LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces took a commanding 2-0 lead over the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA Finals on Sunday Aces center A’ja Wilson and guard Jackie Young combined for 60 points and Las Vegas moved a step closer to winning the franchise’s third championship. With yet another dominating performance, Wilson, 29, is on the verge of becoming …
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LAS VEGAS — After a week embroiled in criticism by players, WNBA commissioner Cathy Englebert used her annual address before Game 1 of the finals to vow to repair trust with the league’s players, create a new multi-stakeholder task force to evaluate WNBA officiating, and to reiterate that she believes she is well-positioned to take the league into the future. …
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The funny thing about the NBA’s collective bargaining agreement is that with every CBA renewal, you can guarantee that history will repeat itself in one crucially important way: Every new CBA is first and foremost a response to the errors, omissions and unintended consequences of the previous one. You can see that in all manner of places in the 2023 …
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In the immediate aftermath of the Micah Parsons trade, the Cowboys held a press conference aimed at declaring victory. The real winners — the Packers and Parsons — didn’t feel compelled to say a word about it on Thursday. Whether the Packers got the better of the deal remains to be seen. For now, it looks like the next in …
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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has made a largely nonsensical comparison of the Micah Parsons contract impasse to a kid trying to play mommy against daddy to get what he wants. The metaphor applies more logically in a related context. A kid who is misbehaving will keep doing it, as long as mommy and daddy let it happen. Jones has repeatedly …
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On Saturday night, as WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert was in the middle of her annual midseason news conference, players made a statement of their own by taking off their All-Star Game warmups to reveal T-shirts with the tagline, “Pay Us What You Owe Us.” “We see the growth in the league and as it stands, the current salary system is …
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INDIANAPOLIS — The WNBA’s All-Star weekend was positioned as a showcase of its growth. It came with major questions about just how that growth might ultimately be shared. Signs of new corporate sponsorships were everywhere. League commissioner Cathy Engelbert happily touted year-over-year increases in attendance, merchandise sales and national television viewership. There were plenty of references to upcoming expansion—five new …
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INDIANAPOLIS — The WNBA All-Star Weekend represented the league at its peak: a massive mid-season showcase featuring the best players in the world, hosted in a city that has become synonymous with the rapid explosion of women’s sports. But the celebrations took place in front of a backdrop of labor uncertainty. The league and the players’ union remain far apart …
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INDIANAPOLIS — The WNBA All-Stars wanted to send a clear message to the league on the game’s brightest stage. All of the players on Team Clark and Team Collier warmed up for Saturday night’s WNBA All-Star Game in shirts that read “Pay us what you owe us.” “We get a very tiny percentage of all the money that’s made through …
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