by admin | Sep 30, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Phoenix Mercury had just beaten Seattle 85-80 OT in the WNBA playoffs late Sunday afternoon when ESPN’s Holly Rowe brought Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi together on the court for the post-game interview. These two have been teammates and rivals for more than 20...
by admin | Sep 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Sun center Jonquel Jones has won the 2021 WNBA MVP award, the league announced Tuesday. Jones won the award after receiving 48 of the 49 first-place votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Phoenix’s Brittney Griner finished second,...
by admin | Sep 29, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The WNBA semifinals are off with a bang between the Sky-Sun double overtime in Game 1 and Courtney Vandersloot making league playoff history with only the second triple-double. Only the Sky point guard “had not idea” she had that stat line until ESPN...
by admin | Sep 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The biggest name of the WNBA playoffs first round was a bench player. And woo, indeed. It was Sophie Cunningham who lit up the first round of the 2021 WNBA playoffs and proved the difference in an instant classic on Thursday night. It was her name, not Diana Taurasi...
by admin | Sep 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Candace Parker’s big week continues. Following single-elimination wins over the Dallas Wings and Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA playoffs in recent days, the 35-year-old Chicago Sky star signed a multi-year extension with Turner Sports, her offseason home in recent...
by admin | Sep 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW
In the first quarter of a mid-August game against the Lynx, Jonquel Jones caught the ball at the crest of the three-point arc and saw a defense arrayed against her. She’d earned the attention. Jones, a 27-year-old Bahamian with bungee-cable limbs and a full-faced...
by admin | Sep 27, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Indiana Fever’s recent season ended earlier than anyone within the organization wanted it to. Again. The Fever went 6-26 in the 2021 campaign, a last-place record that ties a franchise low for wins in one season. For an outsider, this season would almost certainly...
by admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
New York basketball is relevant once again. After breakout seasons by their male counterparts, the Knicks and Nets, the Liberty have joined the party. Following their 91–80 victory over the Washington Mystics on Sept. 17, along with losses by the Mystics and Sparks on...
by admin | Sep 24, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Last year, the WNBA dedicated its entire season to social justice, but recently retired Minnesota Lynx player Seimone Augustus remembers a time when the league was afraid to be more political. In a recent interview with the New York Times, the four-time WNBA champion...
by admin | Sep 23, 2021 | Representation, SEW
As the last WNBA player to release her own signature shoe, Candace Parker knows a thing or two about the sneaker game. One of the most celebrated college players of all time, a bidding war between Nike and Adidas was sparked once Parker turned pro after her two...
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