Category: News
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New York Liberty Launches Second Annual Summer Community Clinic Initiative
Under the collaborated youth basketball program of the Brooklyn Nets & NY Liberty, Brooklyn Basketball, the NY Liberty are excited to launch the second year of hosting Summer Community Clinics. Summer Community Clinics are free to the public, co-ed clinics, for kids ages 8-14, across the NYC five boroughs to ensure young people have a…
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Courtney Vandersloot Visits Hospital for Special Surgery’s Lerner Children’s Pavilion
New York Liberty Point Guard, Courtney Vandersloot visited the Hospital of Special Surgery’s Lerner Children’s Pavilion to spend time with patients and to bond over basketball. With a special guest appearance from New York Liberty mascot Ellie the Elephant, who joined Vandersloot to make impactful memories with patients, handing out Liberty gear, and signing autographs.…
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Courtney Vandersloot visits Long Island Nets “Her Time to Shine” Basketball Clinic
The New York Liberty supported Long Island Nets “Her Time to Shine” basketball clinic at the YES We Can Community Center in Westbury, New York. The clinic focused on championing change on behalf of girls by providing them with positive spaces to connect through the game of basketball. With a surprise appearance from New York…
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Courtney Vandersloot Wins August WNBA Cares Community Assist Award
New York Liberty guard Courtney Vandersloot is the recipient of the August WNBA Cares Community Assist Award, which recognizes her efforts to raise awareness and support research for multiple myeloma. In July 2022, Vandersloot’s mother was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a form of cancer. Vandersloot has since made it her purpose to spread awareness and…
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New York Liberty Hosts Annual Women’s Health Game
The New York Liberty hosted their annual Women’s Health Game presented by Empire BlueCross BlueShield on Sunday, August 6 when the team took on the Las Vegas Aces at 3 p.m. ET in front of a sold out crowd at Barclays Center. Furthering the Liberty’s mission to embrace and uplift the women in our community,…
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New York Liberty, Brooklyn Nets & Long Island Nets Celebrate Autism Awareness Month
In support of Autism Awareness Month, BSE Global partnered with the Brooklyn Autism Center and hosted the entire school for a basketball clinic at the Major Owens Center in Crown Heights. The Brooklyn Autism Center is a private, non-profit school dedicated to providing high-quality education to individuals ages 5 to 21 with Autism. Participants learned…
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Liberty Teams Up With Empire, Common Threads To Host Kick-Off Partnership Event
The New York Liberty partnered with Empire BlueCross BlueShield and Common Threads to host a kick-off event at PS. 398 to celebrate the new partnership. The event included a live cooking demonstration and distribution of fresh produce for the elementary school students. Common Threads provides hands-on cooking and nutrition education programs to inspire healthy habits…
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New York Liberty Launch Inaugural “Season of Giving” Community Gifting Campaign
The New York Liberty successfully launched its first-ever “Season of Giving” community gifting campaign, where the team and nine of its corporate partners teamed up to provide gifts to community organizations throughout the five boroughs for the holiday season.
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NY Liberty, Empire, and Breaking Ground Team Up To Provide Care Packages
The New York Liberty teamed up with Empire BlueCross Blue Shield and Breaking Ground to create over 500 care packages for residents of Breaking Ground’s safe haven transitional residences across New York City. Breaking Ground’s mission is to strengthen individuals, families, and communities by developing and sustaining supportive and affordable housing and programs for vulnerable…
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Assistant Coach Roneeka Hodges Visits Bronx Basketball Clinic
The New York Liberty and the SouthEast Bronx Neighborhood Center (SEBNC) collaborated to host a Liberty Academy clinic at IS.229, located in the Bronx. NY Liberty Assistant Coach, Roneeka Hodges, made a guest appearance and spoke about her journey through her own professional basketball career and now coaching in the WNBA.