Sean Neumann is a reporter at PEOPLE. He has been working at PEOPLE since 2019. His work has previously appeared in Rolling Stone, The New York Times, ESPN, and more. Published on February 16, 2024 11:09AM ESTCaitlin Clark. Credit : Matthew Holst/Getty Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark received an outpouring of messages on Thursday night, congratulating her on becoming the NCAA women’s basketball’s ... Read more
“From Love to the Olympic Court: Anneli Maley and Marena Whittle’s Toughest Game Yet Tests More Than Skill.”BT
Anneli Maley and Marena Whittle Begin Their Olympic Journey with Heart, Pride, and a Message Bigger Than Basketball It wasn’t the start they dreamed of, but for Australian basketball power couple Anneli Maley and Marena Whittle, their debut at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games carries meaning that extends far beyond the scoreboard. On Tuesday, the pair—both proud members of the LGBTQIA+ community—took the court together in ... Read more
“Pride Takes the Court: Anneli Maley and a Groundbreaking Australian Tournament Are Changing the Game.”BT
The fixture has been released for the inaugural 2023 Pride Basketball Australia Tournament, which tips off this February. The tournament is part of the Sydney WorldPride 2023 Pride Amplified Program in partnership with Basketball NSW & Basketball Australia. FIXTURE The tournament will take place from the 22nd-24th of February, 2023 at Alexandria Basketball Stadium. A total of eleven teams will compete ... Read more
Joan Baez Reflects on a Lifetime of Peace in a Poem Inspired by Trump’s America. NQ
Last year, Baez published her first book of poetry, When You See My Mother, Ask Her to Dance, a deeply personal collection of verse that reckoned with her upbringing, her struggles with depression and her musical peers, including Dylan and Jimi Hendrix. In the months since, she has continued to write, finding herself drawn once more to speak out about the most pressing political issues of the day. In this new poem, ... Read more
“Natasha Cloud Isn’t Just Running the Floor—She’s Redefining What It Means to Use Your Voice in the WNBA.”BT
Natasha Cloud finds the video, lowers the volume, and hands you her phone. It’s a racist screed on Snapchat, yapped in a school cafeteria by a teenage girl who is white. It’s vile, pure filth—made even more disturbing because the girl is sitting next to a Black classmate. About the fifth N-word in, you hand the phone back to the 29-year-old point guard of the Washington Mystics. “We had to handle it,” Cloud ... Read more