Paige Bueckers on ESPN asked what Geno Auriemma would think about the defensive effort from Team Collier in this All-Star game:
"Just completely awful. Disturbing demonstration of basketball on both ends of the floor."
There has never been an active openly gay MLB player, but thereβs a whole lot of openly religious players.
People from βall walks of lifeβ clearly donβt feel welcomed in baseball, and this whole saga makes it pretty obvious why no one has felt safe enough to come out.
Here's Alyssa Thomas's statement postgame on the abuse that Sun players (and players around the league) have been subjected to over the course of the season and during this series. It's worth reading in full.
Stephanie White speaking on it as well, will add her comments below.
Almost every college athletic department in America loses money and we literally just determined, legally, that college athletes are owed revenue sharing anyway.
The WNBA players have explained what it means repeatedly to everyone whoβs listening.
Update via Saniya Rivers: The ejected fan did NOT touch her, he made a comment that warranted ejection. Rivers was in great spirits about it, joked that he wasted all that money on a seat just to get tossed.
Extremely cool moment after Lynx practice: A representative of the Mohegan Tribe, which owns the Sun, presents rookie Alissa Pili with a gift honoring her Indigenous heritage π₯Ίβ€οΈ