by admin | Nov 11, 2021 | Representation, SEW
This week, Ryan is joined by WNBA legend Sue Bird to discuss the biggest moments of the past year in the WNBA, how much the league’s fan base has grown in her time playing, what her post-playing career might look like, and how the NBA rule changes have affected...
by admin | Nov 10, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Dawn Staley is giving Black coaches around the nation a piece of history in hopes they can do the same. The South Carolina women’s basketball head coach tipped off the 2021-22 season by sending a piece of her 2017 national championship net to Black female...
by admin | Nov 10, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After a breakout freshman season at UConn, Huskies point guard Paige Bueckers has landed her first name, image and likeness endorsement deal: a multiyear partnership with footwear and apparel marketplace platform StockX. The reigning 2021 John Wooden Award winner...
by admin | Nov 10, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
UConn and WNBA legend Sue Bird was honored Tuesday night by the Anti-Defamation League as the organization’s first recipient of its inaugural Changemaker Award. The honor recognizes an individual in the sports or entertainment industry with an outstanding record of...
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 | Nov 10, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Kim Mulkey got her first victory as coach of the LSU women’s basketball team — and also saw program history in the process, with senior guard Khayla Pointer recording the fourth triple-double by a Tigers player in an 82-40 win over Nicholls State on...
by admin | Nov 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In October, Athletes Unlimited announced plans to launch a new professional women’s basketball league early next year. On Monday, Athletes Unlimited unveiled its dates for the first season, which will be played in Las Vegas in early 2022. A handful of current...
by admin | Nov 9, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Rutgers women’s basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer is going to miss the upcoming season because of COVID-19 concerns, the school announced Monday. The 73-year-old coach hasn’t been with the team since April, when the delta variant of the virus was...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Pay Equity, SEW
Eastern Michigan University’s women’s basketball team got $88 from the school to buy a holiday ham. The men’s team received hundreds more — $397, to be exact — just to buy a bunch of pink lemonade-flavored energy chew snacks. That type of spending...
by admin | Nov 8, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Athletes Unlimited’s inaugural basketball season is taking shape. The brand-new women’s professional basketball league, which will serve as a complement to the WNBA by keeping stars stateside during the offseason, announced Monday that it’s set to...
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