by admin | May 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Eric Thibault had wrapped up hours of workouts this week, including a team practice, when the Mystics assistant coach was approached by one last player. This one had an ego and even told a nearby cameraman to keep the camera rolling. Thibault was officially being...
by admin | May 9, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Dearica Hamby scored 24 points and the Las Vegas Aces won in Becky Hammon’s first game as coach, beating the short-handed Phoenix Mercury 106–88 on Friday night to open the WNBA season. Phoenix was without Brittney Griner as she nears the three-month mark of her...
by admin | May 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Elena Delle Donne does this thing with her hips. During breathers when she’s standing away from the Washington Mystics’ sideline. While she’s on court preparing for another run. Even during a video sketch played during a timeout Friday night, when she demonstrated to...
by admin | May 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
On Jan. 17, 2020, just weeks after an MRI revealed she had a grape-sized tumor in her spinal cord, Diamond DeShields underwent surgery at the University of Chicago. What was expected to be a three-hour surgery to remove the lumbar spinal schwannoma evolved into a...
by admin | May 9, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The word has been out for years among those with a passion for basketball: Don’t miss the WNBA. Catch as many games as you can, and definitely watch the playoffs. Read More
by admin | May 8, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Kelsie Whitmore who became the first woman to pitch in an Atlantic League game. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, accused of abusive behavior by multiple players.
by admin | May 6, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Progress, the saying goes, does not occur on a straight line. When Becky Hammon was hired as the first full-time female assistant in the NBA, the first woman to be a full-time assistant in any of the major North American men’s professional leagues, it was a sea change...
by admin | May 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
As WNBA fans watched recent high draft picks and big names like 2020 Rookie of the Year Crystal Dangerfield and 2017 All-Star Layshia Clarendon get waived this week when teams set their final rosters, a Twitter thread by two-time Finals MVP Breanna Stewart on...
by admin | May 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Elena Delle Donne and her wife, Amanda, were driving to New York in December 2020 for the basketball star’s second back surgery within a year when Amanda, who was at the wheel, posed two questions. “Was winning a WNBA championship worth two back surgeries and probably...
by admin | May 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Jackson State’s Ameshya Williams-Holliday was waived by the Indiana Fever on Wednesday. The 25th pick in the draft will now be looking for a new team and new opportunity. Unfortunately this is the norm in the WNBA. First round draft picks, former rookie of the...
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