by admin | May 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
In her struggle for freedom from detention in Russia, WNBA star Brittney Griner now has another big name in her corner: former U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Bill Richardson. A spokesperson for the Richardson Center confirmed to ABC News that the international hostage...
by admin | May 6, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Sky coach/GM James Wade officially ruled Allie Quigley out for the season opener Friday against the Los Angeles Sparks. Quigley has been limited in practice and said there isn’t anything specific keeping her out of the game, just a feeling of not being 100%. Read...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Los Angeles Sparks head into the 2022 season with a roster full of players who competed on the game’s biggest stages. While the players have noteworthy backgrounds, the focus is merging their talents into cohesive gameplay. “Our expectations are to establish a...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
As Los Angeles Sparks star forward Nneka Ogwumike assessed the steps she needed to take to meet her offseason goals in late 2021, the first that came to mind were rest and recovery. Coming off a serious knee injury in early June 2021, Ogwumike worked on getting back...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After making the move to her hometown Chicago Sky in 2021 and helping lead the franchise to its first WNBA title, Candace Parker probably deserved a break. Instead, Parker kept plowing through the offseason, working for Turner Sports on NBA and men’s NCAA Tournament...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Two days after Politico disclosed a draft of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would reverse the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision allowing abortion rights, several high-profile female athletes spoke out against the proposed change. On Wednesday, the WNBA released a statement...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
After Layshia Clarendon was waived by the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday, head coach Cheryl Reeve implied Clarendon’s injury status was to blame. Clarendon, who was limited at the end of last season by a stress fracture in their right fibula, rehabbed the injury during the...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Last season, during the Sky’s single-elimination playoff game against the Minnesota Lynx, Azurá Stevens arrived. Not in a literal sense. Stevens, the sixth overall pick in 2018 acquired from the Dallas Wings in a 2020 trade for Katie Lou Samuelson, has been dealing...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA offseason is finally coming to a close, and teams are ready to officially open the 2022 regular season this week. Free agency saw a number of recent league MVPs return to their respective teams, but it also welcomed in countless changes. There were major...
by admin | May 5, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Amid a string of roster cuts from teams around the WNBA, star forward Breanna Stewart became the latest high-profile figure to call for change to the league’s current cap structure. In a Twitter thread posted on Wednesday, the two-time WNBA champion gave her thoughts...
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