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Mercury fire head coach Vanessa Nygaard after 2-10 start

by admin | Jun 26, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

The Phoenix Mercury have parted ways with head coach Vanessa Nygaard and promoted Nikki Blue to interim head coach for the remainder of the season, the team announced on Sunday. Nygaard, who was just hired in 2022, is the first coach in the league to be fired this...

Brittney Griner, Aliyah Boston named WNBA All-Star starters

by admin | Jun 26, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner was named an WNBA All-Star Game starter in her return season from detainment in Russia, and the Indiana Fever’s Aliyah Boston will be the sixth rookie in league history to start the game. The WNBA on Sunday announced its 10...

How Chelsea Gray’s free agency move to Aces opened new era of WNBA player choice

by admin | Jun 20, 2023 | Representation, SEW

In the 2020 offseason, the Las Vegas Aces set their sights high. After making the playoffs for the first time in five years and giving the eventual champion Washington Mystics their toughest series of the postseason, the Aces were looking to round out their roster and...

Breanna Stewart makes history with stellar start to season

by admin | Jun 19, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Breanna Stewart is making a good first impression in New York, as another stellar effort in Sunday’s 89-71 win over the Phoenix Mercury etched the 2018 WNBA MVP’s name into the record books once again. Stewart, who had 28 points, 14 rebounds and seven...

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...

Mystics crash the party, hold off the Storm before it honors Sue Bird

by admin | Jun 12, 2023 | Representation, SEW

There was a line outside Climate Pledge Arena 2½ hours before tip-off, and it nearly stretched out to the street. The stage was set for a celebration: The Seattle Storm would retire Sue Bird’s No. 10 after the game. But the Washington Mystics crashed the party,...

Saluting Sue Bird, Sylvia Fowles ahead of WNBA jersey retirements

by admin | Jun 9, 2023 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

More than nine months have passed since Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles played their final WNBA games. The legends retired after the 2022 season, Bird on Sept. 6 when her Seattle Storm were eliminated at home in the WNBA semifinals, and Fowles on Aug. 14 when her Minnesota...

Are reigning WNBA champ Las Vegas Aces even better in 2023?

by admin | Jun 8, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Tuesday’s showdown between the undefeated Las Vegas Aces and then one-loss Connecticut Sun was among the most hyped games in the young WNBA season, a rematch of the 2022 Finals and a meeting between the top two teams in the league standings. But before the...

Becky Hammon: Aces ‘not playing our best basketball’ amid 7-0 start

by admin | Jun 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW

The Las Vegas Aces are off to a franchise-best undefeated start to the season, but if you ask head coach Becky Hammon, they’re not yet playing up to their potential. “We’re starting to put the pieces together. I don’t think we’re playing our best basketball,” she said...

‘Not a normal rookie’: Aliyah Boston off to historic start for Fever

by admin | Jun 7, 2023 | Representation, SEW

Aliyah Boston has been everything as advertised and more in the first weeks of her rookie season in the WNBA. On Tuesday, Boston recorded 25 points, 11 rebounds, two blocks, a steal and an assist while shooting 80 percent from the field in the Indiana Fever’s 108-103...
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