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.’
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The WNBA at 25—W’s first Black president reflects on her legacy
Laural J. Richie fully secured her place in WNBA history the minute she was named the league’s first Black president in April 2011. Here she reflects on her legacy.
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The W at 25: Before the WNBA was the WBL—and Tonyas Chavers
‘Hopefully in the next 25 years we will see more equity, period.’
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Sweet Syl’s double-double powers Lynx to a hard-fought road win
Sylvia Fowles was virtually unstoppable all night—she had 18 points at the half.
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Minnesota represented at recent WNBA game
The Minnesota connections were strong at a recent Lynx game both on and off the court.
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Quinn completes the circle from fan to player to head coach
History was made last weekend when two former WNBA players, now head coaches, faced each other in a two-game series.
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WNBA justice advocacy ‘not a one-and-done’
‘This year… players are going to be focused on health equity and civic engagement and voting rights—especially impacting communities of color on both of those topic.’
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They call her Sugar
Sugar Rodgers now can add ‘coach’ to her life resume.
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Superstar Seimone retires
The first shocking news of the 2021 WNBA season came the day before the season opener when Seimone Augustus announced her retirement after 15 seasons.
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WNBA season opens with all teams back home
The 2021 WNBA regular season starts this week. Minnesota opens play May 14 at home against Phoenix, the Lynx’s first home game since 2019.
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Scarce W roster openings spur talk of expansion, early entry
‘Expansion is certainly on the list of things I’ve been thinking about down the road.’
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Black media helped WNBA succeed
The WNBA this year celebrates 25 years as a successful pro league, and Black-owned media dutifully played an unrecognized but important role in its success.
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Seimone is back in LA
Seimone Augustus will return to Los Angeles for her second season with the Sparks. Augustus first signed with L.A. last year as a free agent after 13 seasons in Minnesota. She averaged six points in nearly 16 minutes a game in 21 appearances, shot 49% from the field and 54.5% in three-pointers. She again became […]
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New Dream co-owner: ‘Atlanta welcomes powerful women’
The WNBA’s Atlanta Dream is now owned and operated by a three-member investor group, which includes recently retired WNBA player Renee Montgomery.
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Fearless Wheeler fights her way to the top
‘Women are like superwomen. We figure things out.’
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Head coach diversity needle stuck on stupid
Vickie Johnson got a second chance in December when the Dallas Wings named her their next head coach.
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Women in sport ‘on the precipice’ of a new future
Black women stood tall in 2020, especially in sports. WNBA players, for example, played a huge part in getting Rev. Raphael Warnock elected as U.S. senator from Georgia, defeating former senator and Atlanta Dream part-owner Kelly Loeffler after her disparaging remarks about their social justice efforts and season-long Black Lives Matter emphasis last summer. Hudl, […]
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Pandemic led to unprecedented WNBA media coverage
Once the season typically ends, the W essentially becomes an out-of-sight, out-of-mind league until the springtime.
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As WNBA season nears its end, players say activism will go on
For keeping alive the drive for justice for Taylor and others who died at the hands of police, the WNBA players were honored last week in a historic move.
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W starts history’s first ‘Wubble’ post-season
This has been the WNBA players’ season-long focus as they advocate for systemic change in this country.