Adidas signs first NIL deal with girls' high school basketball player
While Smith is the first girl's high school athlete to represent Adidas, the brand has signed deals with a roster of women ...
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ESPN Announces WNBA News After Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese's Rookie Season
The 2024 WNBA season concluded last Sunday with the New York Liberty crowned as league champions. While Liberty players like Sabrina Ionescu and Breanna Stewart had previously established ...
MarketWatch20d
WNBA players only get 9.3% of league revenue — here’s how much NBA, NFL and NHL players get
The WNBA is more popular than ever. League revenue has doubled since 2019 — from $102 million to $200 million — and new stars like Indiana Fever rookie guard Caitlin Clark have helped the ...
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Looking back on the New York Liberty's 28-year quest for a WNBA championship
Eight days later, it was another win in the first WNBA game at Madison Square Garden, in front of nearly 18,000 fans. The Liberty reached the Finals in that first season, but ultimately ...
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WNBA outlook is promising after record-setting year, although the league has a few challenges ahead
NEW YORK — The WNBA looks promising heading into the offseason after a banner year with record ratings, attendance and a first-time champion in New York. Soon after the confetti stopped falling on the ...
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Finally! NY Liberty capture first WNBA championship with Game 5 OT victory over Lynx
The New York Liberty are finally WNBA champions. After coming up short in five previous attempts, the Liberty won their first WNBA title in franchise history Sunday night with a 67-62 overtime win ...
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The 2024 WNBA season: A historic year for women’s basketball, both on and off the court
With confetti falling from the rafters, a boisterous Brooklyn crowd bellowing and the victorious New York Liberty celebrating, the curtain fell on the 2024 WNBA season. But this was no ordinary ...
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Milwaukee submits bid for future WNBA team
NOW THE BUCKS ARE LOOKING FOR THAT SAME ENERGY WITH A WNBA TEAM. ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THE BUCKS CONFIRMING TO 12 NEWS THEY PUT IN A BID TO BRING A WNBA FRANCHISE TO MILWAUKEE. I’M EXCITED TO HEAR ...
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If Milwaukee got a WNBA expansion franchise, what should the team be called?
Milwaukee is one of several markets with a group putting together a proposal for a WNBA expansion team, giving local basketball fans some optimism that the increasingly popular league could ...
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WNBA Finals Game 5 sees most viewers of century to cap historic season
The 2024 WNBA season was a historic one on many levels, and its ending with Game 5 in the WNBA Finals between the champion New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx was the cherry on top in terms of ...
The New York Times22d
After a landmark WNBA season, what’s next as women’s basketball continues to surge?
On Sunday night, New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello proclaimed with exuberance that her team’s WNBA championship was one for the history books. The Liberty had just outlasted the ...