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*Former WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw pleaded guilty to assaulting her ex-girlfriend on Friday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. The Olympic gold medalist was charged with aggravated assault, criminal damage in the first degree, two counts of criminal damage in the second degree and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Holdsclaw was arrested [...]
*New WNBA star Brittney Griner sat down with ESPN The Magazine for an in-depth interview – both in print and on video (click here to watch) – about her sexuality, being teased throughout her childhood, and her current hate tweets. The Baylor University grad used to keep her Twitter and Instagram accounts private, approving each [...]
*Baylor University’s senior Brittney Griner is amazing. The newly selected WNBA number one draft pick has landed an endorsement deal with Nike, reports USA Today. Although details of the deal are being kept under wraps, Griner said, “It’s big-time, let’s just say that.” The new Phoenix Mercury star also made headlines last week when she came out [...]
*Brittney Griner is basketball’s most talked about female athlete right now. After leaving her college team with an impact so great, professional NBA coaches have considered recruiting her. But she’s got a team now in the WNBA. The Phoenix Mercury scooped up the Baylor center during the draft Monday night. “It’s a dream come true. [...]
*Former WNBA player and Olympic gold medalist Chamique Holdsclaw is being indicted for charges stemming from a Nov. 2012 shooting in Atlanta. The basketball player is being charged with aggravated assault, criminal damage, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. She was arrested following an argument with basketball peer and ex-girlfriend, [...]
*Laurel J. Richie has more than three decades of experience in consumer marketing, corporate branding, public relations, and corporate management, with a long track record of developing award-winning campaigns that transform brands and drive business results. As President of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), she oversees all of the league’s day-to-day business and league [...]
*Who knew that actor Lamman Rucker and “Basketball Wives” star Tami Roman were WNBA fans? Well, we certainly didn’t until we came across snaps of them enjoying the LA Sparks action at Staples Center last Tuesday (08-30-11) evening. Check ‘em out! Photo credit: Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images source: Ellene Miles [...]
*Washington Mystics All-Star Guard Alana Beard is an expert at dribbling a basketball on the court, but Beard has taken on a new challenge: fighting diabetes. The four-time WNBA All-Star has joined the National Basketball Association (NBA), the Women’s Basketball Association (WNBA) and the NBA Development League in collaboration with the American Diabetes Association and [...]
*A member of the WNBA’s L.A. Sparks is asking for a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend. Center Jantel Lavender filed the request last week — asking a judge to keep Adam Ashley at least 50 yards away from her and her family at all times, including during games, reports TMZ. According to the documents, Adam [...]
*Laurel J. Richie made history recently when she became the first African American female president of a national sports league. Richie took the helm of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) this year on May 16, a mere three days before the Connecticut Sun played the China National Team in a preseason game. As the [...]
*The WNBA went for business acumen instead of basketball experience in naming the league’s third president on Thursday. Laurel Richie (pictured) became the head of the 15-year-old league, taking over the helm five months after Donna Orender stepped away from the job in December. Richie comes in at a time when the league appears to [...]
*Maya Moore, the UConn hoops star who helped her team win a record 90-straight games and also led the school to two national championships, was just selected by the Minnesota Lynx with the first pick in the WNBA Draft. The four-time All-American averaged 22.8 points this season and 19.6 during her career. She was also [...]
*With Malia Obama away at summer camp, her sister Sasha is getting lots of one-on-one time with the parents. On Sunday, President Obama took his youngest daughter and one of her friends to watch the WNBA’s hometown Washington Mystics defeat ex-track star Marion Jones’ Tulsa Shock team 87-62. Obama played basketball against a US Army [...]
*On Tuesday, April 6, retired LA Sparks hoopster Lisa Leslie gave birth to a healthy baby boy at 3:21 a.m. He weighed seven pounds and 13 ounces and 21.5 inches. Leslie and her husband, Michael Lockwood have decided to call their new son Micahel “MJ” Joseph Lockwood, II. The couple is also parents to a [...]
*Former track sensation Marion Jones, who was stripped of the three Olympic track gold medals because of steroid use, has signed with the Tulsa Shock of the Women’s National Basketball Association. Jones, 34, became the first female track and field athlete to win five medals at a single Olympics during the 2000 Games in Sydney. [...]
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