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WNBA star calls out ‘crazy’ discrepancy between player, coach salaries

by admin | Oct 17, 2023 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW

Liz Cambage is not happy with the WNBA’s pay structure for its players. The free-agent superstar went after the league in a tweet on Monday, lamenting the league’s max deals and accommodations for players: Read More

Inside Brittney Griner’s first season after Russian detainment

by admin | Sep 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Brittney Griner sat down behind a microphone at Phoenix’s Footprint Center in late April, clad in a black T-shirt, pants and sneakers while wearing a familiar smile that hadn’t been seen in her home arena in a year and a half. In her first meeting with the...

Mercury set WNBA record with 45 first-quarter points, hold off Sun

by admin | Aug 11, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Brittney Griner had 21 points and 10 rebounds, and the Phoenix Mercury set a WNBA record for points in a quarter with 45 in the first before holding off the short-handed Connecticut Sun down the stretch for a 90-84 win on Thursday night. Phoenix broke the record of 44...

Brittney Griner returns: ‘It’s OK’ to take time for yourself

by admin | Aug 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner returned to action Saturday after missing the team’s past three games to focus on her mental health. She had 22 points, six rebounds and four assists in the Mercury’s 97-91 loss to the Seattle Storm at Footprint...

Mercury’s Brittney Griner to miss 2-game trip, focus on mental health

by admin | Jul 31, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Brittney Griner will not travel with the Phoenix Mercury on their upcoming two-game trip to Chicago and Indiana, so that she can focus on her mental health, the team announced Saturday. Griner has appeared in 20 of 23 games for Phoenix in her first season since her...

Mercury to make travel ‘adjustments’ after Brittney Griner incident

by admin | Jun 12, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Phoenix coach Vanessa Nygaard said Sunday that the Mercury will make adjustments for traveling to future road games, one day after star center Brittney Griner was confronted by a “provocateur” at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Nygaard would not divulge...

New Mercury owner wants charter flights in WNBA: ‘Invest in the players’

by admin | May 23, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Phoenix Mercury owner Mat Ishbia became the latest WNBA name to throw support behind charter flights. While the league has expanded its charter flight program this season, teams still will travel on commercial flights to most of their games. Ishbia would like to...

Brittney Griner Scores 10 Points in First WNBA Preseason Game Since Release: ‘Grateful to Be Here’

by admin | May 16, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Brittney Griner is officially back on the court. The WNBA player — who missed all of last season while she was imprisoned in Russia for 10 months — played in her first preseason game since her return to the U.S., scoring 10 points and making three rebounds in her...

Brittney Griner’s return to WNBA is an act of defiance, activism for other detainees

by admin | May 8, 2023 | Representation, SEW

You cannot be imprisoned for 10 months, wrongly detained in desperate conditions millions of miles from home and not knowing when you’ll see your loved ones again, and not carry the scars. You can see their faint outlines when Brittney Griner says, emphatically, that...

Brittney Griner says it’s ‘a little overwhelming’ returning to normal life after Russian detainment

by admin | May 4, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Nearly five months after she was released from Russian detention, WNBA star Brittney Griner says it feels “a little overwhelming” to return to public life given the widespread interest in her case. Griner spent nearly 300 days in custody before being released as part...
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