Tag: Culture
How Brionna Jones and Alyssa Thomas remained teammates … in college, the WNBA and Prague
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — Brionna Jones pushes a referee’s opening tip to Alyssa Thomas, who corrals the pass, scoots around a defender and finishes...
Blue Christmas: How homesick WNBA players create holiday traditions overseas
In No Offseason, The Athletic follows the paths of women’s basketball players after their WNBA seasons’ end and their travels begin. From Turkey, Israel, Italy,...
WNBA players are going back to campus – as women’s college basketball coaches
There is a moment after every player moves to the coaching chair when they begin to realize the error of their ways. Something that...
Dawn Staley, advocate and champion with no ceiling: Our Women’s College Basketball Person of the Year
In December, The Athletic will be highlighting the coaches, athletes and other figures who made the biggest impact in the U.S. sports we cover, as...
The Athletic’s Sportspersons of the Year: Athletes and coaches who defined 2022
Who made the biggest impact in their area of the sports world in 2022?We posed this question to our U.S.-based writers and editors who...
