Dec. 7—After leading the Dimond High football team to its first Alaska state championship in 23 years, junior Cayden Pili on Friday became just the second player in program history to be named ...

Alissa Pili was back home in Anchorage, Alaska, when she received the text. She was midway through a workout in her old high school gym, stopping briefly to check her phone. “I have some good news,” ...

SEATTLE — Alissa Pili could feel the difference. Pili, who grew up in Alaska and graduated from Dimond High, stepped on the floor Tuesday at Climate Pledge Arena as a newly minted member of the WNBA.

Noa Dalzell is a senior writer covering the WNBA and all of women’s basketball for Breakaway, SB Nation’s women’s sports vertical, as well as the Celtics for CelticsBlog. MINNEAPOLIS — Alissa Pili is ...

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The Utah Utes women’s basketball team practices daily against grown men. Most of them played at a high level in basketball, some at the NAIA level. But they all have a problem they just can’t seem to ...