Posts by Jackie Powell

Jackie Powell covers the New York Liberty for The Next and hosts episodes of Locked on Women's basketball where she explores national women's basketball stories. She also has covered women's basketball and the culture of the sport for Bleacher Report, Sports Illustrated, MSNBC, Yahoo Sports, 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.

Jocelyn Willoughby’s breakout game comes amid ‘some little cracks’

September 9, 2020

And why is the latest Liberty loss is partially about who didn’t play

‘The best is yet to come’ for Kylee Shook

September 5, 2020

Kylee Shook has quietly emerged as a symbol of the Liberty’s team culture

‘The work doesn’t end’ when the season does

September 1, 2020

The Liberty understand that fighting for social change is a long game

Walt Hopkins is ‘so damn proud’

August 29, 2020

What propelled the New York Liberty to win number two, and how can this momentum continue?

Offensive confidence for the Liberty’s youngest takes time

August 25, 2020

It’s no coincidence that New York is a more confident team on defense rather than offense

Portrait of a shooting slump defeated: Kia Nurse

August 20, 2020

While battling her shooting slump for the Liberty, what else she found along the way

Jazmine Jones keeps dancing for the Liberty

August 14, 2020

How Jones emerged as the New York’s top rookie scorer

‘We are Young’: How the Liberty refocused from rock bottom to their first win

August 11, 2020

New York’s ‘Young Vets’ are still growing

The Liberty flash their identity in first win

August 9, 2020

Young Vets’ shine in the New York’s victory against the defending champs

The Liberty show, rather than tell, on social justice

August 5, 2020

How New York became Liberty Loud as a new normal