In a WNBA season where there are no Black women head coaches, it's great to see Roneeka Hodges (CT) and Kristi Toliver (PHX) make the most of their opportunities to lead their respective teams.
Both coaches stepped up in the absence of their team's head coach – and won.
Dear white women. The Handmaids Tale did not "predict the future," it is without exaggeration based on the real treatment of Black and Indigenous people thru history. It HAS happened, its BEEN happening, its just for the first time it is happening to YOU. Get it together.
This Karmelo Anthony verdict being found guilty right after a Chinese man was found innocent after chasing a black kid down and killing him should tell you everything you need to know about what our priorities should be in these United States
How many Emmett Tills and Scottsboro Boys do you need over how many successive generations before you’re ready to accept the USA hasn’t fundamentally changed in 250 years??
One of the biggest reasons expansion team Toronto has a winning record through the first 25% of the season has been the play of Brittney Sykes.
Across the Tempo’s six victories, Sykes is averaging (24.5) points per game and is coming off a 25-point performance in a 17-point win over Chicago.
Toronto is (4-1) this season when Sykes scores at least 20 points, with its lone loss in those games coming by just four points. With rookie guard Kiki Rice expected to miss the next few weeks, the Tempo will need Sykes to continue leading the offense if they want to remain competitive.
The 2025 WNBA All-Star returns to action this week, beginning tonight against the Connecticut Sun before facing her former team, the Washington Mystics, on Friday as Toronto looks to keep adding to its win total. 🪄
Same state. Different justice.
2023: Alec Adamson (Prosper, TX) shoots & kills a Black student, leads police on car chase + foot pursuit.
Sentence: 4 years. Served: 2.
2025: Karmelo (Frisco, TX) gets jumped by white students, defends himself with a knife.
Sentence: 35 years.
Tell me this isn’t two-tiered justice.
MILESTONE TRACKER: It feels like just yesterday that A’ja Wilson recorded her 5,000th career point, and now she’s already on the verge of reaching 6,000.
The four-time MVP is just 58 points away from the milestone and, at her current scoring pace, is projected to reach it within the next three games. When she does, she is expected to surpass Diana Taurasi as the fastest player in WNBA history to score 6,000 career points.
Wilson is also closing in on another historic milestone this season. She is on pace to become just the sixth player in WNBA history to record 600 career blocks, a feat she is projected to accomplish within the next 20–24 games. 🪄
to the women who built the WNBA:
the gay athletes who were forced to
hide
pretend
and shrink themselves so this league could survive
your quiet courage became the foundation of something bigger than sport. you are the blueprint every league aspires to follow.
Happy pride 💗
They shooting the messenger, but she ain’t wrong. Dating and sex were heavily demonized in a lot of our homes. We were told to stay away from boys and focus on school. The problem is that relationships are a skill set too and many Black women were prepared for careers but left to figure out dating, boundaries, and healthy partnership on our own.