by admin | May 4, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The list of Lisa Leslie’s accomplishments is long: WNBA Hall of Famer, a four-time Olympic gold medal winner, and among one of the first Black female athletes to receive her own shoe with Nike. A new success she can add to her lineup is being a multimillion-dollar...
by admin | Apr 25, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It has been 1,322 days since the Storm played at Seattle Center, which had been home for the WNBA team since the franchise’s inception in 2000. But during the past 3½ years, so much has changed with the Storm. The Storm has a new look and logo, a new coach and only...
by admin | Apr 1, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
The elevator ride to Chiney Ogwumike’s Century City penthouse began in silence and ended with the steady thump of Afrobeats. It was a random Tuesday afternoon, but Ogwumike was moving and talking faster than the music, whirling around a condominium that is a monument...
by admin | Feb 25, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
What’s my purpose? I think I’m still figuring that out in my life, figuring that out in my career path, figuring that out in myself. You wouldn’t know it, but I’m an introvert. I’m a homebody. Right now, I’m headfirst into any and all things coaching—studying and...
by admin | Feb 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The 2021 season was a year to forget for theLos Angeles Sparks. Can additions such as Liz Cambage, Chennedy Carter, Jordin Canada and Katie Lou Samuelsonmake 2022 a much different experience? Or will the Sparks find themselves in the midst of a chemistry experiment...
by admin | Feb 7, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Nike will release a women’s version of its retro Dunk Low sneaker this summer to mark the anniversary of Lisa Leslie becoming the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game, according to a document detailing the brand’s upcoming releases that was viewed by Complex. The Nike...
by admin | Oct 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
When Lisa Leslie was a 6-foot-tall sixth grader growing up in Compton, Calif., she had trouble understanding why everyone assumed she played basketball just because of her height. By the next year, Leslie decided she wanted to be more than just the tall girl in...
by admin | Oct 12, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
It seems like there’s nothing Los Angeles Sparks star Nneka Ogwumike can’t do. The 29-year-old owns a long list of accolades that includes a WNBA championship and MVP award, Rookie of the Year honor, six All-Star appearances, three Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Awards and...
by admin | Oct 4, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Los Angeles Sparks star Nneka Ogwumike has been named the recipient of the 2021 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, the WNBA announced Sunday. This is an unprecedented third straight sportsmanship award for Ogwumike, who is the president of the Women’s National...
by admin | Sep 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The first time Seimone Augustus realized what she was capable of wasn’t when, as a 14-year-old, she landed on the cover of Sports Illustrated for Women next to the question, “Is She the Next Michael Jordan?” When Augustus, a W.N.B.A. legend who retired this year after...
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