by admin | Sep 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Picking the top 25 players in WNBA history for the 25-year anniversary of the league is an exercise that is equal parts fun and difficult. How should we rank players such as four-time champion Cynthia Cooper, who was 34 when the league began in 1997 and played only a...
by admin | Sep 20, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
What started out as an aspiration in business, investing, and a LeBron James tweet soon became reality for Renee Montgomery. In January of last year, the WNBA champion peeped a tweet from James expressing interest in buying the Atlanta Dream. She immediately reached...
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 | Sep 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Michaela Onyenwere and some of her Liberty teammates sat in Arthur Ashe Stadium, the site of the U.S. Open, watching last Thursday as 19-year-old Canadian Leylah Fernandez continued her magical run to the tournament’s final by upsetting No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka in...
by admin | Sep 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Connecticut Sun’s Jasmine Thomas and Natisha Hiedeman announced on Wednesday morning that they are engaged. “I’m so excited for forever with the love of my life!” Thomas wrote on Instagram, revealing that she said,...
by admin | Sep 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Nneka Ogwumike has never been one to allow setbacks or snubs to keep her from thriving. Even after Team USA’s controversial decision to leave her off the Olympic Team in Tokyo, and FIBA’s decision that she couldn’t play for Nigeria with her sisters Chiney and Erica...
by admin | Sep 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Tina Charles has long been one of the WNBA’s greats, and now she’s playing her way into the league’s record books. The Washington Mystics superstar recently overtook retired Lynx legend Rebekkah Brunson for second place on the WNBA’s career...
by admin | Sep 14, 2021 | Representation, SEW
There’s nothing like a round number anniversary to inspire a sports league to put together a “Top [Insert Same Round Number] Players of All Time” list. And with the WNBA turning 25 this year, they have unveiled just such a ranking to celebrate the 25 best players in...
by admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Night after night, a bright lantern dangles from a dogwood tree outside of a Pennington, New Jersey, home so that a tall, athletic teenage girl can see what she is doing. With a basketball in hand and a hoop in sight, she polishes her skills on the chance her immense...
by admin | Sep 13, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Becky Hammon never played for the Las Vegas Aces. But the fact they are honoring her at halftime of Monday’s game by raising her No. 25 to the rafters in Las Vegas sends a good sign to her about the team and the WNBA as a whole. Hammon, who is entering her...
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