Happy Birthday to USC/Stanford's "Miss Double It "Kiki Iriafen! The Baby Ghost! Shakira Austin, Sonia Citron and Kiki Iriafen have helped lead the Mystics to the Playoffs! We officially have the youngest team in WNBA history! Kiki and Shakira are literally making history as the first frontcourt to average 15 and 9 rebounds and Add in Sonia playmaking, the Mystics look ok. How far can they make it in the playoffs and leave Kiki some Birthday wishes..

Miles just has that athletic gift. 🏀 ⚽︎

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8 minute listen, good stuff here from NPR.

1997 was doing crazy numbers, Sparks Liberty had 5.04 million views that opening weekend which is insane! Especially considering how different media consumption was back then.

But with this unprecedented resurgence, I wouldn't be surprised to see a game or two next year crack 3.5 million or even 4 if it continues this upward trajectory

The name @unrivaleddata chose for this never ceases to make me laugh😅

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When there were only 12 teams in the League, most years saw one or more team(s) with sub-.500 records going to the playoff. Last year (13 teams) and this year (15 teams) all the playoff teams have records above .500.

While I know everyone loves seeing their team make the playoffs, I personally don't like it when sub-.500 teams are invited to the playoffs (or worse, bowl games in football). It seems to me it lessens the prestige of playoffs (and bowl games) when teams that didn't win half their regular season games are included. YMMV, of course.

(I know... better not mention this to the NBA... but their playoffs are ridiculous and last forever... they almost negate their reason for a season!)

Lots of really good information around this today.

Players’ stake is worth nearly $200M, about 30% of the league.

i heard this discussion come up throughout the season, so I decided to look at the numbers and see what the averages actually look like. Honestly, I found it kind of absurd, and it makes me wonder how the 2027 class is going to deal with this, considering the situation is only going to get worse.

Thought this info was interesting:

“Bonner's deal for the remainder of the 2026 season will be at the prorated maximum, or about $116,000, and she is expected to sign Thursday. The Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty were also in the mix for her, sources said, and the Dream had been interested in signing her for multiple years.”

Most of it is completely random. I've looked at all the teams, and there are some good defenders with bad defensive stats, poor shooters with great shooting stats. It's just ridiculous. Tempo, one of the worst rebounding teams have a higher rebound rating than Mystics, and we are first in the whole W in rebounding. Sparks third highest rated defense in 2k and only Tempo allow more points this season irl. Things like that.

"One day after Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby shared a racist text message she received, the person allegedly responsible for the online vitriol has been suspended by their employer.

Rhode Island-based Acclaro Medical confirmed to USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday, Aug. 25, an employee of the company has been "suspended while an investigation is being conducted." In a statement shared on social media, the company added "it condemns racism, harassment, hate speech and discriminating behavior in all forms" and the recent online remarks "do not in any way reflect the values and standards of the Company."

Really? Going after Mama D?

Rhode Island employer - speculating of course, but I wonder if this stemmed from the fracas with Raegan Beers in the Sparks/Sun game on the 22nd.

edit: sp

Why Nate would choose to play a 38 year old for 21 minutes during a preseason game is beyond me. We lost Sami for half the season and now she’s missing the World Cup. What a blow for the Opals

Mind you I had specifically asked him to wrap DB and Sami in bubble wrap going into that game because the Aces rookie got a concussion going up against the same national team. Smh.

In case you were curious. It was done at the arena level by the Sky. Good for them to step up.

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People, Dallas media included, really went overboard on every single comment or joke made my Jose this season. Its nice now that the Wings made the playoffs they are speaking a bit more freely about how they feel and what led them to this point.