft day in April, sitting in front of a neon sign with the phonetic spelling of her name: “AIR-e.” She’d spent the NCAA tournament correcting journalists about how to say her name and she was likely trying...
by admin | May 17, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Slam dunk. Earlier this year, you may have heard about Renee Montgomery. The former point guard was one of the Atlanta Dream players who got involved in the 2020 election, including working to defeat former Dream owner and GOP Georgia Senator Kelly Loeffler, who...
by admin | May 15, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
These next eight days are going to be the most exciting of Tabitha Turner’s life. On Friday, she will call the Atlanta Dream season-opener as part of an all-Black, all-female broadcasting crew the team announced earlier this week. And next Sunday, she will be married...
by admin | May 6, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The preseason game was not televised, nor were fans in attendance and it was a good thing they weren’t. The Washington Mystics start off their preseason on a not so high note as the Atlanta Dream came in and defeated the Mystics, 87-80. What started off as a great...
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