Story preview
Continue reading on the publisher site for the full article.
Read on publisher →Swish Appeal
News Atlas is free and independent. If it’s useful to you, you can support it with a coffee. ☕ Buy me a coffee
Coverage
Tone
Context from Wikipedia on the organisations, people and places in this story.
Women's National Basketball Association award
The Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the league's inaugural 1997 season, to the player who most "exemplifies the ideals of sportsmanship on the court—ethical behavior, fair play and integrity." This is the same criterion used by the analogous NBA Sportsmanship Award, given by the NBA since its 1995–96 season.
More on Wikipedia ↗
American basketball player (born 1990)
Nnemkadi Chinwe Victoria "Nneka" Ogwumike is an American former professional basketball player. She was drafted by the Sparks first overall in the 2012 WNBA draft and signed an endorsement deal with Nike soon after. Ogwumike spent her first 12 seasons with the Sparks and was named WNBA MVP for the 2016 WNBA season and won the WNBA Finals the same year. She was named to The W25, the league's list of the top 25 players of its first 25 years, in 2021. Ogwumike is considered one of the greatest WNBA players of all-time.
More on Wikipedia ↗Professional league in North America
The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league in North America composed of 15 teams, scheduled to expand to 18 by 2030. The WNBA is one of the professional women's sports leagues in North America. The league is headquartered in New York City.
More on Wikipedia ↗Outlets covering it
3
in the last 3 days
First reported
37 hr. ago
1 outlets since
Countries
2 other outlets reported this story in the last 3 days.