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New York Liberty basketball team honored with ticker-tape parade in Canyon of Heroes

Oct. 24, 2024 20:34 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and their New York teammates were showered with confetti as the Liberty celebrated winning the WNBA title in the Canyon of Heroes in downtown Manhattan. New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York City...

WNBA has just 1 Black head coach but more could come from a pool of strong assistants in the league

Oct. 11, 2024 19:49 PM EDT

The WNBA has been praised in the past as a leader for its diversity hiring practices. That hasn't changed, but some things have. At the end of the 2022 season, half of the 12 head coaches in the league were Black. Two years later, Seattle’s Noelle Quinn is the only...