by admin | Aug 17, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Breanna Stewart is always looking for ways to improve her game, and this season, her efforts culminated in a couple more career milestones. The Seattle Storm forward led the WNBA in scoring for the first time in her career, averaging 21.8 points, and Tuesday she...
by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Four-time WNBA All-Star Liz Cambage has announced that she is “stepping away from the league for the time being,” three weeks after she agreed to a “contract divorce” with her team, the Los Angeles Sparks. “Playing for the Sparks was a dream come true and I’m honored...
by admin | Aug 16, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Sue Bird peeked upcourt as she caught the outlet pass. Her Seattle Storm teammate Natasha Howard had streaked ahead of her like a wide receiver, as she usually did whenever Bird was running the offense in transition. Howard realized that she was open beneath the...
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 | Aug 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA regular season came to a close on Sunday, with all 12 teams in action and two playoff spots still up for grabs. The New York Liberty, Atlanta Dream, Minnesota Lynx, and Phoenix Mercury all entered the final day of the regular season with a chance to go to the...
by admin | Aug 15, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Connecticut Sun closed the curtains on the Minnesota Lynx’s season on Sunday, winning at home 90-83 and handing a bittersweet defeat to future Hall-of-Famer Sylvia Fowles as she played the final WNBA game of her storied career. “It was what you hoped wasn’t going...
by admin | Aug 15, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Serena Williams. Sue Bird. Allyson Felix. Sylvia Fowles. Some of the greatest female athletes in the world have reached the end of their careers this year, and are now pivoting to build their legacies beyond sport. For some, that means improving the games they long...
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...
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