by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
What other city has had four WNBA No. 1 overall draft picks — Nneke Ogwumike (Cy-Fair), Chiney Ogwumike (Cy-Fair), Brittney Griner (Nimitz) and Charli Collier (Barbers Hill) — dating back to the beginning of the WNBA in 1997? None. The Houston Comets won the first...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Across the college basketball landscape, the success of most winning programs can be traced back to one or two players — players whose arrival ushered in new areas at their respective schools and whose individual greatness immediately elevated their programs as a...
by admin | Nov 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Division I Council approved an expansion of the Division I Women’s Basketball Championship bracket from 64 to 68 teams, effective with the 2022 championship. “This immediate expansion of the women’s basketball championship reinforces the fact...
by admin | Nov 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
NBA great Shaquille O’Neal is joining a new team—the one behind the award-winning documentary The Queen of Basketball. The Hall of Fame center and four-time NBA champ has signed on as an executive producer of the New York Times Op-doc short, which tells the story of...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Shahd Abboud grew up in a sports family. No, scratch that — Shahd Abboud grew up in a basketball family. Both of her parents played for years, and when she was born, her father was working as her mother’s coach (and the family was regularly attending her mother’s...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA Board of Governors voted to change its playoff format to eliminate single-elimination games and top-seeded byes beginning with the 2022 postseason, the league announced Thursday.The new format will be three rounds of series play that uses a best-of-3-5-5...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Women’s college basketball’s early signing period has arrived for the Class of 2022. Since releasing our initial top 10 of the class rankings in mid-October, there has been significant movement. (We also expanded the list to 25.) UCLA overtook Oregon for...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
If it was a movie script, Candace Parker’s life this past year could easily be an Oscar-nominated production. After an illustrious 13-year run for the Los Angeles Sparks, a championship, five All-Star appearances and countless other accolades, Parker made an...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
After a pandemic year that upended athletics as much as any industry, 2021 saw the gradual return of fans to the sports they love. Tokyo hosted the 2020 Olympics (without spectators) on a one-year delay, professional teams implemented Covid-19 vaccine requirements and...
by admin | Nov 18, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Two-time WNBA champion Renee Montgomery shook the sports world last year when the Atlanta Dream point guard opted out of her 12th season to turn her attention full time to social justice reform. Through the Renee Montgomery Foundation, she launched the Remember the...
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