Posts by Jackie Powell

Jackie Powell covers the New York Liberty and runs social media and engagement strategy for The Next. She also has covered women's basketball for Bleacher Report and her work has appeared in Sports Illustrated, Harper's Bazaar and SLAM. She also self identifies as a Lady Gaga stan, is a connoisseur of pop music and is a mental health advocate.

How roster crunch led to Liberty waiving Layshia Clarendon

May 20, 2021

Young guards Jones, Richards to play more in support of Ionescu

Many heroes in New York’s 3-0 start

May 19, 2021

Ionescu, yes, but Whitcomb and Shook also vital to Liberty surge

2021 Liberty home opener mirrors 2019 start — with different outcome

May 16, 2021

How the Liberty moved past mistakes in 2019 to create a different outcome in 2021

2021 WNBA season preview: New York Liberty

May 13, 2021

A tree grows in Brooklyn, finally

New faces, more questions in Liberty training camp

April 27, 2021

New York has 19 players on roster and plenty of complications

The Liberty understand what they can’t teach in the 2021 Draft

April 18, 2021

New York’s selections at Nos. 6 and 17 reveal a shift in focus, albeit a rational one

2021 WNBA Draft Preview: New York Liberty

April 14, 2021

New York plans continue adding pieces who all possess grit and selflessness

Sami Whitcomb aims to help lead a team of ‘gym rats’

February 24, 2021

How Whitcomb’s career evolution mirrors how the Liberty want to operate

Natasha Howard looks to ‘make things shake’ this season in New York

February 17, 2021

Acquiring Howard reveals what the Liberty learned about last season

With Natasha Howard and Sami Whitcomb, will New York begin to win in a flash?

February 12, 2021

New York stays true to the ‘Hybrid Rebuild’