5 thoughts on USA Basketball’s roster for Tokyo Olympics
It may not seem like it given the smorgasbord of events and news currently happening on our sporting landscape, but we are only a…
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NBA 2k21 expands its slate of WNBA-related content
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Where are they now? Former WNBA president Laurel Richie named to Hasbro’s Board of Directors
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#WVotes2020: Seattle Storm endorse Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
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Candace Parker announced as investor in LA’s NWSL team
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Viva Naj Vegas: Betnijah Laney deserves to be in this year’s All-Star Game
With WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert announcing the date and location for this year’s All-Star Game – back at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in…
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Pride: To our LGBTQ+ sports community – you are loved & you are supported
June – Pride Month – is when a greater spotlight is put on our ever-growing LGBTQIA community, the strides that it has made in…
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Women’s sports are seeing the importance of men who are actually allies
As the sports world continues to wrap its head around the fallout from Naomi Osaka’s sudden departure from the French Open, one element of…
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WNBA players reminded us in 2020 what Naomi Osaka is now – importance of mental health
Apparently, certain individuals did not get the memo from last year that taking care of one’s mental is as vital as taking care of…
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Black women – inside and outside of sports – are why we are returning to arenas
Remember 2020? Yeah, that is a year that we are pretty sure no wants to remember and everyone would like to forget. But we…
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5 early season observations so far this WNBA season
Within the WNBA, its 2021 season is in its opening stages – and already so much has happened it feels as if an entire…
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Seimone Augustus is more than deserving of her WNBA flowers
The 2021 WNBA season got off to a fast and furious start this past weekend. Already, the Connecticut Sun and New York Liberty are…
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#WNBA25: 2021 Season Preview! Back in Arenas … and a rivalry renewed in Finals?
At long last after another excruciatingly long offseason and doubt as to if the WNBA would return to another bubble-like environment for the 2021…
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1-On-1: Skylar Diggins-Smith of Phoenix Mercury
In addition to a new WNBA season on the horizon, we at Beyond The W also are debuting a new look! And we christen…
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IOC efforts to ban Black Lives Matter message from Tokyo Olympics will fail epically
Referring to many of the suits (and it is mostly a country club-style cluster of suits) who run the International Olympic Committee as visionaries…
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Nicki Collen leaves Atlanta Dream for Baylor Bears – how did we get here?
With 10 days to go prior to the tip off of the 2021 WNBA season, we were somewhat expecting that the only major news…
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WNBA at 25 has found an identity more ‘established’ leagues could only dream of
We are only 2 ½ weeks shy of the WNBA’s 25th season. If one has not circled its calendar to make sure your evening…
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What does LSU get in Kim Mulkey? Lots of wins and lots of baggage
In addition to being huge basketball aficionados, we are also huge fans of wrestling here at Beyond The W (shout outs to Black women…
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Social media – a key factor in expanding reach of women’s game
As we within the WNBA family know, its various social media accounts (including ours) that are dedicated to all things WNBA, women’s hoops and…
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What Chris Sienko’s departure means for Atlanta Dream
With the WNBA draft having concluded and the Atlanta Dream selecting Arizona Wildcats sensation Aari McDonald with the No. 3 overall pick, it looked…
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Takes and takeaways from an out of control 2021 WNBA draft
We may be midway through April, the but the calendars in the offices of WNBA general managers still say March, because the 2021 WNBA…
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WNBA 2021 schedule released! Notes and notables for this season
The waiting…and waiting…and waiting for the WNBA to release its 2021 schedule may have dragged out like a hit television series that reaches a…
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With the first pick: 2021 WNBA draft musings and takes
Thursday is the big day, WNBA family, as 36 names from the collegiate and/or international ranks will hear their names called by one of…
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5 thoughts on A-Rod’s reported plan to purchase Lynx and Timberwolves
While not as ballyhooed as the recent sale of the Atlanta Dream to the ownership group that includes Renee Montgomery and two New England-based…
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