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“When I took this job not even two years ago, I knew the players had such a strong voice, but I think, in the last year, millions and millions of people know who they are (now) and what they stand for,” WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said by phone on Friday.
“I’m so impressed with the players and proud of them and we continue the important work.”
From sneakers and cosmetics to automobiles and more, players’ profiles are on the rise as they snatch up brand deals, and Engelbert is banking on this surge in popularity to steer a successful 2021 season. The players’ activism during the 2020 season of pandemic and social justice protest brought increased interest to the league that many never would have considered possible given the conditions.
13 inspiring Texas women who reshaped U.S. history
These athletes, businesswomen, politicians and mavericks should be praised during Women’s History Month and any other day
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SAN ANTONIO – First female governor of Texas, first Black woman to fly a plane, first woman to coach an NBA team, first Black woman from a Southern state to serve in the U.S. House.
These Texas women were trailblazers in turning society on its head and they raised hell by doing so.
This Women’s History Month, KSAT is highlighting 13 iconic women of Texas who helped change the course of history, either in businesses, politics or everyday life.
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Coaches Corner: Mike Thibault
Mar 4, 2021
Mike Thibault has been the head coach and general manager of the Washington Mystics since December 2012, and he is the winningest coach in WNBA history. He led the Mystics to the WNBA Finals in 2018 and to a WNBA championship in 2019.
Thibault was an assistant coach for the gold-medal-winning USA Basketball Women’s National Team at the 2008 Olympic Games and 2007 FIBA Americas Championship and the bronze-medal-winning 2006 FIBA World Cup. He also coached two USA Basketball men’s teams, including the gold-medal winning 1993 FIBA World Cup Qualifying Team and silver medalist U.S. team at the 1995 Pan American Games.
A’ja Wilson Looks to Add to Her Résumé
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The former South Carolina star is back in Columbia for U.S. women’s minicamp.
Things move quickly around
The 6-foot-4 forward stayed home to play college basketball at South Carolina, leading the Gamecocks to their lone NCAA title in 2017. Then she was drafted No. 1 overall by the WNBA’s Las Vegas Aces in 2018 and won the league’s Rookie of the Year Award. She added a WNBA MVP Award to her trophy case in 2020.
Oh, yeah, and South Carolina Athletics erected a bronze statue of Wilson outside of its arena. Not a bad list of accomplishments for someone who’s still just 24 years old.