The 39th Wheelchair Charities Awards honored Cappie Pondexter of the New York Liberty and New York Giants Super Bowl hero Victor Cruz and Claude Ritman, the former executive director of Coler-Goldwater Specialty Hospital, was also honored, along with the Vaccaro family, longtime supporters of Wheelchair Charities.

The affair was held at the New York Hilton, located at 53rd Street and Sixth Avenue, on (Thursday), May 10 at 6 p.m.

Cappie was named Female Athlete of the Year by the Wheelchair Charities. Hank Carter, chairman and CEO of Wheelchair Charities hosted.

Pictured with 4Season Style Management Coordinator, Malcolm Soaries.

This photo shoot and interview were fun and interesting. I was able to speak on tattoos …individualism, factors behind my choices to have tattoos.

Also, 4Season Style Management styled me for the photoshoot.

Check it out in my gallery Cap n Zines !! You can buy the issue from newsstands now..

While NBA players have nothing better to do during a lockout, Cappie Pondexter has been playing ball with the New York Liberty all summer. And three days after it was over, she decided to go under the needle. Just recently, we’ve shown you new ink from Kevin Durant, Matt Barnes and Jeff Teague. Now, thanks to Twitter, we have the latest from the girl who recently gave Sebastian Telfair buckets. Check it out in all its glory after the jump.

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The Liberty’s Cappie Pondexter, a former Rutgers star, has been named one of the Top 15 players in WNBA history.

The other picks: Phoenix’s Diana Taurasi, Seattle’s Sue Bird, Lauren Jackson and Katie Smith; Los Angeles’ Tina Thompson and Ticha Penicheiro; Indiana’s Tamika Catchings; San Antonio’s Becky Hammon; Tulsa’s Sheryl Swoopes; and retired greats Lisa Leslie, Cynthia Cooper, Dawn Staley, Yolanda Griffith and Teresa Weatherspoon.

The list was selected by coaches, players, members of the media and fans as the league celebrates its 15th anniversary. The picks were honored at halftime today during the WNBA All-Star Game.

Pondexter has been an WNBA All-Star in five of her six seasons. She played with the Phoenix Mercury from 2006-09 — helping them to WNBA titles in 2007 and 2009. She was then traded to the Liberty in 2010.
Bird, Catchings, Cooper, Griffith, Jackson, Leslie, Smith, Staley, Swoopes and Thompson were also voted to the league’s All-Decade team five years ago.

The Power Of Our Words

Hi all! Lately I’ve been thinking about words and how much power they have. They have the power to hurt or to heal. They have the power to encourage or discourage. They have the power to incite passion or kill a mood. They have the power to stir up someone’s greatness or tear them down. They have the power to create anger or express love.

Words are powerful. I’ve become more aware of the words that I speak and speak to others. We can make a powerful impact in the lives of others just with our words. I’m sure that we have all experienced having a “bad day” and out of no where, a kind word or encouraging word is spoken and your mood begins to change from “bad” to “better.” How many times have you been the one speaking those kind words?

Growing up, I was fortunate to have a mother and brother that encouraged me and believed in me. Their love and support has played an integral part in shaping me into the person I am today. Not many youth of today have that love or support. Not many are told that they are beautiful, that they are smart, that they can be successful, or that their lives even matter.  There’s greatness in them and sadly, many don’t know that. What can we do? As I talked about in my previous blog, we give back and in addition to that, we speak meaningful words. Just knowing that someone cares is priceless.

Sure, words alone won’t cure all of the ills of life but we’ve got to start somewhere. Let’s encourage one another. Let’s encourage our youth. Let our words inspire greatness and foster integrity. The world is watching. The opportunity and need is there. What are you going to do?

If there were any doubts, Cappie Pondexter erased them Saturday night. Less than a year after she co-piloted the Mercury to its second WNBA championship in three seasons, she has been the leader that has the Liberty ready to make a playoff run.

Pondexter made a dramatic statement, powering the Liberty to a 107-69 win over her former Phoenix teammates to clinch a playoff berth as a crowd of 9,645 at the Garden serenaded her with chants of “M-V-P.”

