by admin | Mar 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
In the midst of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, news of basketball player Brittney Griner’s detainment on drug charges became public on Saturday. The Russian government announced that it had detained Griner at Sheremetyevo International Airport near Moscow for...
by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Things are picking up. Last week, Howard Megdal reported in Sports Illustrated that the New York Liberty were fined $500,000 by the WNBA league office for providing the players with chartered flights in 2021. As it turns out, Joe and Clara Wu Tsai gave their players...
by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Reacting to WNBA star Brittney Griner being detained in Russia, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Sunday the United States will “provide every possible assistance” to citizens who are being held in foreign countries. “There’s only so much...
by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA was embroiled in controversy this week. The 2018 top-10 pick is determined to find her footing, and in turn, help the W fulfill its potential. Lexie Brown was “in shock” but not surprised when she saw Sports Illustrated‘s report that the WNBA had imposed a...
by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Russia said on Saturday that it had detained an American basketball player — quickly identified as Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner — on drug charges, entangling a U.S. citizen’s fate in the dangerous confrontation between Russia and the West over Ukraine. The...
by admin | Mar 7, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Friday saw some coaching fireworks at the SEC women’s basketball tournament in Nashville, Tennessee. Kim Mulkey, known for her sometimes theatrical sideline interactions with officials during her 21 years at Baylor, had her first postseason altercation in her...
by admin | Mar 6, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Tianna Hawkins and Natasha Cloud who finished as the top two performing athletes in the Athletes Unlimited league. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to The New York Times who published a photo of Venus...
by admin | Mar 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW
There will be 25 WNBA regular-season games broadcast on ABC, ESPN and ESPN2 this season, along with the entire postseason, the league announced Thursday. With the newly expanded playoffs for 2022, the postseason could include as many as 27 games. Nine of the games...
by admin | Mar 4, 2022 | Representation, SEW
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said the league is not financially in a place to fund team charter flights for an entire season, according to ESPN’s Mechelle Voepel. Engelbert’s response comes several days after a Sports Illustrated report by Howard Medgal revealed...
by admin | Mar 4, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
WNBA legend and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Tina Thompson has been fired as Virginia women’s basketball coach after completing her fourth losing season at the helm of the Cavaliers. Virginia athletic director Carla Williams, who hired Thompson in...
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