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Minnesota retains its top spot in this rankings, but Golden State makes its debut into the Top 5
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Minnesota retains its top spot in this rankings, but Golden State makes its debut into the Top 5
The Las Vegas Aces made a major move Monday morning, acquiring NaLyssa Smith from the Dallas Wings with hopes of adding an inside presence to join A’ja Wilson and assisting on the defensive end.
The Minnesota Lynx take over the top spot in this week’s power rankings, while the defending champion New York Liberty dip to No. 4.
Injuries have taken a toll through the first quarter of the season, and clearly have had an affect on teams, including the defending champion New York Liberty.
The Golden State Valkyries have won three in a row and are now eighth in the power rankings, while changing the complexion of the Western Conference
Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers spoke exclusively with WGRamirez.com during her visit to Las Vegas on June 13, on her rookie season and how she’s stayed balanced both on the court and mentally.
LAS VEGAS ACES
The Las Vegas Aces made a major move Monday morning, acquiring NaLyssa Smith from the Dallas Wings with hopes of adding an inside presence to join A’ja Wilson and assisting on the defensive end.
Since bringing Pancake into her life, Aces backup center Megan Gustafson has been able to rely on her lovable Corgi for mental health therapy when needed.
Las Vegas Aces reserve Kierstan Bell entered the fourth and most important campaign of her WNBA career with a heavy heart after losing her father, Perry, who passed away in January.
The Las Vegas Aces hosted nearly 100 high school students for a mental health summit at the team’s headquarters.
With just 39 games of WNBA experience, 31-year-old Crystal Bradford is elated for a second chance and is ready to resurrect her career while adding depth to a talented Las Vegas Aces team that is looking for its third title in four years.
The Las Vegas Aces are set to open the 2025 campaign May 17 at the defending champion New York Liberty. The Aces and Liberty have won the last three WNBA titles. Las Vegas coach Becky Hammon said her team is beyond hungry, it’s starving, to win another title.
WNBA POWER RANKINGS
Minnesota retains its top spot in this rankings, but Golden State makes its debut into the Top 5
The Minnesota Lynx take over the top spot in this week’s power rankings, while the defending champion New York Liberty dip to No. 4.
The Golden State Valkyries have won three in a row and are now eighth in the power rankings, while changing the complexion of the Western Conference
The New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx continue to pace the weekly power rankings, sitting No. 1 and No. 2 after the first month of the season.
The Seattle Storm made a huge jump in the weekly power rankings, having won three in a row since a season-opening loss in Phoenix.
The New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx, last year’s WNBA Finals participants, are the league’s top two teams after opening weekend. The surprising team, however? It’s a mystical one for sure.
The New York Liberty may be the No. 1 team in the WNBA, but the Washington Mystics are tied atop the league standings in another area.
MENTAL HEALTH MATTERS
Front office staff are taking mental health seriously for their WNBA organizations, as the narrative continues to be at the league’s forefront.
As Mental Health Awareness Month comes to close, the conversation stays vibrant in the WNBA, where rookies and veterans have made it a top narrative in order to endure a professional career.
Hailey Van Lith survived suicidal thoughts and mental health issues, and with hard work has persevered en route to becoming the 11th overall pick in the first round of the 2025 WNBA Draft.
From ‘Hashtags’ to ‘Baggage’, Sports Leadership students learn realities of life by sharing their harbored throughs in a mental health essay
The WNBA is a heavy dose of reality and can certainly interfere with the elation rookies feel after achieving their dream of making it to the league. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but sustaining cerebral durability for the next four or five months is a challenge they acknowledge they're up against.
I pay tribute to my own grandfather, Andrew E. Anka, and explain how I was able to transition from my pain of losing him while I was 23, to coping by looking at the next chapter of my life.
Brooke Hawley was one of three teenagers killed when a drunk driver slammed into their stopped car at a stoplight. A fourth teen survived. Life as the Hawley family knew it - full of laughter, and vibrancy, and energy, and wildness, and love, and camping, and hunting, and trips to their cabin - ended abruptly. The Hawley's nightmare continues.
CELEBRATING MOTHERS
Dearica Hamby's dedication toward her daughter, Amaya, is infectious and inspiring. She granted a private Zoom session a couple of months back, in preparation for this Mother's Day project, and it became candid, uplifting, straightforward, and nothing but smiles while talking about her lively little sidekick WNBA fans worldwide have fallen in love with when the two are splashed across social media.
On Thursday May 6, Drew Robinson stepped on to the field at Las Vegas Ballpark, defying the greatest of odds, and accomplished what some might deem a miracle. A little more than one year after surviving a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head during a suicide attempt, it was the second-best Mother's Day gift Renee Robinson could have asked for.
Dearica Hamby's dedication toward her daughter, Amaya, is infectious and inspiring. She granted a private Zoom session a couple of months back, in preparation for this Mother's Day project, and it became candid, uplifting, straightforward, and nothing but smiles while talking about her lively little sidekick WNBA fans worldwide have fallen in love with when the two are splashed across social media.
Arizona basketball coach Adia Barnes is an inspiration to many young women, as a coach, mentor and mother of two. Adia shared some time with WGRamirez.com, and discussed the normalcy of juggling of being full-time collegiate basketball coach and full-time mother.
HONORING PROUD FATHERS
Vegas Golden Knights forward Ryan Reaves has become a fan favorite since arriving in 2018. Fans of all ages love him across the Southern Nevada. At home, he’s as big a fan of his kids, as they are of their father. Ryan talked to WGRamirez.com about how becoming a father has changed his life.
Golden Knights wives Tasha Stephenson, l, and Melissa Smith hold their newborns, Ford and Isla, respectively, donning personalized baby tops as they watch their fathers, Chandler and Reilly, play recently at T-Mobile Arena.
What father wouldn’t be proud of a child who lays out the blueprint of a dream - a detailed five-year plan - and then executes it to perfection? Jordin Ramirez’s #2020Vision came true in November when he received the keys to a facility that will become his perFIcT gym.
Lindy La Rocque grew up in a basketball gym, watching her father, Al, turn Las Vegas’ Durango High School into a basketball powerhouse during the 1990s. Now retired, Al said it’s been a dream come true to have his daughter return home to coach the UNLV Lady Rebels.
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