๐Ÿ€ Back in the Headlines
Billionaire Larry Tanenbaum revives efforts to bring WNBA to Toronto
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Canadian billionaire Larry Tanenbaum is reportedly working to bring a WNBA franchise to Toronto after previous efforts stalled last year. Tanenbaum is chairman of the Maple Leafs Sports and Entertainment (MLSE) sports group โ€” owner of Torontoโ€™s NHL, NBA, and MLS franchises โ€” and is hoping to add womenโ€™s basketball to his sports portfolio.
March 06, 2024
๐Ÿ€ Fever (sales) pitch
Indiana Fever report increase in ticket sales and interest thanks to Caitlin Clark
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The Caitlin Clark Effect. Clarkonomics. The Iowa starโ€™s game-changing influence on college basketball encompasses many terms, but thanks to her declaration for the 2024 WNBA Draft, thereโ€™s a new one: Caitlin Clark Fever. Clark is already reshaping the economy for her expected landing place, the Indiana Fever.
March 04, 2024
๐Ÿ“ˆ Growing, growing, gone
Ticket sales for the Big Ten womenโ€™s basketball tournament reflect Caitlin Clark Effect
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After a record-breaking womenโ€™s March Madness in 2023, the popularity of womenโ€™s college basketball โ€” and namely aforementioned Iowa star Caitlin Clark โ€” keeps on growing, but the NCAA is still playing catch up. The Big Ten womenโ€™s basketball tournament officially sold out this weekend, two whole weeks before the event tips off.
February 26, 2024
โš–๏ธ Crossover event
Stephen vs. Sabrina contest illustrates various benefits of NBAโ€“WNBA collaboration
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Last Saturdayโ€™s Stephen vs. Sabrina 3-point challenge was the first formal competition between an NBA and WNBA player during All-Star Weekend. Seeing the athletes on equal footing proves weโ€™re beyond the โ€œBattle of the Sexesโ€ dichotomy โ€” fans simply want to see legends of the game compete, something that will help both leagues.
February 21, 2024
๐Ÿ€ Missed connection
NBC misses historic opportunity to air Caitlin Clark in order to promote Peacock
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NBC has been enjoying the perks of the Caitlin Clark Effect, but when it came to airing her historic NCAA moment, the network didnโ€™t put the game on linear television โ€” a decision that not only cost them a larger audience, but also likely impeded the momentum of Clarkโ€™s popularity.
February 21, 2024
๐Ÿ“บ Shattering expectations
Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story premieres on free streaming service Tubi
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In an effort to peer into the internal workings of the league, Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story premiered on free streaming service Tubi yesterday. The documentary focuses on three athletes at the top of their game: NY Liberty stars Breanna Stewart and Jonquel Jones, and WNBPA president and current free agent Nneka Ogwumike.
February 02, 2024
๐Ÿ€ A sisterly assist
Athletes Unlimited returns for it third basketball season
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Yesterday, AU released its 2024 roster, which features 29 current and former WNBA athletes, and announced that games will be available for free on the WNBA App for the first time ever.
January 31, 2024
๐Ÿ† Crossover appeal
The Syd + TP Show was selected for the first-ever SLAM Film Festival
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The February event will be the first dedicated exclusively to basketball content, and while most entries are menโ€™s basketball features, the WNBAโ€“focused reality show is riding a months-long hype train.
January 29, 2024
๐Ÿ’ฐ Cashing in her chips
A'ja Wilson will headline Ruffles' Ridgeline Unlocks event at NBA All-Star Weekend
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On yesterdayโ€™s episode of The GIST of It, Wilson explained how the activation puts the two pro basketball leagues on equal footing. Savoring every bite.
January 24, 2024
๐Ÿ€ Nothing but net (gains)
The WNBA announces an updated Commissioner's Cup format
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After seeing its best viewership in 21 years โ€” and the NBAโ€™s instant audience boost for its inaugural In-Season Tournament โ€” the WNBA is ready to revamp its own in-season tourney.
December 20, 2023
๐Ÿ‘Ÿ Number 1s
Sabrina Ionescu reflects on releasing her signature shoe
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NY Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu (pronounced yo-NESS-coo) published a personal essay on Wednesday about her experience releasing the Sabrina 1s, her first Nike shoe and only the 12th signature shoe in WNBA history.
December 15, 2023
The details behind Candace Parker's new ESPN documentary
The details behind Candace Parker's new ESPN documentary
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While ESPN has been a leader for live WNBA coverage, only 4% of its famed 30 for 30 documentary series focuses on women athletes.
November 22, 2023