She scored 28 to lead the Liberty (19-11) to a franchise-record eighth straight win and a franchise high in total points. The Liberty, which is 12-2 since the All-Star break, is now a game behind the conference-leading Fever. With four games to go, including a Tuesday night showdown with Indiana at the Garden, the Liberty definitely has a shot as a conference title.

“With clinching the playoff spot, we reached our first goal,” Liberty coach Anne Donovan said. “Now, we will set new ones.”

Pondexter has always had her eye on leading her new team to a WNBA title. In Phoenix, she was seen as part of a superstar backcourt tandem with Diana Taurasi. After Pondexter asked for the offseason trade to New York, the Liberty is clearly her team.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/nation/pondexter-liberty-too-much-for-dream-100667019.html#ixzz0wzi57mld

FULL STORY HERE

What up Global Grind.

WNBA Player Cappie Pondexter here and happy to report that I will be giving you readers a much needed glance into my world, the world of a WNBA player. A look into the life of a woman with great drive, ambition, passion and an incredible love for fashion. Funny huh? Since most people think fashion and women’s basketball shouldn’t be mentioned in the same breath. Well join me as I take you on a journey through my new home in NYC with the NY Liberty, my life, travels, fab events, my love and involvement with inner city youth and the intricacies of running an image consulting firm… Just a day in the life of someone who’s more than a BALLER!

A little about me:

After spending an amazing and fulfilling four seasons with the Phoenix Mercury, winning two WNBA championships and a USA Olympic gold medal along the way, devising a plan outside of basketball became imperative as the need to fulfill my dreams outside of the league were also important to my personal development. With this in mind, I requested a trade to New York in March of 2010 and began to nurture my second love, Fashion. Just like music, I eat, sleep and breathe fashion. I love the art of it and all the different feels one piece of clothing can provide. So with this dream in hand, I enlisted the help of long time friend, celebrity stylist and business partner, Lisa Smith-Craig and developed an image consulting firm 4seasonstylemanagement.com that caters to athletes, celebs and everyday people looking to develop their specific style and/or image.

Fast forward to present day and there you have it, 5 years in the league and currently in the big apple living both my personal and professional dreams… With everything else in between. Yes, CP23 in a nutshell… well at least some of it.

Stay tuned as the Cappie Pondexter, GlobalGrind take over has officially begun.

xoxo

Pondexter gets help as Liberty edge Silver Stars

The Liberty played its finest all-around game in some time to recover from Sunday’s loss in Atlanta and avoid losing two in a row for the first time since July 6

There were several heroes. Rookie Kalana Greene led the team with a career-high 17 points off the bench, and fellow reserves Plenette Pierson (16 points, eight rebounds) and Essence Carson (eight points in nine minutes) gave the Liberty a much-needed boost on a night when its starting frontcourt of Janel McCarville, Nicole Powell and Taj McWilliams-Franklin combined for just 13 points.

The Liberty built a 10-point lead early in the second quarter, but the Silver Stars, led by Chamique Holdsclaw and former Liberty star Becky Hammon, went on a run. It would have put the Liberty in a big hole if not for Greene scoring nine of the Liberty’s 18 second-quarter points to salvage a 36-36 tie at halftime.

“That’s what I try to do every time I step on the floor,” Greene said. “I feel like if I’m not being productive the minute I’m in, there’s no use in me playing. Tonight I did a little bit more than I usually do.

“We expect teams to go on runs. It’s how we react [that matters] and we reacted beautiful. We executed on offense and at the end made the stops.”

The Liberty out-hustled the Silver Stars most of the night and scored 21 second-chance points to the visitors’ 13.

“Our players were definitely glad to be back in the Garden,” coach Anne Donovan said. “You can see how much more energy we had.”

Point guard Leilani Mitchell posted 10 points (3-for-5 from 3-point range) and eight assists despite early foul trouble, and held five-time All-Star Hammon to 10 points on 2-for-9 shooting.

“She showed her worth tonight,” Pondexter said of her backcourt mate. “She did an excellent job of frustrating [Hammon]. If you didn’t know by now, Lei is one of the best three-point shooters in the league.”