Cassandra Negley

A Very Vic Experience: Vic Schaefer making his usual rounds after Texas wins the SEC tournament championship over South Carolina. Arena cleared out fast, but a few Gamecock fans remain.

Kelsey Plum told reporters here at Unrivaled x Philly there will be an in-person meeting with the league on Monday to discuss CBA negotiations. She said she's hopeful the owners will be there and they can move forward.

"Conversation face to face goes a long way."

Oh! And I should introduce you to some of those diehards who I love!

Bobsled, luge, skeleton: @thekenchilds.com
Curling: @suss2hyphens.bsky.social
Figure skating: @rockerskating.com
Women's hockey: @nicolehaase.bsky.social

You want to follow them for these upcoming Olympics!

AP Top 25: Duke's win over Notre Dame extends win streak, solidifies comeback from rough start to the season Eight teams were upset over the past two weeks of games, including five to unranked opponents, so we have some movement in the AP poll.

Duke rising? How compounding struggles amid a brutal stretch of elite competition prepared the Blue Devils to start 4-0 in ACC play ... and potentially become the team everyone expected.

Took my 8-year-old nephew to a basketball game for the first time over break and asked him which he liked better, dunks or 3-pointers? But I really should have included blocks ... they are the only ones with a party 🤷‍♀️

yes I'm watching Mist-Hive in Unrivaled 🚫

That is a brutal way for the ending of LSU-Vandy to go down.

This, and reading/clicking said stories

We're officially in the final stretch of Vic Schaefer choking up answering questions about Rori Harmon and I'm kind of sad about it. One of the many great coach-player bonds that exist when both stick around the same program their careers.

As WNBA CBA negotiations continue, players shift gears to offseason leagues: 'Grow the game, grow their brand' As another pro women's basketball league enters the WNBA offseason fold, players have more options than ever as they negotiate a new CBA.

As WNBA CBA negotiations continue, players shift gears to offseason leagues. The existence of the WNBA, Athletes Unlimited and Unrivaled has so far been viewed as a symbiotic relationship. But now, Project B is in the fold.

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Rori Harmon is and has been it. Tenacious, defensive menace, taking that middy without hesitation.

We are ALL OVER the NFL trade deadline at @yahoosports.bsky.social

Trade tracker
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Team-by-team look
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@robinsonreports.bsky.social on who should buy/sell
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@yahooschwab.bsky.social trades we'd like to see
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Candace Parker's reactions to Sydney Colson and Aliyah Boston's nonsense is sending me

Love the risk taking. In love with the defense. October baseball, man.

WNBA Finals: Champion Las Vegas Aces have their moment in the sun after season of growth, adversity The Aces solidified a dynasty in rather anticlimactic fashion by sweeping the Phoenix Mercury in the league’s first best-of-seven Finals series on Friday night.

The boombox players brought to the presser in 2023 served a loud sharp introduction of a Las Vegas Aces franchise on the rise. The tambourine of 2025 is an unrelenting ringing of sustained success.

From the final night of the WNBA season:
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Ooph. At least it's an easy one-for-one swap of the wedding portrait on the wall.

Re-sharing for Game 4 tip at 5 PT (8 ET)

That makes 20 — two-thirds of the league down. Whew!

We'll finish up next week; in the meantime, feel free to bounce around through the first 20 as you get set for the start of the season.

It is baffling to me people willingly drive around with unpeppy engines. 😴 (why yes, this is absolutely about my rental car)

WNBA Finals: The Aces and Mercury are playing on different difficulty settings, and it could be game over soon The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests

✔️ Win on Chelsea Gray's b-day
✔️ Win a Game 3 in Becky Hammon's tenure

The Mercury can barely figure out the main thing. That's the difference in a series of established heavyweight vs the new kid on the block

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WNBA Finals: The Aces and Mercury are playing on different difficulty settings, and it could be game over soon The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

That’s the difference in a WNBA Finals played between a squad attempting to cement a dynasty and one built from scratch. From Game 3 in PHX:

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WNBA Finals: The Aces and Mercury are playing on different difficulty settings, and it could be game over soon The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

That’s the difference in a WNBA Finals played between a squad attempting to cement a dynasty and one built from scratch. From Game 3 in PHX:

sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

Amid WNBA Finals, Satou Sabally reveals financial disconnect in CBA negotiations: 'Push it up' With CBA negotiations looming over the WNBA Finals, Satou Sabally offered a glimpse into what the league is allegedly offering players, and how much it feels they're worth.

Spoke with Satou Sabally about balancing financial privilege when you come from a lower income childhood, and w/Dana Evans on the views of "tweener" players.

"I know the league came, but with like 300 [thousand],” Sabally said. “Push it up. Push it up."
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Unimpressed, but adorable.

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert doubles down on commitment to players and looks the part: 'I have to do better' After Napheesa Collier aired private conversations earlier this week, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert delivered her annual address ahead of the Finals with more emotion and less corporate-speak than...

Going to re-share this WNBA piece from Friday on how *waves hand wildly* all of this is underlined by a laundry list of complicated context.

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here's something different: I wrote about the women of the Harlem Globetrotters. How they pack, train, and approach motherhood while playing against and alongside men. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

One man ordered a Bud Light. Another is eating a stack of pancakes with pink icing stacked with lollipops, mini donuts and candy. And two more are discussing their cholesterol levels.

Las Vegas casinos are an experience.

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert doubles down on commitment to players and looks the part: 'I have to do better' After Napheesa Collier aired private conversations earlier this week, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert delivered her annual address ahead of the Finals with more emotion and less corporate-speak than...

In her first public address since Napheesa Collier's statement, Cathy Engelbert didn't simply say she cared. She looked the part. Instead of corporate jargon, the commish touched into her humanity and was at times direct.

From Game 1 in Las Vegas:

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Ayeeeee! sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert doubles down on commitment to players and looks the part: 'I have to do better' After Napheesa Collier aired private conversations earlier this week, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert delivered her annual address ahead of the Finals with more emotion and less corporate-speak than...

In her first public address since Napheesa Collier's statement, Cathy Engelbert didn't simply say she cared. She looked the part. Instead of corporate jargon, the commish touched into her humanity and was at times direct.

From Game 1 in Las Vegas:

sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

WNBA playoffs: As injuries continue to plague star players on the biggest stage, everyone should benefit from finding a solution As the WNBA standard continues to rise, everyone involved would be wise to assess whether there is progress to be made on the injury front. What comes of that, after Napheesa Collier went scorched ear...

Also, don't miss my teammate @casnegley.bsky.social's story on how injuries defined this WNBA season, including the playoffs. sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...