The Dallas Wings have traded Kristine Anigwe and the team’s 2021 third-round pick to the Los Angeles Sparks for a second-round pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft. The pick, originally owned by Dallas, was sent to the Sparks for Marina Mabrey on Feb. 21. Additionally, the Wings waived Karlie Samuelson. Anigwe, the No. 9 pick…
Last week it was announced that former WNBA 15 year-veteran Swin Cash would be hired as Vice President of Basketball Operations and Team Development by the New Orleans Pelicans. Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations David Griffin made the announcement. “We are beyond thrilled to welcome Swin Cash and her family to the New Orleans…
On Tuesday it was announced that Seattle Storm point guard Sue Bird would miss eight to ten weeks due to a leg injury as reported by High Post Hoops’ Arielle Chambers. After completing her rehabilitation, there is a chance that the three-time champion and future Hall of Famer “may or may not return” this season.…
This past season the Denver Nuggets management brought in future Hall of Famer Sue Bird as a basketball operations associate. At the time Bird was the latest women to be hired by an NBA franchise, as she joined her peers Becky Hammon, Jenny Boucek, Nancy Lieberman, and Kristi Toliver. “It was really a perfect match…
NEW YORK, May 15, 2019 – Cathy Engelbert, current CEO of Deloitte and the first woman ever to lead a Big Four professional services firm in the U.S, has been appointed Commissioner of the WNBA, it was announced today by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. She will join the WNBA on July 17 and report to…
In a male-dominated industry, multi-cultured student of her craft, DJ Poizon Ivy continues to tribe. The talented wizard behind the turntables has been able to master balancing deejaying on-air, on main concert stages, at select nightclubs and lifestyle venues. She is also a fixture at celebrity and non-profit events, for corporate clients, and now hosting,…
LOS ANGELES (April 27, 2019) – The Los Angeles Sparks have acquired forward Chiney Ogwumike from the Connecticut Sun in exchange for the team’s 2020 first round draft pick, Sparks Executive Vice President and General Manager Penny Toler announced today. Last season, Ogwumike was named an All-Star and averaged 14.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game. She…
The University of Virginia is gearing up to face the Purdue Boilermakers in the Elite Eight in a couple of hours. As both schools are looking to punch their tickets into the Final Four this year in Minneapolis. The Cavaliers just secured a school-best 32 win this season as they beat the Oregon Ducks 53-49…