A history lesson worth sharing from the Jackie Robinson of Women’s Basketball Coaching

I've got a confession to make. When I got the initial phone call from Ascend Publishing to collaborate with Marian E. Washington on her autobiography, I knew almost nothing about her. I could have told you she was a longtime coach of women's basketball at the...
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We didn’t have Nikki McCray nearly long enough

We thought we’d have her longer. Nikki McCray, gone at the age of 51, doesn’t seem real. Her funeral is Saturday afternoon in Knoxville and comes 11 years after she was inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame there. Her time in Norfolk was so short that many...
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Kenny Brooks Has Nothing Left to Prove

Everybody else found out in the last two weeks what we’ve known for more than a decade. Kenny Brooks has nothing to prove. The Waynesboro, Virginia native knows not only how to build a program but how to elevate that program to the next level. Seven years in at...
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Virginia-based Vicki L. Friedman, winner of the 2013 Mel Greenberg Media Award, and Paul White are LadySwish, a blog dedicated to the 13 Division I basketball teams in the state. We love the sport — its coaches, its players, its fans and its quirks. Both of us are journalists with more than four decades of experience. Our passion fuels us to deliver our best to our fans and followers every day.

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