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City names street for Yolanda Laney, a trailblazer for Philly women’s hoops: ‘It wasn’t just about me’

She mentored stars like Dawn Staley and her own daughter, Betnijah, who's now a WNBA stalwart: “I needed to stay with these kids and help them get to where I had gotten to.”

Yolanda Laney (center) stands with former coaches and teammates(from left) Lydia Hawkins, former Assistant Coach at University City; Bunny Schaffer, Former assistant coach at Cheyney; C. Vivian Stringer, Former women’s basketball coach at Cheyney; and Debbie Walker, who played at Cheyney, at an event that honored Laney with a street named for her at 40th and Baring Streets.
Yolanda Laney (center) stands with former coaches and teammates(from left) Lydia Hawkins, former Assistant Coach at University City; Bunny Schaffer, Former assistant coach at Cheyney; C. Vivian Stringer, Former women’s basketball coach at Cheyney; and Debbie Walker, who played at Cheyney, at an event that honored Laney with a street named for her at 40th and Baring Streets.Read moreJessica Griffin / Staff Photographer