"renee-montgomery" Articles & Blogs:
Connecticut and Minnesota swap draft picks, Trade Montgomery and Whalen
| The big news in the WNBA is that Connecticut and Minnesota have traded first-round draft picks. Previously, Minnesota had the #1 Draft Pick and Connecticut had the #2 overall pick.Trade:to Connecticut: Minnesota's first round draft pick (#1 overall&...[Read on] |
Getting to know your new WNBA
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With the Final Four upon us and the WNBA draft taking place next week, it’s time to take a look at the new class of professional ballers.
Last year was considered the deepest class in WNBA history. This year there isn’t as much depth but with roste...[Read on] |
Women's Hoops Hoopla: UConn Champions, WNBA Draft & more
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In case you’ve been living in a hole, here’s an update on what’s been happening in the world of women’s basketball.
On Tuesday night, the UConn women finished out their perfect season by beating Louisville 76-54 and capturing the NCAA championshi...[Read on] |
UConn women’s basketball champions visit White House
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The benefits of being the best. Win a national championship and you, too, could go to the White House.
A championship ceremony at the White House is standard for many national sports teams. But shooting hoops with the president, now that’s something e...[Read on] |
WNBA’s economic struggles
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The economy isn’t just hurting the everyday blue- collar workers, it’s also hurting the future of professional women’s basketball.
It was brought to my attention by a friend to take a look at an article released on ESPN.com today, in regards to the ...[Read on] |
Confessions of a new fan, or "How I learned to stop worrying and love women's basketball"
| Confession time.
I have never played a game of basketball.
I have never even shot a basketball.
And had you asked me a year ago about basketball, I would have looked at you blankly and asked, "Doesn't it stop like, every five minutes?" or tried to comp...[Read on] |
Player goes from intern to tryout with WNBA’s Sun
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Since I’m originally from Connecticut, women’s hoops is a big deal (have you heard of a li’l school called UConn?). Well, I still read the Hartford Courant with some regularity and loved the story I read today about a University of Vermont student...[Read on] |
Women actors make way less money than men
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I’m sure this is no shock to anyone but the new Forbes list of top earning actresses is out and while some women earn a ton of money from acting and endorsements, they make way les than their male peers.
The top female earner was Angelina Jolie with $2...[Read on] |
Honda Award Winners - Best Female Collegiate Athletes
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For the 24th consecutive year, Honda has honored the most outstanding female collegiate athletes in the nation with the Collegiate Women Sports Awards.
Winners are selected in each of the 12 NCAA-sanctioned sports by a panel of more than 1,000 NCAA a...[Read on] |
Unmatched: Martina and Chris Rivalry
| Tuesday night, September 14 at 8 pm EDT, ESPN will air a documentary entitled, Unmatched. The film follows the tennis rivalry and friendship between Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert. Martina and Chris discussed their relationship on and off the court ...[Read on] |
LPGA set to allow transgender women to play
| On October 13, I posted a story about Lana Lawson who is a transgender woman suing the LPGA for the right to play in LPGA sponsored events. Currently LPGA competitions are restricted to golfers who are “female at birth” effectively excluding transgend...[Read on] |
The Most Powerful Women in Hollywood according to Nikki Finke
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Tonight in Hollywood Elle Magazine will host the annual salute to women in Hollywood. I am looking forward to the day when we don’t need to highlight women because they will have as much power as men, but in reality, women are nowhere near as powerful...[Read on] |
After the WNBA draft: Who's ballin' now?
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After a weekend of festivities, media training and photo ops, the WNBA draft was held Monday at the ESPN headquarters in Connecticut. Girls who have been dreaming of this day since they first dribbled a basketball in a school gym were a bundle of nerves...[Read on] |
Cultural Chick: Three Must-See Female-Inspired Museums
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As an art historian, I am passionate about the woman artist and her place in art historical discourse. So this week I present three museums in the United States that have changed the way women are included, and represented in the art world as artists, cur...[Read on] |
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