The WNBA has announced a new media rights deal with Disney, NBCU, and Amazon that will distribute more than 125 regular-season and playoff games nationally each season.
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Reflections on the Lynx dynasty years
‘You do a lot of reflecting when you hang up your shoes.’
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Charde Houston brought her unique energy to the Lynx
‘I was one of the catalysts that came in to bring the energy, change the game.’
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Mama Taj let her play do the talking
‘It’s something being a poor kid from Augusta, Georgia. I never thought I could do anything in basketball.’
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Fan favorite Lennox’s pro career began with the Lynx
‘I still have those fans out there. I just felt the energy. I just felt the love.’
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Zahui B. finds happiness with Washington
‘I’m just so happy to be back in the W, and I’m on a team that genuinely loves me and wants me to be greater than I’ve ever been.’
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Diverse hiring up at NFL League Office
The NFL’s racial hiring score went down from last year’s but its gender hiring score went up according to a new report.
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W starts history’s first ‘Wubble’ post-season
This has been the WNBA players’ season-long focus as they advocate for systemic change in this country.
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Keep talking W
Talking WNBA all year round, in-season as well as off-season, has historically been a dilemma for the majority-male mainstream sports media.
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WNBA president prevaricates on league issues
In her September 7 press conference transcripts, Borders seemed to dance around nearly every topic asked by reporters in Seattle, where the 2018 Finals began.
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WNBA rookie Wilson off to a strong start
Amber Stokes is one of two Black female coach/GMs in the WNBA. Now in her second year in Chicago, Stokes told the MSR that she has adjusted to her dual role.
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Shifting the WNBA season to fall/winter a bad idea
Since assuming office in 2014, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver seemingly likes to sow seeds of doubts about the WNBA’s future at inopportune times.
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A ‘simple’ job: marketing the WNBA
It’s not often when the head of a pro sports league is seen taking selfies and glad-handing with common fans, sitting among them as well. Or fist bumping this reporter and politely correcting him afterwards on the proper way of flashing the “W.”