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Dallas’ Isabelle Harrison Receives WNBA Cares Community Assist Award presented by State Farm

By Stacy Podelski July 29, 2022 Leave a comment

Dallas Wings forward Isabelle “Izzy” Harrison has been named the May WNBA Cares Community Assist Award presented by State Farm recipient for her continued efforts to help marginalized communities and advocate for mental health. Harrison has a passion and commitment to community service.  At the start of her 2022 season with the Wings, she participated in […]

Borough of Brooklyn receives new Schoolyard thanks to partnership by Trust for Public Land, Brooklyn Nets, the New York Liberty, Kevin Durant and the Environmental Protection

By Stacy Podelski June 14, 2022 Leave a comment

Trust for Public Land, with support from the Brooklyn Nets & New York Liberty Foundation, Kevin Durant Charity Foundation, and the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, celebrated the opening of the newly renovated schoolyard at the Juan Morel Campos Secondary School in Brooklyn. The schoolyard is part of Trust for Public Land’s New York City Playgrounds […]

Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty Partner With Hospital for Special Surgery to Open Food Pantry

By Stacy Podelski March 2, 2022 Leave a comment

In order to help combat food insecurity in Brooklyn, the Brooklyn Nets, New York Liberty and Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have teamed up to launch The Brooklyn Nets and New York Liberty Food Pantry presented by HSS. The food pantry will be located at P.S. 12 and M.S. 484 in the Ocean Hill Brownsville […]

Washington Mystics Star Shatori Walker-Kimbrough to Grant D.C. Families Back-To-School Shopping Spree Tanger Outlets National Harbor

By Stacy Podelski July 23, 2021 Leave a comment

Washington Mystics guard Shatori Walker-Kimbrough is teaming up with Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation, Delivering Good and Martha’s Table “Get Ready 4 School Giveaway,” by providing a local family with a back-to-school shopping spree at Washington, D.C. Metro Area’s upscale Tanger Outlets National Harbor. On Monday, July 26, Walker-Kimbrough will be joined by Ra’Chelle Dennis and her […]

David Benavidez Gives Back to Phoenix Youth

By Stacy Podelski March 9, 2021 Leave a comment

Two-time world champion and Phoenix native David Benavidez will be donating a portion of his fight purse this Saturday, March 13 to the Boys and Girls Club sports program. Those proceeds will be used to sponsor a team in the Boys and Girls Club of the Valley basketball league. Arizona sports fans will be watching […]

News and Notes from the Washington Capitals

By Stacy Podelski January 14, 2021 Leave a comment

Lots happening as the 2021 National Hockey League season is about to begin. Here are the latest news from the Washington Capitals: The Capitals and their players continue to contribute to the community thanks to the Hath’s Heroes fundraiser, the most recent event held in December, raised $12,215 through Monumental Sports & Entertainment Foundation. Proceeds will […]

New York Liberty’s Jocelyn Willoughby to Launch Book Club in 2021

By Stacy Podelski December 30, 2020 Leave a comment

The New York Liberty announced Read What You Sow with Jocelyn Willoughby, a book club set to officially launch in February 2020. Read What You Sow will explore the injustices disproportionately facing Black and Brown people within healthcare, education, and other social systems fundamental to the welfare of all people through the lens of women […]