‘You talk about partnering up with Black-owned businesses and minority-owned businesses. Well, media companies are businesses as well.’
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Sports: a space for local and national sports news, with emphasis on stories pertaining to African Americans.
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Black head coaches now lead half the WNBA
‘I think it’s important for the league to recognize Black coaches, give them opportunities, give us opportunities in high positions.’
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Moore gets ‘chance of a lifetime’
Tamara Tee Moore will serve as an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics Summer League team in Las Vegas.
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Seimone joins Lindsay in the rafters
‘Minnesota basically helped me become the woman that I am today.’
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Black women are local leaders in sports activism
‘I think the W does have a critical lens on what it looks like to walk through the world as a Black woman.’
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The W receives historic capital raise
The WNBA now is infused with the largest ever capital raise—$75 million—in women’s pro sports history.
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Fowles returns for one last season
The 2022 Minnesota Lynx roster is all but set as veteran center Sylvia Fowles has re-upped for her 15th and final WNBA season.
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No HBCU players in the WNBA
‘There are a ton of women’s basketball players in the HBCU community either still in college or are recent graduates that are more than qualified for a shot to play in the WNBA.’
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2021 a year of progress in pro-sports’ race and gender hiring
The WNBA League Office, owners, head coaches, assistant coaches, managers, senior directors, professional team staff and players all got A+ grades.
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All-Black female ownership group first in line for WNBA expansion
Recently retired WNBA player Alana Beard heads the all-Black female leadership group along with Oakland natives, attorney Jade Smith-Williams, Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, and local entrepreneur Samantha Wise among other notables.
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Chicago victory puts end to Lynx season
The Chicago Sky put an end to Minnesota Lynx’s postseason defeating them 89-76 in a WNBA playoff game at the Target Center last Sunday afternoon .
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Pettigrew to oversee Wolves/Lynx diversity, equity, inclusion
Earlier this month Tru Pettigrew received his second promotion in less than a year as chief diversity and inclusion officer with the Timberwolves-Lynx organization.
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Another View’s WNBA all-time top 25
Here is our W25 all-time list, is in no particular order.
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Lynx practice players get ‘big props’
After a year off due to COVID protocols, the Minnesota Lynx male practice players are back in action.
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Sun outshined Minnesota, snapped Lynx’s 8-game winning streak
The Lynx must regain its momentum to stay among the first four teams, which earns first-round playoff byes in September.
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W at 25: Reflections of a coaching vet
Fred Williams is a WNBA coaching lifer. He has coached professional and collegiate women’s basketball for over three decades.Â
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Minnesota’s late surge powers win in first post-Olympic break game
Minnesota got late baskets for a 88-78 victory Sunday night over the New York Liberty.
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W at 25: One-on-one with Sylvia Fowles
Sylvia Fowles is one of the WNBA’s greatest centers ever and the focus of this W at 25 column.
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Lynx communications manager helps players tell their stories
Little did Cymonne New know that by accepting a position with the Minnesota Lynx earlier this year she would also become a history maker.
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W at 25: Remembering the Comets, the league’s first dynasty
This 25-part series of articles reflects on the WNBA’s 25 years. This week’s focus: that time when the Comets ‘took over Texas.’