by admin | Feb 1, 2022 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
Free agent center Liz Cambage lit into the WNBA and its pay structure on Tuesday, putting into doubt whether she will spend another season in the league. Cambage appears to be referring to reports that Storm forward Breanna Stewart re-signed to return to Seattle on a...
by admin | Feb 1, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
New Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon will become the first WNBA coach to exceed $1 million in annual salary. Aces owner Mark Davis, who also owns the NFL’s Las Vegas Raiders, confirmed the news to Sam Gordon of the Las Vegas Review-Journal and discussed...
by admin | Feb 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Former Missouri women’s basketball star Sophie Cunningham announced Monday that she is re-signing with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury. Cunningham was an unrestricted free agent this offseason because the Mercury declined to pick up the fourth-year option on her rookie...
by admin | Feb 1, 2022 | Representation, SEW
The Phoenix Mercury have traded center Kia Vaughn to the Atlanta Dream for a 2023 third-round pick. Vaughn played a key role in Phoenix’s run to the 2021 WNBA Finals, averaging 4.7 points and 3.1 rebounds as a backup to Brittney Griner. Read More
by admin | Jan 31, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
After the 2021 season, Breanna Stewart predicted the WNBA’s free-agency -period would be the most thrilling since the league and the players’ union agreed to a new collective-bargaining agreement in 2020. Stewart didn’t factor in the bombshell coaching hires that...
by admin | Jan 27, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Professional sports leagues in the U.S. have tried to tackle the issue of diversity and inclusion among their leadership for decades with league-wide rules and policies designed to create opportunities for underrepresented groups. Success has varied across leagues. ...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Lucas Seehafer: The first thing that I want to touch on is the promotion that you recently got. I was just wondering if you could kind of guide me through that process of how you and [Minnesota Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve] met and came to the...
by admin | Jan 26, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Although her WNBA playing and coaching career took her around the country, new Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard is no stranger to Arizona. “Both of my parents are from Tucson,” said Nygaard, who was born in Scottsdale. “My dad went to UA and my mom went to Arizona State...
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Representation, SEW
Kansas State center and WNBA prospect Ayoka Lee scored 61 points in a win over the Oklahoma Sooners Sunday, breaking the all-time single-game record for points scored in a Division 1 women’s game in NCAA history. Lee scored 61 points on 23-30 shooting in 35 minutes of...
by admin | Jan 24, 2022 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Longtime WNBA head coach Pokey Chatman is back in the league, this time as an assistant. Chatman was hired, along with former WNBA player Ebony Hoffman, by Seattle Storm head coach Noelle Quinn, it was announced Friday. “I’m very excited to add Pokey and...
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