The Minnesota Lynx is celebrating its 20th year in the WNBA this season. In this 20-part occasional series we will take a year-by-year look back, featuring reflections from players, coaches, fans and others. This week: 2002 One of the most unpopular trades in Minnesota Lynx history took place after the 2002 season began. Betty Lennox, a fan favorite since she arrived … [Read more...]
X Games star is living the dream
In the latest installment of the "Only One" series, the search for Black fans at sporting event continues. This week the Only visits the X Games. The law of gravity — what goes up, must come down – applies even if you are a competitor at the X Games. Formerly called the Extreme Games, the multi-day event changed its name two years after it began its run in … [Read more...]
The W’s second half
If the first half was any indication, the next nine games or so of the 2018 WNBA regular season will perhaps go down as the most unpredictable season in league history. “I think the league is as deep as it ever [has] been,” Connecticut coach Curt Miller told the MSR before last week’s All-Star break. Barely three games separate the second and the eighth team in the … [Read more...]
Sportswriter’s All-Star streak continues
Saturday’s WNBA All-Star Game will be this reporter’s first time spending less than five dollars for travel expenses to and from the event. I have attended 12 previous contests, whether out east (New York City, Connecticut, Washington, D.C.), southwest (San Antonio), the desert (Phoenix), or the Pacific Northwest (Seattle), and one WNBA-USA exhibition game in 2010. There are … [Read more...]
The behind-the-scenes local ‘MVP’ of this year’s WNBA All-Star game
The last time the downtown Minneapolis arena hosted a pro basketball mid-season All-Star Game was the 1991 NBA All-Star Game. This Saturday, nearly three decades later, the newly renovated center will host the 2018 WNBA All-Star Game (WASG). The WASG annually is remarkably unlike the NBA star-studded contest for many reasons. “These players and coaches are pretty special … [Read more...]