Women's basketball needs faces of future to be Black. Enter JuJu ...
WEBMar 7, 2024 · With Caitlin Clark headed to the WNBA, JuJu Watkins and Hannah Hidalgo will be the faces of the women's game - a sport built by Black players.
Opinion: Sheryl Swoopes is right: Black people can’t be racist
WEBMar 10, 2024 · WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes has come under an avalanche of criticism for saying that Black people can’t be racist. Last month Swoopes questioned the ability of University of Iowa women’s...
Review: WNBA off-court activism is on display in ‘Power of the Dream’ : NPR
WEBJul 1, 2024 · Offering a candid look into the off-court activism of WNBAers during the COVID-ravaged 2020 season — as players mourn the loss of Black lives due to police violence and get involved in the...
WNBA issues statement condemning 'racist' fan behavior
WEB23 hours ago · Speaking to reporters after the Sun's 87-81 victory Wednesday night, Thomas said she had never in her 11-year pro career "experienced the racial comments (like) from the Indiana Fever fan base ...
The Caitlin Clark Effect and the uncomfortable truth behind it
WEBApr 25, 2024 · She stated that 80 percent of the WNBA postseason awards were won that season by Black players, but they received half the coverage of White athletes.
Alyssa Thomas and Stephanie White say social media vitriol toward WNBA …
WEB18 hours ago · The WNBA issued a statement on social media defending its players shortly after Thomas’ and White’s postgame comments. “The WNBA is a competitive league with some of the most elite athletes in the world,” the statement read. “While we welcome a growing fan base, the WNBA will not tolerate racist, derogatory, or threatening comments made about players, teams and anyone affiliated with ...
The lessons learned from folded franchises of the WNBA
WEBSep 10, 2021 · This summer, a Black-run organization in the Bay Area, the African American Sports & Entertainment Group, generated a proposal to return a WNBA team to northern California.
Caitlin Clark and the WNBA are getting a lot of attention | AP News
WEBJun 19, 2024 · Some of the commentary, especially online, was overtly racial, taking the stance that Clark was being discriminated against in the WNBA and in the Olympics selection because she is white and many of the other players are Black.
Thompson: Oakland needs to pave the way for WNBA, for Black …
WEBNov 3, 2021 · What matters now is a group of Black women want to bring a WNBA team to Oakland. The group is trying to put together a proposal that will bring this concept to life.
As the WNBA rises, so do tired old tropes about Black women
WEBJun 12, 2024 · The different treatment of Caitlin Clark and her Black peers is typical of the dissimilar experiences of Black and White women in American workplaces.
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