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Dan Hughes passes the torch to Noelle Quinn

by admin | Jun 3, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

While sudden, Hughes’s decision is not necessarily surprising. He missed the beginning of the 2019 season due to cancer. As a health precaution, he skipped the 2020 WNBA wubble season, when his Storm squad captured their second title in three seasons under interim...

Bonus hoops: WNBA exceeds last year’s number of OT games

by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW

The WNBA season is only a few weeks old and there already have been five games that have been decided in overtime, including four in the past seven days. The total has already surpassed the entire 2020 season and equals the 2019 mark, according to the Elias Sports...

On National Gun Violence Awareness Day, WNBA Champion Devereaux Peters Feels Real Change Is Coming

by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

In May 2013, I was in Minnesota for training camp, when I got a call from my mom around 2 or 3 in the morning. I kind of knew my phone was ringing, but I wasn’t fully conscious yet. She called back, and you know a double call is always an emergency. My cousin JoJo had...

Adidas Writing New Chapter With Growth of WNBA Roster

by admin | Jun 2, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Erica Wheeler could utter the same two words: “That’s me!”  The Sparks guard was nearly rendered speechless in April as she got a first look of herself on a larger-than-life Adidas billboard that spans the side of a building in Los Angeles. Anyone driving along...

City leaders push for more women’s professional sports in Nashville

by admin | Jun 1, 2021 | Representation, SEW

In the last 25 years, the city of Nashville has spent around $1 billion to provide stadiums and incentives to its four professional sports teams. Proponents say those investments, beginning with Mayor Phil Bredesen’s decision to build the arena on lower Broadway in...

4 WNBA free agents already making impact for new teams

by admin | May 31, 2021 | Representation, SEW

Despite the WNBA’s 25th season only starting two weeks ago, some teams have already played upwards of six games in 14 days, with the New York Liberty and Connecticut Sun both leading the pack with 5-1 records. What’s changed from last year, where both of these teams...

The WNBA ‘represents everything that you hope society will be’ — Chiney Ogwumike talks ESPN’s ‘144’ documentary

by admin | May 31, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

In July 2020, two months after the initially scheduled start to the season, 144 players from the WNBA’s 12 franchises gathered at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida to play a truncated season in an isolated bubble.  Limited family was allowed. There were...

WNBA early-season injuries sign of necessary preseason adjustments

by admin | May 28, 2021 | Representation, SEW, Uncategorized

WNBA players are dropping like flies. More than a dozen top players are sidelined with injuries just a few weeks into the league’s highly-anticipated 2021 season. From rookies to key role players and former MVPs, stars across the WNBA’s 12 teams are set to...

Sabrina Ionescu, Sue Bird: 5 standout WNBA players from 2021 so far

by admin | May 27, 2021 | Uncategorized

After the first two weeks of the 2021 WNBA season, there’s so many talking points to take from these early games. GiveMeSport Women has selected five players who have really stood out with their performances so far… Read More

Seimone Augustus Joins Sparks Coaching Staff

by admin | May 27, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW

After 15 years of playing in the WNBA, Seimone Augustus announced her retirement prior to the beginning of the 2021 WNBA season. She now is a member of the Sparks coaching staff. Augustus had a Hall-of-Fame worthy career, having won four WNBA championships and...
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