When Elena Delle Donne got to the WNBA, she quickly learned that the support she’d always received in her home state of Delaware was something of an anomaly. “I was really shocked how other states and other places treat women’s sports compared to male sports,” Delle Donne said.
The forward-guard grew up in Wilmington, where her high school team would sell out games at the 5,000-seat Bob Carpenter Center. She then went on to college at the University of Delaware, where the women’s basketball team regularly outdrew the men’s team. “It was that way because we were the better team. So I think Delaware certainly spoiled me.” Read More
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