by admin | Apr 24, 2024 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Ashley Moyer-Gleich will become only the second woman to referee an NBA playoff game after being selected as one of 36 first-round officials, the league announced on Thursday. It has been over a decade since a woman last officiated a playoff game. Violet Palmer became...
by admin | Dec 21, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi are taking their show to the NBA. The two WNBA stalwarts will host their first NBA game together on ESPN, bringing back a programming concept that has proven popular during the network’s coverage of the NCAA women’s final four tournament....
by admin | Nov 6, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
In a breakthrough year for women’s basketball, Dawn Staley has been, appropriately, at the forefront. On Monday, the wildly successful coach at the University of South Carolina will lead the Gamecocks on a grand stage in Paris when South Carolina plays Notre Dame in a...
by admin | May 16, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Ahead of the 2023 WNBA season, Aces coach Becky Hammon addressed the prospect of one day becoming an NBA coach in the aftermath of a report linking her to the Raptors’ vacant head coaching job. Toronto–just two weeks after firing coach Nick Nurse–reportedly received...
by admin | Apr 12, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Shaquille O’Neal knows a thing or two about success. The four-time NBA champion and one of the league’s greats has walked the walk while also talking the talk. And so when he praises another athlete, it comes with some gravitas and expertise behind it. Read...
by admin | Mar 20, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Growing up in South Dakota, Becky Hammon didn’t have a lot of options. The Hammons didn’t have cable, so TV channels were (severely) limited. They didn’t own a video game system. They lived in a rural part of town in a remote state, which meant their children’s only...
by admin | Mar 17, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Candace Parker joins Sports Illustrated and tells SI’s Claudette Montana what are her expectations as a new member of the Las Vegas Aces. The WNBA superstar also speaks on her broadcasting career and gives some in-depth analysis on the state of the NBA. Read...
by admin | Feb 8, 2023 | Representation, SEW
Only two months into 2023, Candace Parker has managed to shake up the basketball world twice. In the WNBA star’s latest move, Parker will make her NBA All-Star Game analyst debut as the first woman to call the event. Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green and...
by admin | Dec 28, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
With Brittney Griner now safely back home for the holidays, the conversation has shifted. In an interview with TMZ, ESPN broadcaster Mark Jackson was not asked about her captivity in Russia—but rather why she was there in the first place. Like many WNBA players,...
by admin | Dec 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The reason Brittney Griner is the sports story of the year, isn’t solely because of her bravery while being “wrongfully detained” in Russia. It isn’t just that she became a symbol of strength that unified large swaths of the sports world and...
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