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 Posted: 08/15/22 5:16 pm ::: Re: Kia Vaughn Retires |
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Our sports culture (and other parts of our culture) too often put forward the message: if you're not a star, you're nothing. Kia Vaughn played for 13 years in the WNBA; I view that as impressive. As a Liberty fan, I saw six of her seasons and she always gave her all. Wishing her well.
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| Posted: 08/15/22 7:44 pm ::: Re: Kia Vaughn Retires |
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Our sports culture (and other parts of our culture) too often put forward the message: if you're not a star, you're nothing. Kia Vaughn played for 13 years in the WNBA; I view that as impressive. As a Liberty fan, I saw six of her seasons and she always gave her all. Wishing her well. |
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| Posted: 08/15/22 8:07 pm ::: Re: Kia Vaughn Retires |
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Our sports culture (and other parts of our culture) too often put forward the message: if you're not a star, you're nothing. Kia Vaughn played for 13 years in the WNBA; I view that as impressive. As a Liberty fan, I saw six of her seasons and she always gave her all. Wishing her well. |
Well put Bob, X_________________________ |
Agreed! I'm definitely going to miss seeing Kia out there! I saw a post that said she, CP and Quigs are the last of the 2008 group.
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| Posted: 08/15/22 10:47 pm ::: |
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That post is wrong; Vaughn was class of 2009. I was there.
(I may have had some loud comments about our draft choices that day.)
(No, they were not directly to Kia, I’m not that kind of asshole.)
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| Posted: 08/15/22 10:51 pm ::: Re: Kia Vaughn Retires |
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Our sports culture (and other parts of our culture) too often put forward the message: if you're not a star, you're nothing. Kia Vaughn played for 13 years in the WNBA; I view that as impressive. As a Liberty fan, I saw six of her seasons and she always gave her all. Wishing her well. |
Amen to this.
Good luck to Kia!
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Bob Lamm
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| Posted: 08/15/22 11:02 pm ::: |
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| Thanks to LibFan, WfanFrJmp, and Chicago Annie for supporting my criticism of the view that "If you're not a star, you're nothing." I've tried to challenge this both inside and outside sports culture over a long period of time. Kia Vaughn's 13 seasons in the WNBA are a great example.
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| Posted: 08/16/22 12:05 am ::: Re: Kia Vaughn Retires |
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| Bob Lamm wrote: |
Our sports culture (and other parts of our culture) too often put forward the message: if you're not a star, you're nothing. Kia Vaughn played for 13 years in the WNBA; I view that as impressive. As a Liberty fan, I saw six of her seasons and she always gave her all. Wishing her well. |
Well put Bob, X_________________________ |
Agreed! I'm definitely going to miss seeing Kia out there! I saw a post that said she, CP and Quigs are the last of the 2008 group. |
Parker and Fowles were 1-2 in that draft, Quigs was second round, and KRYSTAL Vaughn from VCU was third round.
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WfanFrJmp
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| Posted: 08/16/22 7:00 pm ::: Re: Kia Vaughn Retires |
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| WfanFrJmp wrote: |
| Lib Fan wrote: |
| Bob Lamm wrote: |
Our sports culture (and other parts of our culture) too often put forward the message: if you're not a star, you're nothing. Kia Vaughn played for 13 years in the WNBA; I view that as impressive. As a Liberty fan, I saw six of her seasons and she always gave her all. Wishing her well. |
Well put Bob, X_________________________ |
Agreed! I'm definitely going to miss seeing Kia out there! I saw a post that said she, CP and Quigs are the last of the 2008 group. |
Parker and Fowles were 1-2 in that draft, Quigs was second round, and KRYSTAL Vaughn from VCU was third round. |
Ahhh gotcha! Thank you for the clarification!
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| Posted: 08/16/22 7:20 pm ::: |
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I still remember Kia from her days at Rutgers, and the infamous TN/Rutgers game, etc.
Though not a Rutgers fan/follower, I really enjoyed some of their stars, like Kia, Cappie, Epiphanny, etc. Old faves of mine also include Tammy Sutton-Brown, Essence, Matee and Chelsea.
Betnijah, Kahlea and Erica are carrying on the honor nicely, too. Quite a tradition, back in their halcyon days.
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| Posted: 08/16/22 10:18 pm ::: |
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| I was skeptical that she could make a w career. But good for her. a nice career. Hope she does well in whatever she chooses to do now.
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