by admin | Jan 2, 2023 | Representation, SEW
On December 8, grainy footage showed WNBA star Brittney Griner landing in San Antonio after being released from 294 days in Russian detention. Griner wore a beanie over her hair that had been chopped off to avoid freezing conditions at the remote Russian penal colony...
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...
by admin | Dec 22, 2022 | Representation, SEW
There is a moment after every player moves to the coaching chair when they begin to realize the error of their ways. Something that they used to give a coach grief about now draws their ire when the tables are turned. For Rachel Banham, it was pick-and-roll reads. The...
by admin | Dec 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
A few months back, as Ecrin Mart was scanning Netflix for something to binge, she stumbled upon a series that spoke to her main passion. Ecrin is 14, and was born in Istanbul, Turkey, a few years after Michael Jordan retired from the NBA. Despite having never watched...
by admin | Dec 13, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The WNBA is working on a way to keep players working in the U.S. Since before the league began in 1997, players have been going overseas, first to play and then to complement their salaries — the WNBA minimum is $62,285. “We’ve been chipping away at the economic model...
by admin | Dec 12, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After spending more than 10 months in custody in Russia, Brittney Griner was back on the basketball court Sunday. And the first thing she did was dunk. While staying at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, where she landed following a prisoner swap last week, the two-time...
by admin | Dec 8, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was held for months in Russian prisons on drug charges, was released Thursday in a one-for-one prisoner swap for international arms dealer Viktor Bout. “She’s safe. She’s on a plane. She’s on her way...
by admin | Dec 8, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe have launched A Touch More, a production company that focuses on the “stories of revolutionaries who move culture forward.” The power couple announced the start of the venture created in partnership with TOGETHXR — the media and...
by admin | Dec 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
WNBA teams will play a record 40-game schedule this upcoming season that begins on May 19 the league announced Wednesday. All 12 teams will have games the opening weekend, starting with New York playing Washington and Connecticut facing Indiana. The regular season...
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