Dawn Staley to Lead Experienced Staff into 2021 AmeriCup Action
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2018-21 USA Basketball Women’s National Team head coach
Dawn Staley has been tabbed to head up the 2021 USA AmeriCup Team coaching staff as the USA looks to earn a second-straight gold medal at the FIBA Americas event. Staley, who recently led her University of South Carolina team to the 2021 NCAA Final Four, will be assisted by University of Arizona head coach
Adia Barnes, who took the Wildcats to the 2021 NCAA title game, as well as U.S. Olympic assistant coach
Jennifer Rizzotti.
The USA team that will compete in the AmeriCup will be comprised of current collegiate athletes, and invitees to attend the April 18-21 team trials, held at the University of South Carolina, will be announced at a later date.
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“When I took this job not even two years ago, I knew the players had such a strong voice, but I think, in the last year, millions and millions of people know who they are (now) and what they stand for,” WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert said by phone on Friday.
“I’m so impressed with the players and proud of them and we continue the important work.”
From sneakers and cosmetics to automobiles and more, players’ profiles are on the rise as they snatch up brand deals, and Engelbert is banking on this surge in popularity to steer a successful 2021 season. The players’ activism during the 2020 season of pandemic and social justice protest brought increased interest to the league that many never would have considered possible given the conditions.
13 inspiring Texas women who reshaped U.S. history
These athletes, businesswomen, politicians and mavericks should be praised during Women’s History Month and any other day
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SAN ANTONIO – First female governor of Texas, first Black woman to fly a plane, first woman to coach an NBA team, first Black woman from a Southern state to serve in the U.S. House.
These Texas women were trailblazers in turning society on its head and they raised hell by doing so.
This Women’s History Month, KSAT is highlighting 13 iconic women of Texas who helped change the course of history, either in businesses, politics or everyday life.
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