NEW YORK, United States of America, October 6, 2021/ — New York Liberty forward Michaela Onyenwere has been named the 2021 Kia WNBA Rookie of the Year, the WNBA announced. She becomes the first player to win the annual award with the Liberty. Onyenwere received 47 votes from a national panel […]
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WNBA Honors Cynthia Cooper As One Of Its 25 Greatest Players Ever
Texas Southern head women’s basketball coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke was recently named by the WNBA as a member of the “The W25”, a collection of the 25 greatest and most influential players in WNBA history. The announcement was made live on ABC Sunday afternoon as the league is launching the first-ever “Vote […]
WNBA “W25” Platform Will Honor 25 Greatest Players of All Time
NEW YORK, United States of America, August 4, 2021/ — As the WNBA (www.WNBA.com) continues to commemorate its landmark 25th season, the league today announced plans for the selection of “The W25” and the first-ever launch of the “Vote for the GOAT” program. Many WNBA players have been deemed the greatest […]
WNBA Swing: Seattle Storm Smoke Aces, Win Fourth Title
The Seattle Storm etched their names into the WNBA record books on Tuesday night. Behind Breanna Stewart, Sue Bird, and the rest of the ‘Emerald City Sisterhood,’ the Storm folded the Las Vegas Aces in Game 3 of the 2020 WNBA Finals, 92-59. Ouch, babe. Doing so with their proverbial […]
Aces Double Down on Swords. Retired six months ago, but is now starting
By: Dan Rubin, BCEagles.com contributor Story Links Carolyn Swords never expected to stand on the court for the 2020 WNBA season. She never expected to pull on a jersey emblazoned with her franchise, and she never thought she would bang in the post against some of the world’s best athletes. She […]
Maya Moore: An Incredible and Happy Ending
Currently, the world is going through change. People are stepping up and making the change count this time. One of those people is WNBA superstar Maya Moore. Moore has been at the forefront of the Black Lives Matter movement. Just recently she gave up two years of her basketball career […]
Maya Moore: Justice Prevails for Jonathan Irons
Day after day. Month after month. Year after year. I wrote an article two weeks ago that shined a vibrant light on Maya Moore’s sabbatical from her brilliant basketball career. Instead of burying jumpers and taking defenders to school off the bounce to the bucket, Maya decided to train for […]
Maya Moore: A Basketball Superstars’ Fight For Justice
Maya Moore has already reached the height of success in her basketball career. A two-time (back-to-back) national champion in 2009-10 as a member of head coach Geno Auriemma’s stellar UConn Huskies’ hoops program (2007-11), Moore’s dominating collegiate career illuminated her path to being selected No. 1-overall in the 2011 WNBA […]
WNBA Finals Games 1-2 Recap
The top-seeded Seattle Storm have taken a 2-0 lead in the 2018 WNBA Finals over the Washington Mystics, who are in their first Finals in franchise history. The Storm are one win away from their third WNBA championship in as many tries, having previously won it all in 2004 and […]
Ray Allen, My Big Four and the Rest of the 2018 HOF Class
Of the 13-members inducted into the 2018 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, players, coaches, and executives fill-up the stat sheet of this double-digit number. And there are a few ladies representing the orange as well. Thank goodness. Here’s your class: Ray Allen Maurice Cheeks Charles “Lefty” Driesell Grant Hill […]