by admin | Sep 11, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Becky Hammon who, as coach of the year, is taking the Las Vegas Aces to the WNBA finals. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down to Russia who, even at the end of the WNBA season, is still holding Brittney Griner.
by admin | Sep 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
While former NBA All-Star and Champion Dennis Rodman formally canceled plans to go to Russia to help gain the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner, members of the Washington Mystics said Griner’s detainment has discouraged them from playing overseas. “I don’t know if...
by admin | Aug 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Last season, the Las Vegas Aces were crushed by a Game 5 semifinal playoff loss at home to the Phoenix Mercury in a year they really thought they could be WNBA champions. Saturday, the Aces were the ones doing the crushing. And in record fashion. Read...
by admin | Aug 21, 2022 | SEW, Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
👍 This week our highlight goes to Breanna Stewart who became the first player in the WNBA to repeat as the AP’s player of the year. 👎 This week we give a thumbs down once again to Russia who is stilling holding Brittney Griner as she appeals her...
by admin | Aug 19, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
U.S. soccer star Megan Rapinoe was surely ecstatic earlier this summer to receive a call from President Joe Biden letting her know he was awarding her the Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor a president can bestow. But the famously politically-active Olympian...
by admin | Aug 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Lawyers for U.S. women’s basketball star Brittney Grinerfiled an appeal against her conviction in Russia on drugs charges and her nine-year sentence in an attempt to secure a fresh ruling in the case, her defense team said. “We are asking the court to review the whole...
by admin | Jul 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that he is open to a call with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss a possible prisoner swap involving American basketball star Brittney Griner. Blinken said Wednesday that Washington had offered Russia a...
by admin | Jul 29, 2022 | Representation, SEW
It seems hard to imagine, but Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi found even more rarified air to be in Thursday night. Taurasi scored 30 points in Phoenix’s 90-80 win over the Los Angeles Sparks, becoming the first WNBA player in league history to score 30 or...
by admin | Jul 28, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Biden administration officials are frustrated that Moscow has yet to respond in a meaningful way to their proposal to release convicted Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout and secure the release of US citizens Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan. The Kremlin said Thursday...
by admin | Jul 26, 2022 | Representation, SEW
For the first six weeks Brittney Griner was in a Russian pre-trial detention facility, her family and representatives kept quiet as Griner faced drug charges that could keep her in prison for up to 10 years. That changed once the United States Department of State...
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