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Tag: WNBA

  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Diana Taurasi Voted By Fans As WNBA’s Greatest Player of All Time

Official Release October 10, 2021 NEW YORK, Oct. 10, 2021 – The WNBA announced today that Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi has been voted by fans as the league’s greatest of all ti

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  • Prof Patty
  • April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

Connecticut Sun unveil new jerseys inspired by Mohegan Tribe and late elder and social justice advocate Gladys Tantaquidgeon

By SHAWN MCFARLAND HARTFORD COURANT  |APR 08, 2021 AT 10:03 AM It’s fitting that Gladys Tantaquidgeon — the late Mohegan elder and pioneer for social justice — will h

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  • Prof Patty
  • January 11, 2021January 11, 2021

Kelly Loeffler Is Done in the Senate. But What About in the W.N.B.A.?

By Sopan Deb and Kevin Draper Jan. 6, 2021, 6:34 p.m. ET W.N.B.A. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert told CNN over the summer that she would not force Loeffler to sell her stake,

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  • Prof Patty
  • October 11, 2020October 11, 2020

The One Name the W.N.B.A. Won’t Say

Players have united to depose a sitting senator in Georgia, who has clashed with the Black Lives Matter movement and is an owner of the Atlanta Dream and one of the wealthiest members of Congress.

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  • Prof Patty
  • September 11, 2020September 11, 2020

Women Take the Lead – Again

In the wake of the shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake by police in Kenosha, Wis., the Women’s National Basketball Association postponed scheduled games on Wednesday and then again on T

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NY Times

  • NOAA Issues El Nino Advisory
  • SpaceX Finalizes IPO Price at $135 a Share in World’s Largest Public Offering
  • Late Night Prepares for Trump’s U.F.C. Birthday Fight at the White House
  • Tornadoes Are Reported as Storms Sweep the Midwest
  • ‘Operation Pushkin’: Paris Trial Puts Spotlight on Rare-Book Heists
https://youtu.be/SmHrlKaOBYc?si=ddFrERkCsPwpL4hw

NPR

  • This week's Short Wave news roundup
  • Socioeconomic factors are becoming 'biologically embedded' in children's brains
  • From neon mosquitoes to winged migrations, top images captured by scientists
  • NASA names 4 astronauts on the 'highly complex' Artemis III lunar training mission
  • Whales are showing up in San Francisco Bay. New ship alerts could help protect them
https://youtu.be/hI1UcHIxK1Y?si=QdV2nwcTpGhpUsOC

The Progressive

  • Fighting for Care
  • The Equity Docket: Fast-Tracking Exclusion
  • Don’t Ax Proven Ways to End Homelessness
  • ‘No One Should Be Left Behind’
  • Donald Trump and a Joyless World Cup
https://youtu.be/ryXsRRonhVc?si=61yPXXV3PS9VEBKv

FactCheck.org

  • Trump Exaggerates Previous Spending on Reflecting Pool
  • FactChecking Trump’s Contentious ‘Meet the Press’ Interview
  • Ohio Senate Candidates Spar Over Donations Tied, Loosely or Not, to Epstein
  • Trump’s Push to Make Daylight Saving Time Permanent
  • Trump Misrepresents Climate Change Scenarios
https://youtu.be/d5BWWQAQ-co?si=He4nHqhAZJodLpvT

Snopes.com

  • Criminals aren't using screws at gas pumps to scam customers, despite warnings
  • DOJ attorney said government could 'bulldoze' Statue of Liberty, but context is key
  • Did Gwyneth Paltrow star in commercial for luxury real estate in Israel?
  • Unverified FBI tip alleged Trump knew of and funded 'underage sex parties' at golf course
  • Image of Karmelo Anthony crying in court is fake. Here's how we know

Tradeoffs

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  • A Closer Look at a Widely Despised Health Insurance Policy
  • Republicans Want to Change How You Buy Health Care
  • The U.S. Saved $1 Trillion on Health Care. Why Doesn't It Feel Like It?

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