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Last week, in the midst of talks about equal pay and how good women’s basketball is getting, there was also talk about basketball rims.  Yup, basketball rims; you know, the usually orange, shiny things that basketballs are shot through.  Chicago Sky star, Elena Delle Donne, reignited a conversation that originally began in 2012 with University of Connecticut head coach Geno Auriemma.  Auriemma’s and Delle Donne’s solution to improving and drawing more attention to women’s bas

Did ya know, did ya know that the first round of WNBA draft was yesterday? Indeed it was. Here is the first crop of the WNBA 2015 Rookies: 1) Seattle: Jewell Loyd, Notre Dame 2) Tulsa: Amanda Zahui B., Minnesota 3) Seattle: Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis, Connecticut 4) Connecticut: Elizabeth Williams, Duke 5) Chicago: Cheyenne Parker, Middle Tennessee State 6) San Antonio: Dearica Hamby, Wake Forest 7) Los Angeles: Crystal Bradford, Central Michigan 8) Washington: Ally Mallot,

The first Black History Month tribute to ancient African women focused on the women of ancient Egypt. While much has been written about that empire, there were numerous empires throughout the continent that are often overlooked.  Throughout these kingdoms and empires women thrived and participated in physical activities.  While there is little evidence to support the idea that the women of those times and places were athletes in the sense that we use the word today, the