LaToya Sanders has found her place as Mystics’ glue player after years outside WNBA

Posted Oct 5, 2019
The decision to come back to the WNBA wasn’t one LaToya Sanders took lightly. Washington owned her rights, so she would be only four hours away from her mother in North Carolina. Feelings of guilt about missing time with her family mingled with the desire to end a career on her own terms. Ultimately, she didn’t have to choose one over the other. (Washington Post)

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