Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao delivered her State of the City address at a City Council meeting on Tuesday evening, laying out her administration's accomplishments over the...
The Bay Area is filled with excitement, and much of the conversation is about the Bay Area’s newest WNBA team -- the VALKYRIES! The Golden State...
Back in 2019, Salesian Girls Basketball Head Coach Stephen Pezzola made a bold prediction about one of his players, Angel Jackson. “If she keeps putting in...
The envelope on the table is addressed to you. It caught your attention because -- who, besides politicians, utilities, and creditors sends anything in the mail...
The UC Berkeley Cal Bears Women’s Basketball team has a new fireball of energy and excellence by way of sophomore Jayda Curry. While she is a...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — A court convicted Griner in August of trying to smuggle narcotics. She received a nine-year sentence, which an appeals court upheld last month....
Support to bring a WNBA team extends past a solid fanbase, as local regulating agencies have also taken key votes to prepare for a WNBA team...
HOUSTON FORWARD TIMES — A State Department official sent a statement to ESPN late Monday night, saying, “The Department of State has determined that the Russian...
Raised by her mother in Brownsville, Texas, young Sheryl Swoopes played basketball with her three older brothers. By age seven, she was competing in a local...
Led by Ray Bobbitt, the African American Sports and Entertainment Group secured an approval from the Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum Authority on July 30 for a non-binding...
This week the AASEG (African American Sports and Entertainment Group) has moved forward to secure the exclusive rights to bring a WNBA team to the Oakland...
Hours of engaging discourse, bolstered by a throng of community supporters who packed the virtual council meeting with back-to-back appeals, got their wish in a 6-0-2...
The former player-coach and Gary Reeves, her development partner, have talked with Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan and members of the African American Sports Entertainment Group since...
The group will provide additional details of its effort at a news conference at 11:00 a.m. Friday at a site to be determined.
At the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida on July 25th, in what has been called a “wubble” (women’s bubble) the WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association) kicked...
THE WASHINGTON INFORMER — Willis, a former New York Liberty and Los Angeles Sparks guard in the WNBA, joins a growing number of retired WNBA stars...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “My dad was a bigger believer in good basketball… basketball was basketball to him, and I think he recognized early the impact that...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Memphis Grizzlies have hired former Notre Dame women’s associate head coach Niele (knee-L) Ivey among the new assistants on Taylor Jenkins’ staff....
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The Los Angeles Sparks stretch their winning streak to four after routing a shorthanded Phoenix Mercury. Five Phoenix players were sidelined by injury....
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — If Las Vegas had Aces, the Los Angeles Sparks had a royal flush on Thursday in their 76-68 win over the Las...
ROLLINGOUT — To call soccer superstar Megan Rapinoe “bold” is an understatement. She is one of the few athletes audacious enough to take up the cause...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — Perhaps more than any other pro league, the WNBA has fully embraced social media. It is in the third year of a three-year...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — The NBA also announced its plan to introduce a re-imagined direct to consumer offering of NBA games for fans in Africa.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “That’s why it’s so refreshing when a white American takes a stand on those issues, the way Walton did at the MLK symposium....
The City of San Leandro is pleased to announce that Junior Warriors Basketball is back for its 19th year in San Leandro. This program is open...