by admin | Aug 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
What David Stern did for the sport of basketball transcended any gender bias and opened a whole new world for women in the game. NBA commissioner from 1984 to 2014, Stern was the key figure in the formation and operation of the WNBA in 1997. That bold move paved the...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
To be a woman and a professional athlete is to be a walking protest. It’s a truth universally acknowledged by the female icons that populate every major sport right now. And yet, it’s something the stars of the WNBA embrace, unreservedly. The league made headlines in...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Hours after beating Team USA with a 18–14 double double in under 30 minutes of playing time in the 2021 WNBA All-Star Game, Sun star Jonquel Jones explained what her latest season in Russia had been like. It was unlike any of the previous three years she had spent in...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Kristi Toliver has a day job right now playing for the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. When that gig ends for the winter, she will become an assistant coach on Jason Kidd’s Dallas Mavericks staff, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Read More
by admin | Aug 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
With her 6,453rd point on Tuesday night, Washington center Tina Charles climbed up to seventh on the WNBA’s all-time points leaderboard list in the Mystics’ 93-83 loss to the Las Vegas Aces. .@tinacharles31 has passed @katiesmith30 for 7th on the #WNBA...
by admin | Aug 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Sun forward and center Jonquel Jones continued her stellar performance Tuesday as she eclipsed 2,000 career points in Connecticut’s 72–60 win against the Lynx. Jones entered the game against Minnesota needing 14 points to secure the milestone. The five-year...
by admin | Aug 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
WNBA star A’ja Wilson never dreamed of playing professional ball. In fact, having a parent who put in 10 seasons in overseas leagues meant that a young Wilson was pointedly disinterested in stepping onto the court. She wanted to craft her own legacy, one that didn’t...
by admin | Aug 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Breanna Stewart felt a bit clumsy when WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert tossed up the ceremonial opening tip of the first-ever Commissioner’s Cup on Thursday night in Phoenix. The arc of the ball wasn’t the same as it might have been from a referee, and seemingly...
by admin | Aug 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Alex Morgan was just seven years old when the 1996 Olympics took place in Atlanta. She watched Michelle Akers and Julie Foudy lead the US to the first-ever Olympic gold in women’s soccer, in front of 80,000 electrified fans. Foudy would not know of Morgan – now one of...
by admin | Aug 16, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Las Vegas center Liz Cambage said she thinks not playing in the Olympics essentially saved the rest of her WNBA season for the Aces. “I had no idea how exhausted, stressed and broken I was,” Cambage said Sunday after the Aces’ 84-83 comeback win over...
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