by admin | Dec 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
UConn’s record 16-year run in the top 10 of The Associated Press women’s college basketball poll is over. The Huskies fell four spots to No. 11 on Monday after losing to Louisville a day earlier. UConn had been ranked among the first 10 teams in the poll...
by admin | Dec 21, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
It is inevitable that Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon is bound to become a head basketball coach. But if you are penciling her name to patrol the sidelines on an NBA team, think again. In an interview with ESPN’s LaChina Robinson, Hammon was asked about...
by admin | Dec 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
“It’s lonely,” admits Layshia Clarendon, the WNBA’s first openly trans and nonbinary player. The 30-year-old guard for the Minnesota Lynx, who uses all pronouns interchangeably, made headlines in January when they revealed on Instagram that they’d undergone top...
by admin | Dec 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The U.S. women’s basketball team is going to start taking its cues from an out coaching star. Cheryl Reeve will be the next head coach for the U.S. women’s basketball team, USA Basketball announced recently. The Minnesota Lynx head coach and general manager has won...
by admin | Dec 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Indiana Fever might opt out of the WNBA draft lottery in perpetuity. Despite having the best odds of getting the No. 1 overall pick, the Fever once again lost out and had to settle for No. 2. The Washington Mystics leapt to the front of the field to win...
by admin | Dec 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
After months (and perhaps even years) of players, coaches, fans and others asking for a change—or at least a tweak—to the WNBA playoff format, the league officially announced a change to the postseason layout in mid-November. In the new format debuting in 2022, which...
by admin | Dec 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The No. 17 Georgia Bulldogs upset the No. 2 NC State women’s basketball team 82-80 in an overtime thriller on Thursday, Dec. 16 at Reynolds Coliseum for the team’s second loss. The Wolfpack (10-2) came back from a 12-point halftime deficit and held a slim lead in the...
by admin | Dec 17, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Sue Bird (Seattle Storm/Connecticut/Syosset, N.Y.), who captured a record-tying fifth-straight Olympic gold medal and served as one of two U.S. flag bearers for the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games Opening Ceremony, was named the 2021 USA Basketball Female Athlete of the...
by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Star UConn sophomore guard Paige Bueckers underwent surgery Monday to repair an anterior tibial plateau fracture and lateral meniscus tear in her left knee, the school said. The timetable for her return is estimated to be eight weeks from Monday, which would make her...
by admin | Dec 15, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Dawn Staley and Kara Lawson faced off in the WNBA, played roles together on Team USA’s 2008 Beijing Olympics gold medal squad and both coached gold medal women’s basketball teams in Tokyo last summer. Their paths have crossed since Lawson attended a summer basketball...
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