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WNBA star Maya Moore shocked the sports world when she decided to step away from a winning team to fight for social justice. During her hiatus from the Minnesota Lynx, Moore helped to free a Black man from prison who was wrongfully convicted. Jonathan Irons was convicted at 16 for breaking into a home in…

The Atlanta Hawks recently hosted a one-hour discussion called “EmpowHER by Lady Ballers,” which featured a conversation with two-time WNBA champion and activist Renee Montgomery and College Park Skyhawks general manager Tori Miller. The conversation was moderated by Annie Finberg, a reporter and senior coordinator of digital content for the Atlanta Hawks. With more than…

Conservatives didn’t have to worry about WNBA players kneeling during the national anthem. They weren’t even on the court. The WNBA made a powerful statement in support of Breonna Taylor to open the season when both teams, filled with Black and White players and other nationalities, walked back to the locker room as the national…

U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler is facing backlash after she condemned the Black Lives Matter movement. Loeffler is a co-owner of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream and a supporter of the current presidential administration, according to ESPN. The staunch Republican from Georgia made headlines last week when she spoke against “Black Lives Matter” being placed on players’…

At the apex of Maya Moore’s spectacular and award-winning basketball career in the WNBA, she walked away without hesitation and without looking back. After winning four WNBA championships in six years and two Olympic Gold Medals and earning a gazillion personal recognition honors, Moore traded in the locker room for the courtroom. She was singularly…

As the NBA’s highest-ranking woman in basketball operations, Swin Cash is the vice president of basketball operations and team development for the NBA’s New Orleans Pelicans. She’s a former WNBA player with three WNBA championships under her belt, two WNBA All-Star Game MVP Awards, and two Olympic gold medals and was named one of the WNBA’s…

Gayle King continues to be under fire after questioning WNBA legend Lisa Leslie about the 2003 rape case against Kobe Bryant. Leslie was playing for the Los Angles Sparks when she met Bryant, who was an 18-year-old rookie with the Lakers. During her interview with Leslie on “CBS This Morning,” King asked if Bryant’s rape…

Skylar Diggins-Smith, one of the marquee players for the WNBA, unloaded on her team and the league after she played pregnant for the entire 2018 season. Diggins-Smith, the point guard for the Dallas Wings, spat fire on Twitter, saying she is angry for “having no support from [her] own organization.” She says no sympathy was…

There will be a lot of new faces, while some familiar faces will be absent from the Minnesota Lynx roster this season. In their first-round draft pick, the Lynx selected Napheesa Collier from the University of Connecticut. Some other new faces are Lexie Brown the daughter of former NBA basketball player Dee Brown, Odyssey Sims a…

LeBron James just got paid big time, and this has some WNBA players seething. The bigger issue of pay disparity between the NBA and WNBA is such that former first-round pick A’ja Wilson felt compelled to illuminate this fact when LeBron James got his colossal new contract with the Los Angeles Lakers. Wilson, a 6-foot-5-inch…

The Atlanta Dream are 2-3 and are still getting used to one another in a shortened WNBA season.

Basketball player, community leader and writer, Simone Edwards is a woman who does it all. Born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica, she became the first Jamaican player to be signed to the WNBA. She garnered many awards and traveled the world during her career in basketball. Aside from her talent on the court, Edwards is committed…

After a 78-70 victory over the Atlanta Dream, Dallas Wings star Skylar Diggins-Smith discussed why she believed that having more women cover the WNBA would result in better storytelling for the league. In this clip, Diggins-Smith refers to the “Worldwide Leader,” also known as ESPN.

There was a time when only wealthy male business folks, athletes and entertainers were forced to fork over obscene amounts of money to their ex-spouses and ex-girlfriends in alimony and child support payments. This era has seen a radical role reversal like never before. The latest casualty is WNBA star Candace Parker, who joins a…

Allisha Gray has been crowned the 2017 WNBA Rookie of the Year. However, earning that title did not come easy. Dealing with a physical injury almost put a halt to the Dallas Wings’ guard’s basketball career, however, Gray has been able to recover and succeed in the league. In this exclusive interview, Gray shares her…

Basketball star Tamera Young discusses her clothing line TY1, longevity in the WNBA and her future with the Atlanta Dream.

Tiffany Hayes and Wesley Witherspoon

Atlanta Heirs’ players Tiffany Hayes and Wesley Witherspoon sit down with rolling out with “The Crush” co-hosts Tabitha Turner, Emmanuel Glaze and Maceo Heard to discuss their careers and the ground-breaking Global Mixed Gender Basketball League.

New York Liberty center Tina Charles‘ life purpose goes far beyond a basketball court. Around the time that her aunt Maureen “Hopey” Vaz passed away of multiple organ failure, the WNBA star read an article about a high school basketball player who died from sudden cardiac heart arrest. The school the player was with did not…

Angel Lajuane McCoughtry, WNBA superstar and franchise player for the Atlanta Dream has signed on to coach and play for the Atlanta Heirs co-ed professional basketball team. Team owner Tiny Harris says, “This is a major move for our organization, Angel’s hard work and dedication has turned her into a superstar in the WNBA.” She has won two…