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4 days ago | slamonline.com | Deyscha Smith

Without the past, there’s no present. Let’s be real: we can’t talk about what’s going on in Phoenix right now without talking about Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner first. DT was the franchise’s first-ever No. 1 pick in ’04, and from the moment she arrived until she retired 20 years later, she was the franchise’s centerpiece, the iron at the core of their offense.

1 week ago | slamonline.com | Deyscha Smith

Women’s sports took over the Met Gala. From Angel Reese—who was an honorary member of the host committee alongside track superstar Sha’Carri Richardson and the GOAT of gymnastics, Simone Biles—to the reigning New York Liberty champs Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones and Sabrina Ionescu, women’s athletes took over the event.

1 week ago | slamonline.com | Deyscha Smith

Shyanne Sellers has been claimed by the Dream off of waivers. The move was made official via the WNBA’s transactions page, and then shortly announced on the Dream’s socials: The Maryland-standout guard, who averaged 14.4 points per game, was drafted this year by the Valkyries in the second-round as the No. 17 pick. She was then waived by the Valkyries, a move that stunned fans as Sellers had not yet played in a preseason game.

1 week ago | slamonline.com | Deyscha Smith

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2 weeks ago | slamonline.com | Jared Ebanks

Darius Acuff Jr. doesn’t have too many vivid memories from when he was really young—we’re talking 2 or 3 years old. But he does remember running around the ACC’s gym that sat just down the street from his childhood home in Detroit while his older cousin’s team tried to practice. All of his memories with the game began in that gym with striped royal blue walls. Since 2003, the father of Darius’ uncle Rashad has taken care of that very gym.