Eric Walden on the NBA: Becky Hammon’s historic turn coaching the Spurs should be a beginning, not an end
There are women all over the league serving in key staff positions, but too many examples of pure sexism still exist.
(Kevin C. Cox | Pool Photo via AP) San Antonio Spurs assistant coach Becky Hammon talks with Quinndary Weatherspoon (15) during the second half of an NBA basketball game against the Utah Jazz Friday, Aug. 7, 2020, in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
Eric is a West Valley City native and a graduate of Granger High School and the University of Utah who joined The Tribune in 2003. He hoards rescue cats and guinea pigs, reads historical fiction, watches British baking shows, and obsesses over 1980s hair-metal bands in his spare time.
Eric is a West Valley City native and a graduate of Granger High School and the University of Utah who joined The Tribune in 2003. He hoards rescue cats and guinea pigs, reads historical fiction, watches British baking shows, and obsesses over 1980s hair-metal bands in his spare time.