{"id":347,"date":"2025-09-24T15:02:02","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T22:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usa.tribesofandrew.com\/?p=347"},"modified":"2025-09-24T15:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T22:02:02","slug":"347","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/namerica.tribesofandrew.com\/?p=347","title":{"rendered":"Dallas is Rooting for Arike Ogunbowale!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; column_structure=&#8221;3_4,1_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;3_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>To our wonderful Nigerian community in Dallas and beyond, we at Tribes of Andrew are incredibly proud to celebrate one of our own: <b>Arike Ogunbowale<\/b>, the dynamic guard for the Dallas Wings, wearing jersey number <b>24<\/b>!<\/p>\n<p>Arike isn&#8217;t a rookie; she&#8217;s a certified WNBA superstar. Drafted by the Wings in 2019, she has spent her entire professional career lighting up the scoreboard for Dallas, and in the process, she has become a fan favorite and a face of the franchise.<\/p>\n<p>Her name, &#8220;Arike,&#8221; is a Yoruba name that beautifully translates to &#8220;a child you treasure, cherish, pamper, and love.&#8221; It\u2019s a name she embraces with immense pride, and she has always been vocal about the strength and discipline her Nigerian upbringing instilled in her.<\/p>\n<p>As Arike continues to lead the Wings, we want to show her the powerful support of her Nigerian diaspora family. Let&#8217;s make every Wings game feel like a home game for her. Whether it\u2019s by getting her #24 jersey, following her every move, or being present at games and team events, let&#8217;s create a special bond and connection that transcends the court.<\/p>\n<p>We wish Arike an outstanding, injury-free season. May she continue to excel, break records, and be a source of inspiration for us all. Let&#8217;s show the world the passion and loyalty of the Nigerian tribe!<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; type=&#8221;1_4&#8243; theme_builder_area=&#8221;post_content&#8221;][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To our wonderful Nigerian community in Dallas and beyond, we at Tribes of Andrew are incredibly proud to celebrate one of our own: Arike Ogunbowale, the dynamic guard for the Dallas Wings, wearing jersey number 24! Arike isn&#8217;t a rookie; she&#8217;s a certified WNBA superstar. Drafted by the Wings in 2019, she has spent her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":325,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured-dallas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/namerica.tribesofandrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/namerica.tribesofandrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/namerica.tribesofandrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namerica.tribesofandrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namerica.tribesofandrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/namerica.tribesofandrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namerica.tribesofandrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/325"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/namerica.tribesofandrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namerica.tribesofandrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/namerica.tribesofandrew.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}