Basketball News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
At 36 years, the Minnesota Lynx star center Sylvia Fowles will be retiring at the end of this season. After her 15th season and a more than successful career, Fowles has earned some time of rest for her battle-proven body. Sylvia Fowles’ Legacy Fowles has an exciting, post-basketball future to look forward to, but her […] READ MORE
With the WNBA Playoffs just about one month away, it is time to look at how the top three picks in this year’s draft have been doing so far. The Top Three WNBA Draft Picks’ Performances Rhyne Howard As the first pick in the draft, Rhyne Howard has a lot of pressure on her to […] READ MORE
WNBA expansion needs to happen. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert recently told The Athletic that the league hopes to expand by the 2024 season. With that hope comes two potential new teams. These two new teams would be the first expansion franchises since the Atlanta Dream began play in 2008. The league has been sitting at 12 […] READ MORE
The 2022 WNBA draft has concluded. There had been a lot of movement throughout the offseason leading up to the draft, and Monday night was the cherry on top. The top of the draft was mostly uneventful and went as planned, but then there were some surprises later on. It was a fun night filled […] READ MORE
In a crazy unexpected turn of events, Sandy Brondello and the Phoenix Mercury have decided to part ways. Brondello is one of the best coaches in the WNBA. She has eight consecutive playoff appearances, a championship, and nine single-elimination wins. This move is entirely out of the blue and makes me wonder what is happening. […] READ MORE
Shey Peddy is quickly becoming one of the WNBA’s most recognizable names. If you didn’t already know her from her buzzer-beating three-pointer from a year ago, you might know her for consistently performing on the biggest stage possible: the WNBA playoffs. Peddy has helped lead her team to the WNBA Finals, though it hasn’t always been […] READ MORE
It’s time to talk about the greatest player in college basketball. Yes, I’m talking about Paige Bueckers. The freshman sensation at the University of Connecticut is taking the country by storm while putting on a clinic on the basketball court. As usual, the Huskies are loaded with talent, but the team starts and stops with […] READ MORE
The British women’s basketball team hosted the 2012 Summer Olympics and almost qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics. They did not win a game in the 2012 Summer Olympics but have steadily improved into one of the top European basketball nations in the world. Throughout the WNBA, they had three players represented in the WNBA, […] READ MORE
2020 – the most interesting year in sports history, especially in basketball. A bubble in the “happiest place on Earth” aka Disney? I don’t think that was in anyone’s dreams, including the Saturday Night Live crew. It is time to say farewell to 2020. It was arguably the hardest year financially and also emotionally. March […] READ MORE
The Seattle Storm won their fourth WNBA Championship in their franchise history this season. They swept the Las Vegas Aces in the WNBA Finals series three games to zero. As a result, Sue Bird became just the 10th player in WNBA history to win four WNBA championships according to Sarah Valenzuela of the New York […] READ MORE
Raheem Bashir started blogging on a Gmail site called Blogger and has covered sporting events in rugby union/league and soccer. Since then he has become the Last Word on Sports writer for rugby, soccer, and previously basketball. He is also a member of the North American Soccer Reporters and The Rugby Union Writers’ Club.
Raheem graduated from George Brown College with a Digital Media Marketing Post-Grad Certificate in 2019. From the same college, Raheem also did a post-grad certificate in Sport and Event Marketing in 2017. Lastly, he did an undergrad Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Toronto in 2016.