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DEADSPIN: NBA DRAGS FEET ON HIRING WOMEN HEAD COACHES WHILE ANOTHER HOOPS LEAGUE PROVES HOW STUPID THAT IS
PUBLISHED July 20, 2021 | News
BIG3’S LIEBERMAN, LESLIE WIN TROPHIES, POINT WAY TO INCLUSIVE, EQUITABLE FUTURE OF SPORTS Later this week, when the New Orleans Pelicans officially name Willie Green their eighth head coach in franchise history, the NBA will wrap up a historic offseason of head coaching hires. Of the league’s seven new head coaches, six are Black. Five […]
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ESPN’s Jay Harris helps fund ‘Dream Court’ in Newport News in partnership with Nancy Lieberman Charities
PUBLISHED June 22, 2021 | News
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — The Boys & Girls Club of the Virginia Peninsula has a new outdoor basketball court thanks to two of Old Dominion University’s most notable alumni. The “Dream Court” was unveiled Monday at the Boys & Girls Club’s Great Hampton Roads Unit at 629 Hampton Avenue in Newport News. Nancy Lieberman […]
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Naismith Hall of Fame Basketball Legend Nancy Lieberman WNBA team for Oakland
PUBLISHED June 19, 2021 | News
The former player-coach and Gary Reeves, her development partner, have talked with Vice Mayor Rebecca Kaplan and members of the African American Sports Entertainment Group since March. Nancy Lieberman, one of the most celebrated female basketball players over the last decades, is supporting the push to bring a WNBA (Women’s National Basketball Association) franchise to […]
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NCAA Women’s Final Four and Nancy Lieberman gift dream court to New Orleans community
PUBLISHED June 14, 2021 | News
NEW ORLEANS —Nancy Lieberman Charities, in partnership with Sport Court, teamed up with the NCAA and the New Orleans Local Organizing Committee, consisting of Tulane University, the University of New Orleans, the Greater New Orleans Sports Foundation and the Allstate Sugar Bowl, to provide the Women’s Final Four Dream Court to the New Orleans community. […]
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Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis gets basketball court named after him
PUBLISHED June 10, 2021 | News
BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) – Former U-High and LSU basketball star Glen “Big Baby” Davis received a huge honor on Thursday, June 10. The Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Louisiana awarded a new outdoor basketball court, a Nancy Lieberman Charities Dream Court, to honor Davis in Baton Rouge. The court is located at the […]
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