Diversity Management, News and Updates
Charles Barkley, a former NBA player and current analyst for TNT’s “Inside the NBA,” has issued an apology after threatening to hit Alexi McCammond, a female journalist for Axios covering the 2020 presidential race for the outlet. Despite saying she would normally never break an off-the-record interview agreement, on Tuesday,…
Basketball legend Lisa Leslie will be the 11th statue outside of the famous Staples Center in California and the first woman ever honored with a bust. Leslie’s statue will also be the first of a WNBA player outside of a team’s home arena. Leslie has a long and successful history…
The NBA does it again. For the fourth time this off-season, one of its franchise’s has hired a woman to be an assistant coach. The Memphis Grizzlies head coach Taylor Jenkins named Niele Ivey to his coaching staff, making her the ninth active female assistant coach in the NBA. For the…
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…
“Space Jam 2,” the second installment of the classic Michael Jordan-Bugs Bunny part-animated 1996 film, will star LeBron James. Filming is underway and video obtained by TMZ from the set shows James with his newest Los Angeles Lakers teammate Anthony Davis. Other NBA buddies, including Damian Lillard and Klay Thompson,…
Former NBA star Dwyane Wade was busy with basketball in April 2019 when his family went to a Miami Beach Pride parade in support of his young son, Zion. But he gave a shout out to his family on social media. On his Instagram story, he shared photos of his family…
A groundbreaking step for women coaches has been made by the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers and newly minted head coach John Beilein as they hired Lindsay Gottlieb — the first Division I women’s basketball coach to their staff. This is a historic hire for the NBA, as Gottlieb is the first…
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele signed a resolution on Monday declaring racism and discrimination a public health crisis in the area. “Everybody has been reading and hearing about the same set of statistics in Milwaukee for decades,” Abele said. “We lead in an unfortunate way the racial disparities in employment,…
NBA star, entrepreneur and philanthropist LeBron James joined a nationwide effort to provide food for families in need. Through the LeBron James Family Foundation, he has partnered with Walmart (No. 34 on The DiversityInc Top 50 Companies list) and Sam’s Club to support the Fight Hunger Spark Change initiative. According…
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…