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Comets legend Cynthia Cooper to be inducted into Houston Sports Hall of Fame with star-studded 2024 class
Read full article: Comets legend Cynthia Cooper to be inducted into Houston Sports Hall of Fame with star-studded 2024 classThis comet continues to soar and is finally getting her well-deserved flowers for her iconic career in women’s basketball.
Breanna Stewart edges Alyssa Thomas and A'ja Wilson for WNBA MVP award in tight race
Read full article: Breanna Stewart edges Alyssa Thomas and A'ja Wilson for WNBA MVP award in tight raceBreanna Stewart won the WNBA’s Most Valuable Player award for the second time in her career Tuesday in a very close race.
HISTORY RECAP: Houston Comets won 4th WNBA Championship 23 years ago ⛹️♀️🏅🏆; Photos here
Read full article: HISTORY RECAP: Houston Comets won 4th WNBA Championship 23 years ago ⛹️♀️🏅🏆; Photos hereThe lights, the trophy, the confetti. How many of you remember Aug. 26, 2000, in the city of Houston when history was made?
Pregnancy and sports a challenging combination for female professional athletes
Read full article: Pregnancy and sports a challenging combination for female professional athletesRecent allegations by WNBA player Dearica Hamby that her coach harassed her for being pregnant have shined a renewed spotlight on one of the biggest challenges that female professional athletes face.
Former Houston Comets legends part of WNBA ‘Vote for the GOAT’ poll
Read full article: Former Houston Comets legends part of WNBA ‘Vote for the GOAT’ pollTo celebrate its 25th anniversary, the WNBA came out with its top 25 players ever from which fans can then select their choice for Greatest of All Time (GOAT).
NBA says it will no longer work with Houston photographer who posted offensive meme about Kamala Harris
Read full article: NBA says it will no longer work with Houston photographer who posted offensive meme about Kamala HarrisHOUSTON A freelance NBA photographer from Houston is in the hot seat after he shared an offensive meme about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on his Facebook page shortly after the pair announced they were 2020 running mates. The photographer, Bill Baptist, posted a meme that read Joe an and the Hoe.Former WNBA star and Houston Comet Sheryl Swoopes was quick to call Baptist out for the post that she deemed disrespectful.So this guy works for the NBA but covers the Houston Rockets, she wrote. @NBA and Houston Rockets he needs to GO!!! !Houston photographer Bill Baptist apologized after posting an offensive meme about Kamala Harris on social media. Although he does not work for the Houston Rockets as Swoopes wrote, he has covered the team for a number of years.
Summer of Women: Females stole the show at 1996 Olympics
Read full article: Summer of Women: Females stole the show at 1996 OlympicsIt remains the biggest jump at a single Olympics in the number of women competitors. Both wound up being two of the most popular sports at the Atlanta Games. On the other side of that curtain, the U.S. captured its first team gold medal in women's gymnastics with a group that became known as the Magnificent Seven. Then, for the gold medal game, I heard they were scalping tickets. You had some of the biggest, tallest women in the Olympics, and some of the shortest women in the Olympics going by each other.All of them stood tall in Atlanta.