Tag: coaching

The Times’ softball player of the year: Kai Minor of Orange Lutheran
Four years ago, after seeing freshman outfielder Kai Minor for the first time during the first softball practice, Orange Lutheran High coach Steve Miklos remembers arriving at home and telling his wife, “This girl is special.” And she was. Minor, headed to Oklahoma after four spectacular seasons at Orange Lutheran, saved her best for her…

1 WNBA team’s coaching staff is under investigation for a second time this year
The Seattle Storm have gone through some cataclysmic changes over the past few years, starting with Sue Bird retiring after two decades with the franchise. Soon after, Breanna Stewart signed with the New York Liberty in free agency, and the Storm signed Nneka Ogwumike and Skylar Diggins. The last piece of their Big-Three of the…

Phoenix Suns’ Michigan State connections are too big to ignore after head coaching hire
The Phoenix Suns might have been the most disappointing team in the NBA this season. The franchise went all-in for a championship hours after Mat Ishbia gained control of the franchise as its new governor by swinging a huge trade for Kevin Durant that involved Mikal Bridges, Cam Johnson, and four unprotected first-round picks and…