Former WNBA player Kara Lawson is the first woman hired as the Boston Celtics’ assistant coach in the history of the franchise. The Celtics made the announcement on Wednesday. Kara Lawson attended the University of Tennessee during the years of 1999 to 2003; and played basketball led by the all-time…
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NBA Sets Goal for Hiring More Women as Referees and Coaches, But Needs a Strategy
NBA League Commissioner Adam Silver told The Economic Club of Washington, D.C. that the NBA has set a goal for at least half of its referees to be women. Silver also said that “there’s no reason” why women shouldn’t also be coaching men’s basketball. According to Silver, there are only…
Archived: LeBron James: NFL Owners Have 'Slave Mentality'
LeBron James, star of the Los Angeles Lakers, slammed NFL owners on the latest episode of HBO’s “The Shop,” which aired on Friday night. “In the NFL they got a bunch of old white men owning teams and they got that slave mentality,” James said. “And it’s like, ‘This is…