For WNBA Fans

Positive vibes are all around the women's professional basketball world with the Mystics hiring a very well respected coach in the WNBA.

Thibault says he will focus on free agency before making any decisions about whether or not to break up the core of the WNBA-worst Mystics.

Minnesota Lynx guard Candice Wiggins doesn't need a books or stats to understand the significance of speaking out about the HIV/AIDS epidemic in black communities- as many WNBA fans are well aware, Wiggins lost her father to AIDS before she really even got to know him.

I was just as baffled as anyone else by the Washington Mystics announcement that they had parted ways with Julie Plank and promoted assistant Trudi Lacey to coach and general manager. And that's not the message the Mystics want to send.

The value of people like Washington Mystics owner Sheila Johnson taking a stand is that they have the power to give others the courage to take a stand. Even if it's just influencing people close to us, we all need someone to inspire us to find our own voices before any reasonable action is taken.