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.

Courtney Vandersloot, Sandy Brondello, Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu discuss the New York Liberty win over the Las Vegas Aces on Aug. 28, 2023. (Howard Megdal photo)

The Las Vegas Aces limited Jonquel Jones. The New York Liberty won anyway.

August 29, 2023

‘In order for us to be great, you don’t want to rush it’

How Betnijah Laney and Marine Johannès’ pieces fit the Liberty puzzle 

August 24, 2023

Laney and Johannès stepped up during the Liberty’s west coast road trip

How the New York Liberty won the Commissioner’s Cup

August 16, 2023

Jonquel Jones dominates, Marine Johannès finds her flair in Liberty win over the Aces

In Commissioner’s Cup race, the New York Liberty have been winning for women’s health

August 15, 2023

‘I know that it’s not just about us’

Review: ‘FLEX’ provokes in ways that most fictional storytelling around women’s basketball has not

August 13, 2023

Playwright Candrice Jones and director Lileana Blain-Cruz nail the entertaining and heartfelt conflict.

The message the New York Liberty sent the Las Vegas Aces

August 8, 2023

‘We’re a team that plays hard’

Why the New York Liberty can’t wait to have Stefanie Dolson back on the floor

August 6, 2023

When Stefanie Dolson returns she’ll anchor the Liberty’s talented but less vocal second unit

Zora Stephenson poses for a photo before broadcasting the New York Liberty at Barclays Center.

Zora Stephenson’s journey to the New York Liberty’s broadcast booth

July 28, 2023

‘It’s the league that allowed me to fall in love with the game of basketball’

New York Liberty still working through growing pains at halfway point of 2023

July 23, 2023

Even with tying best 20-game start in franchise history, plenty of work remains

Ohemaa Nyanin is the New York Liberty’s ‘Ms. Make-it-Happen’

July 17, 2023

How the assistant GM became the New York Liberty’s backbone