by admin | May 26, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
WITH A WIDE smile and a clap of her hands, Sylvia Fowles brings her Minnesota Lynx teammates together in a dark tunnel that leads to their home court at Target Center. “Take care of each other; protect each other,” Fowles says as music from...
by admin | May 25, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The W.N.B.A. suspended and fined Curt Miller, the head coach of the Connecticut Sun, after he was called out by Las Vegas Aces center Liz Cambage for body-shaming her during a game on Sunday. The fine is $10,000, and the one-game suspension will keep Miller out of...
by admin | May 24, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Women’s National Basketball Association is celebrating its 25th anniversary this week. The WNBA has fought for national recognition of its athletes and has been at the forefront of the fights for racial justice and LGBTQ equality. Despite its share of financial...
by admin | May 23, 2021 | Weekly Highlights and Lowlights
? This week our highlight goes to the Seattle Storm, who made sure to represent social justice on their 2020 championship rings. ? This week we give a thumbs down and our lowlight of the week to the British Baseball Federation who posted sexist tweets on their social...
by admin | May 21, 2021 | Representation, SEW
Sports betting firm PointsBet agreed to a partnership with the Women’s National Basketball Association. It’s the first deal with a women’s sports league for the company. The licensing agreement, announced Friday, allows PointsBet to use WNBA team logos and players’...
by admin | May 20, 2021 | Representation, SEW
The Liberty had waited 575 days between the announcement of their impending move to Brooklyn’s Barclays Center and their home opener Friday night against the Fever. In the intervening months, few moments were as important as the night of Sept. 17, 2019. That evening,...
by admin | May 20, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Former WNBA star Swin Cash’s transition to NBA executive is often associated with her playing days in the W, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. It makes sense. Cash played in the league for 15 years and enjoyed both team and...
by admin | May 20, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
I flipped open my laptop and waited for the first Athlete to Advocate session to start. If I’m being honest, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. When my team, the Indiana Fever, announced in February that it was partnering with the Indiana University Lilly Family...
by admin | May 19, 2021 | Leadership, Representation, SEW
Late into the night of the Moët-soaked celebrations for the 2020 WNBA championship last fall, Megan Rapinoe was letting loose with her now fiancée, Sue Bird, the great Seattle Storm point guard, when she found her opening. “I had gotten wind that one of the WNBA...
by admin | May 19, 2021 | Representation, SEW
It was Aug. 8, 2008, the opening day of the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. A’ja Wilson was celebrating her 12th birthday with an Olympic-themed party to watch the U.S. women’s basketball team play. That legendary squad included the likes of Seimone Augustus, Sue...
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