by admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Pay Equity, Representation, SEW
The phrase “You have to see it to be it” is often used when women talk about breaking down barriers and inspiring the next generation. The 1999 U.S. women’s soccer team paved the way for Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan and Carli Lloyd. Nancy Lieberman, Cheryl Miller and...
by admin | Aug 26, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Breanna Stewart helped lead the U.S. women’s basketball team to gold at the Tokyo Olympics. Then, she had a life-changing flight to catch. Two days after the victory, she welcomed her first baby with wife Marta Xargay Casademont. Ruby Mae Stewart Xargay was born...
by admin | Aug 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Anniversaries are often a time of reflection, both a remembrance and celebration of just how far we have come. For the New York Liberty, an original WNBA team, this look back at 25 years evokes even more emotion. In this commemorative year, the culmination of the...
by admin | Aug 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Buzzer, the new mobile platform for personalization and discovery of live sports, has announced a new agreement with the WNBA to distribute live game content, making the WNBA the first women’s professional sports league to be offered on the platform. Beginning August...
by admin | Aug 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
For the first time since her MVP season two years ago, Elena Delle Donne returned to the hardwood. The Washington Mystics forward made her season debut Sunday against the Seattle Storm, playing more than 22 minutes in her first game since October 2019 when she...
by admin | Aug 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
What David Stern did for the sport of basketball transcended any gender bias and opened a whole new world for women in the game. NBA commissioner from 1984 to 2014, Stern was the key figure in the formation and operation of the WNBA in 1997. That bold move paved the...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
To be a woman and a professional athlete is to be a walking protest. It’s a truth universally acknowledged by the female icons that populate every major sport right now. And yet, it’s something the stars of the WNBA embrace, unreservedly. The league made headlines in...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Hours after beating Team USA with a 18–14 double double in under 30 minutes of playing time in the 2021 WNBA All-Star Game, Sun star Jonquel Jones explained what her latest season in Russia had been like. It was unlike any of the previous three years she had spent in...
by admin | Aug 20, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Kristi Toliver has a day job right now playing for the Los Angeles Sparks of the WNBA. When that gig ends for the winter, she will become an assistant coach on Jason Kidd’s Dallas Mavericks staff, reports Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. Read More
by admin | Aug 18, 2021 | Representation, SEW
With her 6,453rd point on Tuesday night, Washington center Tina Charles climbed up to seventh on the WNBA’s all-time points leaderboard list in the Mystics’ 93-83 loss to the Las Vegas Aces. .@tinacharles31 has passed @katiesmith30 for 7th on the #WNBA...
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