The WNBA postseason is currently in effect, and the Phoenix Mercury were quickly eliminated, losing both its first-round games in a best-of-three series against the Las Vegas Aces, who’ve now advanced to the semifinal round. It seems easy to imagine the M ...
26 Aug 2022 - DeVon Pouncey
Their reactions to the death of the basketball superstar At any given moment, one could enter into the Street Roots doorway on Northwest Davis Street and hear an intense sports debate brewing among Street Roots vendors, staff and volunteers. Often, the co ...
31 Jan 2020 - DeVon Pouncey
While there are barriers for women of color in her field, she says, there are also advantages As Portland State University Athletics Director Valerie Cleary paced her way into the nearly 2-year-old Viking Pavilion, she had already tackled a couple of her ...
24 Jan 2020 - DeVon Pouncey
The Portland Timbers forward talks to Street Roots about how he uses his platform to advocate for social justice These days, with increasing frequency, sports and politics are destined to collide. A case in point is U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) reaching ...
31 May 2019 - DeVon Pouncey
The former NBA player talks to Street Roots about activism in sports; his new book, ‘We Matter’; and his interviews with families of unarmed victims The 2018 NBA postseason is in full swing. This is the platform that has created historic basketball moment ...
20 Apr 2018 - DeVon Pouncey
His memoir, 'Slide!,' explores American society and his own coming of age through the lens of the Phillies’ 1964 collapse The Philadelphia Eagles’ victory in the Super Bowl was a euphoric milestone in the lives of Philly sports fans. But no matt ...
9 Feb 2018 - DeVon Pouncey