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The Atlanta Hawks’ G League affiliate became the first team in the league to hire a woman as general manager with the promotion of Tori Miller to the post Thursday. Miller spent time as a basketball operations intern for the Suns before her time in the G League. She was named assistant GM of the Skyhawks in July 2019 and began her G League career as basketball operations manager three seasons ago with the Erie BayHawks. Former Skyhawks GM Derek Pierce will continue to oversee the scouting department in his role as VP of player personnel for the Hawks.

NWSL Tournament began June 27 in Herriman, Utah

WNBA Season to begin in late July in Bradenton, Florida

NHL 24-team playoff to begin August 1

MLB 60-game season set to open July 23/24

NBA 22-team return July 30 in Orlando

MLS Tournament began Wednesday in Orlando