Courtesy of The New Yorker, a look at the exponential growth of women's basketball:
For years, television ratings were taken as a proxy of the popularity of college basketball, and the numbers for women’s [...]
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Courtesy of the Washington Post, commentary on the breakthrough currently being experienced by women's college basketball:
Women’s college basketball has become a cultural phenomenon. Arenas are selling out. [...]
Via Black Wall Street, commentary on how navigating the tightrope of Black womanhood in a world that demands many to move in silence:
In a world that often demands our silence, Angel Reese stood as a beacon of truth, her [...]
Via Andscape, reflections on the first all-Black, All-American women's basketball team in 1984:
1984 was packed with many firsts in women’s basketball. It was a year with a glimpse into the future of the game’s [...]
Via Power Plays, a look at how ESPN's bracketology show finally gave women equal billing:
Hi, friends. It’s March. I’m assuming you’re aware of that, given it’s March 21. But I’m not talking about March, the [...]
Via Power Plays, an article on NC State's Jannah Eissa, the ACC's first hijab- wearing basketball player:
Jannah Eissa just turned 18 years in February. She is a walk-on on the N.C. State women’s basketball team, meaning [...]