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pilight
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 Posted: 05/10/21 8:39 am ::: The 25 Greatest Moments in WNBA History |
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https://www.si.com/wnba/2021/05/10/25-greatest-moments-history
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| “I was really nervous,” Lieberman says. “I was sitting in [Stern’s] office, and he closed the door. I was 24, 25 years old. I was like, ‘Why am I here?’ And he says, ‘Well, they’ll fire me if they hear this.’ He sat down and he goes, ‘Nancy, before I’m done being the commissioner of the NBA, there’s going to be a WNBA.’ I just looked at him and went, ‘What are you talking about?’ He goes, ‘It’s gonna take time, but I’m telling you, there will be a WNBA, and my greatest hope is that you will play in it.’ ” |
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| Posted: 05/10/21 9:48 pm ::: |
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| I stopped reading at the listing of Pondexter's fashion career.
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| Posted: 05/11/21 7:02 am ::: |
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| I stopped reading at the listing of Pondexter's fashion career. |
I stopped after orange hoody making top 25 moments in WNBA history.
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| Posted: 05/11/21 8:51 am ::: |
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| I stopped reading at the listing of Pondexter's fashion career. |
I stopped after orange hoody making top 25 moments in WNBA history. |
More on the Hoodie
https://www.si.com/wnba/2021/05/10/orange-hoodies-kobe-bryant-aja-wilson-eb-jones
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| When Bryant donned the hoodie at the Lakers-Mavericks game, sales of the pullover spiked. After his and Gianna’s sudden deaths in January 2020, it popped off again. The image of Bryant wearing the WNBA hoodie with Gianna courtside became plastered across stories on the relationship between the two of them and his passion for women’s basketball. |
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| Posted: 05/11/21 9:13 am ::: |
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| Durantula wrote: |
| Queenie wrote: |
| I stopped reading at the listing of Pondexter's fashion career. |
I stopped after orange hoody making top 25 moments in WNBA history. |
From the link pilight posted:
Last December, the Sports Business Journal named it the “Best Fashion Statement of the Year.” It is the best-selling WNBA item ever, and it coincides with a period of digital growth for the W.
https://www.si.com/wnba/2021/05/10/orange-hoodies-kobe-bryant-aja-wilson-eb-jones
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| Posted: 05/12/21 11:03 am ::: |
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| How about the decision to open team ownership to non-NBA ownership groups? I think that saved the league just about as much as anything.
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