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WNBA assistant coaches work hard behind the scenes
Jun. 13 | Shelley Patterson is one of seven Black assistant coaches in the WNBA — only Tulsa, Seattle and Indiana have no Blacks on their staffs. Last season, her second on the Minnesota Lynx bench, Patterson became the first Black woman since 2009...
Richie’s ‘rookie’ year as WNBA pres brings progress
Jun. 6 | Under Laurel Richie’s leadership after being named WNBA president in 2011, a national cell phone company signed a multiyear deal and became the first league-wide marquee partner — one of eight new corporate marketing partnerships. “We...
Nykesha Sales overseas and not retired
Jun. 6 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Nykesha Sales is a WNBA legend, a term that both her former league and the NBA these days uses to tell us that once-active players are now retired. But the six-foot forward-guard and former...
Penn State women’s basketball team the top seed in tourney
Feb. 29 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Penn State will be the top overall seed in this week’s Big Ten Women’s Basketball Tournament in Indianapolis. The four-day conference tournament starts Thursday. It is the school’s sixth Big...
Wanted: more Black women athletic directors
Feb. 1 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Less than 10 percent of Division I athletics directors are women, and only two percent are women of color. Schools can’t say they can’t find Black women to fill these roles when openings occur....
2012 NCAA changes for women’s and men’s basketball
Dec. 28 | By Charles Hallman Staff Writer Among the items to be discussed at the NCAA Convention in January is a proposal to help grow women’s college basketball. The Division I Women’s Basketball Committee has been gathering information from conferences...
