The Indiana Fever’s Aliyah Boston should be the unanimous Rookie of the Year. But the rookie seasons of Diamond Miller and Dorka Juhász, both of the Minnesota Lynx, and Jordan Hortson of the Seattle Storm also are worth celebrating.
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Well, they won t be undefeated. The New York Liberty went into Washington DC on Friday night hoping to push their record to 4-0. Unfortunately for them, the Mystics had other plans and wrecked them by 29 points. It s like that sometimes.
The opponent today will be the Chicago Sky. It was an. interesting offseason for James Wade and Sky management, but they’re back and hoping to go on a championship run. They’re off to a great 2-0 start after beating the Atlanta Dream on Wednesday night.
Where to follow the game
ESPN is the place to be. Brunch and basketball so we’re getting started after 1 p.m. The game is in Chicago.
Photo courtesy of Diana Koval.
Dear Swish Appeal Readers:
It will be three years on April 23 that I announced my arrival as editor-in-chief at Swish Appeal in a statement touting the “unique influence” of sports in society to “close divides and open minds” and championing athletes and others in the world of sports who use their platforms to call attention to pressing social justice concerns.
I stated my intention to diversify the site’s content by adding to exquisite on-court coverage a deeper examination of off-court issues impacting women in sports. Additionally, it was of prescient importance that Swish Appeal feature stories about the myriad change-making, barrier-breaking players of the WNBA, both present and past. Simply put, the ladies were not getting their hard-earned respect and I set an editorial agenda focused on delivering them their flowers: bouquets, single-stem and potted, by the truckload.