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Recap: GladiatHers® Women in Sports Mixer
On Thursday over 60 women in the sports industry gathered to connect with and learn from one another in Atlanta, GA. The atmosphere was...
Jul 18, 20181 min read
Skylar Diggins: Still Changing the World and Ready for the 2017 WNBA Season
We spoke with Skylar Diggins at the end of last year and she had a TON of great things going on. Three months later…she still has a TON...
Mar 31, 20174 min read
Who Can Upset UCONN and What Will it Take?
This year was supposed to be the “rebuilding year” for Geno Auriemma’s team, but wins over 9 top 25 teams rebuked that notion. They have...
Mar 9, 20173 min read
UConn’s 100 Wins is About More Than Talent
Last night, with a win over the South Carolina Gamecocks, the University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Team extended its already epic...
Feb 14, 20173 min read
NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: BALLERS TO WATCH IN 2017
The 2016-2017 season is shaping up to be one of the best years for women’s college basketball. There have been really good games so...
Dec 12, 20163 min read
LaChina Robinson: Fighting to Make You Love Women’s Basketball
Right now it may be difficult to avoid thinking about how racism and sexism continue to permeate American society. But in the midst of...
Nov 11, 20165 min read
GENUINE PATRIOTISM
If you read this blog with any sort of regularity, and by now you definitely should be, you know that I played sports for practically my...
Sep 28, 20164 min read
AND IF YOU DON’T KNOW, NOW YA KNOW…
The Olympics have come and gone. I must say, aside from Ryan Lochte’s full-on frat bro display of stupidity and utter disrespect, I...
Aug 23, 20164 min read
GLADIATHER WIVES: COURTNEY AJINÇA
We all grow up with certain expectations in life. We have ideas about what careers we’ll have, who we’ll marry, how many kids we’ll...
Aug 17, 20166 min read
GLADIATHER GRADS: NICOLE POWELL
Today we have our second addition to our newest feature, GladiatHer Grads, and she’s a dynamic sports writer who’s taken her passion for...
Aug 4, 20163 min read
GladiatHer Law: The WNBA’s Fine Fiasco
Y’all. Last week I broke protocol and wrote about men in sports on the blog. I feel/felt so strongly about the treatment of black bodies...
Jul 21, 20165 min read
Beyond the Accolades: How Pat Summitt Changed My Life
Over the next several days, you’re going to hear and read powerful stories about the late, great Patricia Sue Summitt. Family, friends,...
Jun 29, 20164 min read
THE TIME THE LYNX WERE AT THE WHITE HOUSE…FOR THE THIRD TIME
Yesterday GladiatHers™ was on hand to see the Minnesota Lynx be recognized at the White House for being the 2015 WNBA Champions. It was...
Jun 28, 20162 min read
WHO ARE THE 20 AT 20?
Yesterday, right before the epic game that was the Lynx v. Sparks’s Battle of the Undefeateds, the WNBA named its 20 Greatest and Most...
Jun 22, 20167 min read
How can softball afford a million dollar player?
Last week the National Pro Fastpitch’s (NPF) Houston-area Scrap Yard Dawgs signed one of the world’s best softball players, Monica...
May 12, 20165 min read
GladiatHer™ Wives: LeShonda Martin
We took a couple months off, but GladiatHer™ Wives is back and it was worth the wait! Recently, we got to sit down with a pretty...
May 4, 20166 min read
ANGIE LEWIS: HELPING ATHLETES HELP OTHERS
A small percentage of high school athletes play sports in college. A very small percentage of those athletes go on to play their sport...
Apr 28, 20166 min read
LET’S NOT TALK ABOUT RIMS
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. ...
Apr 7, 20164 min read
NO COUNTRY FOR TENNESSEE COACHES
On February 9th we learned of another Title IX lawsuit against a major institution. This time a group of unnamed women are alleging the...
Feb 24, 20164 min read
Guess Who’s Bizack: Tamika Catchings
Last year GladiatHers™ got a pretty wonderful opportunity to sit down with living basketball legend Tamika Catchings following her...
Feb 15, 20164 min read
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