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LAPD Confirms Former WNBA Superstar Cappie Pondexter Was In Police Custody, Not Missing
Source: Tim Clayton – Corbis / Getty Former WNBA baller Cappie Pondexter was reported missing after no one heard from her since Monday, Oct. 5. There was an active search for the professional baller, but the LAPD has confirmed she was still in custody following an arrest. WNBA reporter and writer Lyndsey D’Arcangelo reported that after a false report came in claiming that Pondexter was found, the police have gotten involved and reportedly have leads in the case. Pondexter was last seen leaving her last know location without her wallet and phone. Those items were found in her home. Latest: Cappie Pondexter has been declared a missing person and there is an active investigation going on into her disappearance. Her phone/wallet were found in her home. — Lyndsey D’Arcangelo (@darcangel21...
Barack Obama Praises The NBA & WNBA For Leading Boycott & Calling For Police Reform
Source: NurPhoto / Getty While its crickets from the White House as another Black man was viciously gunned down by the police, our forever President, Barack Obama, is still speaking up and commending those taking action. Following the monumental decision that saw NBA & WNBA superstars say enough, put down the basketball and boycott games in the wake of Jacob Blake’s shooting, and the protests that immediately followed, Barack Obama has chimed in. The 44th President of the United States praised both professional sports leagues for their decision to not play in response to the Blake, an unarmed Black man being shot in the back seven times by a Kenosha police officer leaving him paralyzed. In his tweet that featured the clip of Doc Rivers passionately driving home the point that “this cou...
Kyrie Irving Creates $1.5M Fund For WNBA Players Skipping The Season
Source: Jim McIsaac / Getty Kyrie Irving has made no secret that he’s against NBA players returning to the court to finish out the remainder of the season amidst the COVID-19 pandemic that’s claimed the lives of 140,000+ Americans. So when it got out that many women from the WNBA league had decided to continue to shelter in place instead of participating in the season (forfeiting a year’s worth of salary in the process), the Brooklyn Net’s star point guard decided to put his money where his mouth is and is financially helping the women who are sitting out this year’s games. Blavity is reporting that Irving lunched the KAI Empowerment Initiative this past Monday (July 27) and committed $1.5 million of his own money to help take the financial burden off of players who aren’t risking their he...
WNBA’s Maya Moore Welcomes Home Man She Sacrificed Season To Help Free From Prison
Source: John Atashian / Getty Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore is known for being on the front lines to fight against social injustice, so when her longtime friend was finally released from prison after being wrongfully convicted—the WNBA icon rejoiced. According to published reports, Jonathan Irons, who was sentenced to a 50-year prison bid for a crime he didn’t commit, was embraced by the WNBA. star, who sacrificed her 2019 season, as he walked out of a Missouri penitentiary on Wednesday (Jul 1) nearly four months after a judge overturned his conviction on charges of burglary and assault. “I feel like I can live life now,” Irons said. “I’m free, I’m blessed, I just want to live my life worthy of God’s help and influence,” Irons said. “I thank everybody who supported me — Maya and her ...
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