Categories: RepresentationSEW

WNBA at 25: Why it matters to me

I love the month of May. I was born this month and something I love starts this month. 

This WNBA is back and the 2021 season is special because it’s the league’s 25th season.

I’ve been a fan of “The W” since it proclaimed “We Got Next.” I’ve been a fan of women’s basketball for even longer. I was a kid when the old Women’s Pro Basketball League of 1979-1981 lived and died with a team in my hometown. As a student at Northwestern, watching and sometimes on the mic, as the Wildcat women’s basketball team battled across the Big Ten, there was news of something with lowered rims and skin-tight uniforms called the Liberty League. Thankfully, that hot mess died after one exhibition. 

The bumpy ride of women’s pro basketball has seen gadgets, gimmicks, and a lot of potential in a growing college game graduating then disappearing unless the player made an Olympic team. The WNBA changed that. Read More

admin

Recent Posts

Top British gymnast Ondine Achampong tears ACL, may miss Paris Olympic Games

Ondine Achampong says she tore her ACL during a bars dismount. The surgery and recovery…

13 hours ago

Candace Parker, Maya Moore and their living legacies in women’s basketball

Parker’s retirement, Moore’s Hall of Fame induction are opportunities to celebrate the game changers

13 hours ago

What Candace Parker’s retirement means for WNBA, Aces

Candace Parker was one of the biggest names in basketball for two decades, and her…

13 hours ago

Sue Bird Joins Storm Ownership Group; 4-Time WNBA Champ Played 19 Seasons with Team

WNBA legend Sue Bird is joining the Seattle Storm's ownership group, Force 10 Hoops.

2 days ago

Abby Tamer on the influence of her mother, Olympic dreams and what makes field hockey so unique

Keely (Libby) Tamer is first and foremost mother to U.S. hockey star Abby Tamer

2 days ago