Racist fan behavior is escalating in the WNBA. League leadership must step up to protect Black players—or fans will need to take action themselves.
women’s basketball
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Majority Black league’s first team with all-Black coaches
For the first time in WNBA history, the Chicago Sky has an all-Black coaching staff, a milestone in a majority Black league and a powerful statement on representation.
Posted inCoaching while Black
Losing coach hopes for better days
Jazmone Turner’s first season as Delaware State WBB Coach was not without its ups and downs. It also can make a coach, even one as experienced as Turner, self-question what they are doing.
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Losing coach sees bright futureÂ
Malikah Willis came to Maryland Eastern Shore last April with over 23 years of collegiate coaching experience. She has various roles, including lead recruiter at most of the 12 schools Willis has served as an assistant coach.
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Looking ahead to WNBA 2025
Opening day for the 2025 WNBA season is Friday, May 16. “This year the talent has never been greater,” stressed Shimmy Miller on America’s longest running women’s pro basketball league and perhaps the hardest in pro sports for players to make a team roster.
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Knowledge of the game gives hoops coach an edge
Sometimes it’s best to step back, take a break and get a different perspective in order to move forward, a needed time to inhale so to speak. This is exactly what Chantel Osahor has done after completing her first season as Gonzaga WBB assistant coach.
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For Oral Roberts U coach, faith is the only way
Cophie Anderson, a former Fresno State basketball player, has been promoted to head coach of the Oral Roberts University women’s basketball team, becoming the fourth Black female head coach in the Summit League.
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Gophers and fans celebrate WBIT Women’s Championship win
The Minnesota Gophers defeated Belmont 75-63 in the WBIT Women’s Championship, with Tori McKinney being named Tournament MVP after scoring a career-high 26 points.
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HBCU Coach Vickers earned his move up to Power 4 Auburn
Larry Vickers, a former coach at HBCU Norfolk State, was hired as the new women’s basketball coach at Auburn University, making him the only HBCU coach to successfully leave to a Power 4 school.
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Athletes Unlimited offers play during WNBA off-season
Athletes Unlimited (AU) has announced that the 2025 AU Pro Basketball Championship season will move to Nashville, TN.
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Meet the Minnesota journalist who pioneered covering women’s sports
Charles Hallman, a journalist for the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, continues to bae honored for his coverage of women’s sports.
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HBCU team inducted into Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame
The first and only Black college team to play for a national championship, the 1982 Cheyney State Lady Wolves, was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame as Trailblazers of the Game.
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Purdue triumphs over Northwestern in exciting Big Ten WBB tournament opener
Purdue and Minnesota both won their opening games at the 2024 Big Ten WBB tournament in Minneapolis, with Purdue outscoring Northwestern 43-33 in the second half and Minnesota outlasting Rutgers 77-69.
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Grambling coach excited for Tigers’ non-conference matchup against Minnesota on Dec. 13
Grambling women’s basketball coach Courtney Simmons motivates team ahead of Dec. 13 Minnesota matchup
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Alternatives to overseas play grow for women hoopsters
‘I think it will be great to see more WNBA players not go overseas and play in the U.S.’
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Athletes Unlimited’s second season kicks off Feb. 23
‘This is to give more women opportunities to play in the States.’
Posted inGophers/College, Sports
Gophers defeat Golden Eagles in exhibition
It was a good start for the University of Minnesota women’s basketball team as a senior shooting
guard Gordiva Hubbard scored a team-high 17 points leading the Golden Gophers to a 78-33
exhibition victory over the University of Minnesota Crookston Golden Eagles.
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Keep talking W
Talking WNBA all year round, in-season as well as off-season, has historically been a dilemma for the majority-male mainstream sports media.
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New Mac assistant coach anticipates opening-night jitters
It is first-year Head Coach Pamela Findley’s opening night at the St. Paul school — she was hired this past spring.
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Ladies hoopin’ to stay in shape
Names such as Pink Panthers, Sexy Foxes, Big Baller Babes, Oldies But Goodies, Rusty Pipes and Flaming Marshmallows are among the teams in the YWCA Women’s Basketball League.