Candace Parker participates in ESPN’s Kicks To Beat Cancer initiative
Among what ESPN is doing this year for its fundraising week for cancer research is auctioning off sneakers from prominent basketball players. V Week…
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Column – Reaction to Dwight Howard news should make us more appreciative of WNBA’s inclusiveness
Homophobia has a way of rearing its ugly head from time to time. While progress has been made in this area of slowly, but…
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Lisa Leslie has interest in becoming WNBA president
Ever since the departure of now former WNBA president Lisa Borders from the W’s top post, all has been relatively silent regarding the find…
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Lindsay Whalen has gymnasium at Hutchinson High named after her
There are a litany of places in the history of Minnesota basketball that Lindsay Whalen will forever be immortalized. One can add her high…
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Swin Cash featured in new Secret deodorant ad campaign taking aim at gender wage gap
This ad campaign is leaving no ‘secret’ about what its aim is. The latest pitch by deodorant brand Secret spotlights the gender wage gap…
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Alana Beard hosts annual swim safety event in Louisiana
The Los Angeles Sparks’ Alana Beard is well-known throughout the basketball world for making things difficult for anyone looking to score two or three…
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Allison Feaster assumes key role within NBA G-League
A goal of every G-Leaguer is to eventually rise from the developmental ranks and into the big time of the NBA. Last week, it…
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Sue Bird lands front office job with Denver Nuggets
What was originally speculation of now three-time WNBA champion Sue Bird landing a front office position with the Denver Nuggets is now reality. 16-year…
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Tamera Young debuts “Army Youngie” signature shoe
The WNBA and sneakers – two of our favorite things here at Beyond The W. The W, as we know, is full of sneakerheads…
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#CVS1K — C. Vivian Stringer reaches 1,000 career win plateau
The 1,000-win club of coaches has a fifth member joining Pat Summitt, Tara VanDerveer, Sylvia Hatchell, and Geno Auriemma. Rutgers’ 73-44 victory over Central…
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