Tag Archive | Renee Montgomery

Connecticut Sun Brionna Jones Named 2022 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year

Connecticut Sun forward Brionna Jones has been named the 2022 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year, the WNBA announced recently.  She has earned the honor as the league’s top reserve for the first time. Jones received 53 of 56 votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters.  Chicago Sky forward/center Azurá Stevens (two) […]

WNBA Approves Sale of Atlanta Dream to Larry Gottesdiener

 The WNBA and NBA Boards of Governors have unanimously approved the sale of the Atlanta Dream to Larry Gottesdiener, Chairman of Northland, an industry-leading national real estate firm. The three-member investor group is comprised of former Dream star Renee Montgomery, Northland President and Chief Operating Officer Suzanne Abair, and Gottesdiener. “With the unanimous WNBA and NBA votes, today […]

St. Francis College Brooklyn Nevena Dimitrijevic Named to 2021 Nancy Lieberman Award Preseason Watch List

St. Francis College Brooklyn women’s basketball sophomore guard Nevena Dimitrijevic was named to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame/Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s (WBCA) Nancy Lieberman Award Preseason Watch List. Dimitrijevic becomes the first Terrier in program history to be named to the respective list, and the second NEC student-athlete since Saint Francis (PA)’s Jessica […]

Atlanta’s Niki Colleen Named 2018 WNBA Coach of the Year

Atlanta Dream Head Coach Nicki Collen, who guided the team to the No. 2 seed in the 2018 WNBA Playoffs, has been named the WNBA Coach of the Year, the WNBA announced today. She becomes the second Atlanta coach to earn the honor, joining Marynell Meadors (2009). Collen received 37 votes from a national panel […]

Washington’s Delle Donne, Minnestoa Moore Named WNBA Players of the Week

 Elena Delle Donne of the Washington Mystics and Maya Moore of the Minnesota Lynx today were named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Week, respectively, for games played Aug. 6-12. Delle Donne was named Player of the Week for a league-leading fourth time this season and the 16th time in her six-year career after Washington (20-11) […]

Shorthanded Liberty Drop Final Home Game, 86-77

A Tina Charles basket to open the second half gave the New York Liberty a 50-37 lead over the East-leading Atlanta Dream. However, the Dream (22-10) responded with 21 unanswered points, propelling them to an 86-77 victory. The Liberty (7-23) had just eight players available for the matchup; Shavonte Zellous, Epiphanny Prince, Marissa Coleman, and […]

New York Liberty Take on Atlanta Dream in Home Finale

The New York Liberty (7-22) lost a nail-biter to the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday night, falling 82-81. In their last home game of the season on Sunday, they will look to capture the season series against the East-leading Atlanta Dream (20-10) at the Westchester County Center in a game scheduled for 2:30 p.m. QUICK […]