The Chicago Sky are set to begin their bid to become the first back-to-back WNBA champions since the Los Angeles Sparks in 2001 and 2002. But the regular season was close at the top, and several teams could easily lift the trophy this year . Here’s how the WNBA playoffs shape up. When do the …
The Chicago Sky, the reigning champions, are assured of one of the top two spots in the upcoming WNBA playoffs. The rebuilding Indiana Fever are the only team out of contention. Everything else is up for grabs. The final week of the WNBA’s regular season should be a showcase of the parity and chaos the …
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WASHINGTON — Immediately after a Moscow judge handed down Brittney Griner’s nine-year prison sentence on Thursday, calls grew louder for President Biden to find a way to bring her home. “We call on President Biden and the United States government to redouble their efforts to do whatever is necessary and possible,” the Rev. Al Sharpton …
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Nothing about Thursday’s proceedings in a Russian courthouse, where the WNBA star Brittney Griner was being tried on drug smuggling charges, surprised experts familiar with Russia’s legal process. Griner was convicted and sentenced to a penal colony for nine years — just one year shy of the maximum sentence. Her conviction was thought to be …
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The WNBA star Brittney Griner’s friends and colleagues expressed support and sadness for her after a Russian court found her guilty of attempting to smuggle illegal narcotics into Russia and sentenced her to nine years in a penal colony. “Just really feeling sad and feeling sick for Brittney and hoping that she gets home as …
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Shawn Kemp played most of his NBA career before the league began testing players for marijuana use in 1999. So after playing in the bruising, physical games typical of the NBA in the 1990s, he would smoke. He didn’t like taking pain-relief pills. “I was able to go home and smoke pot, and it was …
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It was a day to celebrate Elgin Baylor, whom the Los Angeles Lakers had just honored with a statue outside their home arena. On that warm evening in April 2018, one of Baylor’s greatest antagonists showed up and sat prominently in the crowd. Bill Russell would never blend in anywhere, and certainly not in his …
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Bill Russell, whose defensive athleticism at center changed the face of pro basketball and propelled the Boston Celtics to 11 NBA championships, the final two when he became the first Black head coach in a major American sports league, died on Sunday. He was 88. His death was announced by his family, who did not …
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The four-time WNBA All-Star Liz Cambage and the Los Angeles Sparks are parting ways, the latest thorny ending for the star center who only three months ago confidently declared that the team was “where I want to be.” On Tuesday, the Sparks announced that they and Cambage, 30, had agreed to a “contract divorce” just …
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