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Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever and Stephanie Talbot #7 of the Los Angeles Sparks meet before the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on September 04, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

WNBA is popular for the wrong reasons

Satou Sabally #0 of Phantom goes up for a shot against Shakira Austin #1 of the Lunar Owls during the fourth quarter at Wayfair Arena on February 07, 2025 in Medley, Florida. (Rich Storry/Getty Images)

Unrivaled shares the wins

Jewell Loyd #24 of the Mist drives to the basket against Chelsea Gray #12 of Rose during the first quarter at Wayfair Arena on February 07, 2025 in Medley, Florida. (Rich Storry/Getty Images)

Unrivaled: A game-changer for basketball

Ximena N. Beltran Quan Kiu

Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever and Stephanie Talbot #7 of the Los Angeles Sparks meet before the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on September 04, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

Caitlin Clark blows off Megyn Kelly diss

Griffin Eckstein

Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever and Stephanie Talbot #7 of the Los Angeles Sparks meet before the game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on September 04, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Dylan Buell/Getty Images)

Caitlin Clark breaks rookie record

Gabriella Ferrigine

Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever controls the ball during the game against the New York Liberty on June 2, 2024 at the Barclayys Center in Brooklyn, New York. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Caitlin Clark breaks another WNBA record

Griffin Eckstein

Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever reacts during the second half against the Connecticut Sun at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on August 28, 2024 in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images)

When Simone Biles met Caitlin Clark

Gabriella Ferrigine

Caitlin Clark #22 of the Indiana Fever controls the ball during the game against the New York Liberty on June 2, 2024 at the Barclayys Center in Brooklyn, New York. (Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

Upset over Caitlin Clark Olympic snub

Gabriella Ferrigine

Brittney Griner looks on in the second half during the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Final Four semifinal game between the UConn Huskies and the Iowa Hawkeyes at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on April 05, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

Brittney Griner recalls Russian prisons

Angel Reese #10 of the LSU Tigers dribbles the ball during the game against the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Final of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament - Albany Regional at MVP Arena on April 01, 2024 in Albany, New York. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

Too late for pioneers of women's hoops

Caitlin Clark #22 of the Iowa Hawkeyes speaks after accepting the WBCA Wade Trophy during a press conference ahead of the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament Final Four at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse on April 04, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)

Reporter to Caitlin Clark: I screwed up

Angel Reese #10 of the LSU Tigers shoots the ball during the first half against the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Elite 8 round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at MVP Arena on April 01, 2024 in Albany, New York. (Andy Lyons/Getty Images)

The Angel Reese controversy, explained

Forward Nneka Ogwumike #30 and forward/center Chiney Ogwumike #13 of the Los Angeles Sparks walk to greet fans after the game against the Seattle Storm at Staples Center on September 12, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. (Meg Oliphant/Getty Images)

WNBA outshines the NBA where it counts

United States' Tobin Heath, second from right, is congratulated on her goal by Mallory Pugh (11), Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan (13) during the first half of a SheBelieves Cup soccer match against Brazil in Tampa, Fla. (AP/Mike Carlson)

Women's soccer's game-changing lawsuit

FILE - In this July 10, 2016, file photo, Atlanta Dream's Elizabeth Williams, left, is guarded by Connecticut Sun's Chiney Ogwumike during the second half of a WNBA basketball game in Uncasville, Conn. Atlanta’s Elizabeth Williams was voted the most improved player, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File) (AP)

The case for upping WNBA player salaries

Nancy Lough - The Conversation

Seattle Storm's Sue Bird (AP/Elaine Thompson)

WNBA star Sue Bird: Respect the genius

(AP/Getty/Salon)

Trump snubs WNBA champs for 7 months

Brittney Griner, Glory Johnson (AP/Ross D. Franklin/Elaine Thompson)

Dangerous myths harm LGBTQ

Jon Krawczynski

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