📰 Women's sport

The Athletic

17,099 fans attended a weekday-afternoon WNBA Finals game before the arena was cleared for an NBA game.

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The Wall Street Journal

WNBA Finals Game 6 tipped off at 12:30 p.m. ET on a weekday to make room for the Atlanta Hawks.

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The Athletic

A potential title-clinching WNBA Finals Game 6 tips off at 12:30 p.m. ET on a Thursday because the Hawks have the arena in prime time.

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The Athletic

The Athletic calls the 12:30 p.m. Thursday start for WNBA Finals Game 6 a mishandling of the league's showcase.

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Front Office Sports

WNBA Finals Game 6 in Atlanta still lacks a confirmed arena because State Farm Arena is booked.

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The Athletic

The NWSL dropped its Rodman Rule criteria in a settlement resolving several players' union grievances.

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Yahoo Sports

The Atlanta Dream sold out 17,044-seat State Farm Arena for Game 3 of the WNBA Finals.

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OffBall

OffBall went inside a Brooklyn WNBA Finals watch party hosted by Sydney Colson and Theresa Plaisance.

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The New York Times

Michael Bender traces how each administration has reinterpreted Title IX, from women's sports to harassment rules to the current two-sex policy.

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Defector

Defector argues Angel Reese has dominated the WNBA Finals, shutting down the Valkyries' best options during a decisive Game 2 run.

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Front Office Sports

The Atlanta Dream sold out 17,044-seat State Farm Arena for WNBA Finals Game 3 after moving from their 3,500-seat home venue.

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Front Office Sports

NBC says Game 1 of the WNBA Finals drew 2.1 million viewers, a record for a Finals opener.

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Front Office Sports

The Golden State Valkyries became the first WNBA team to reach $100 million in annual revenue and a $1 billion valuation.

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Front Office Sports

The Valkyries–Dream WNBA Finals could become the most expensive in league history.

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Front Office Sports

The Golden State Valkyries' home crowd at the Chase Center has become the WNBA's best home-court advantage.

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Front Office Sports

Get-in prices for WNBA Finals Game 1 are up more than 500% from last year.

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Front Office Sports

The Atlanta Dream moved WNBA Finals Games 3 and 4 to the 17,000-seat State Farm Arena, and FIFA's development fund hit $6.35 billion.

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The Athletic

The Dream moved WNBA Finals games to the larger State Farm Arena, working around a concert and Hawks games.

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Front Office Sports

The WNBA moved the Atlanta Dream's Finals home games to the 17,000-seat State Farm Arena.

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OffBall

The Atlanta Dream reached the WNBA Finals 364 days after Angel Reese tweeted about making it.

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The Athletic

The second-year Valkyries swept the champion Aces and meet the Atlanta Dream in a Finals with neither the Aces nor the Liberty.

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Front Office Sports

WNBA semifinals opened with 1.15 million average viewers, up 10% despite NFL competition.

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Just Women's Sports

WNBA regular-season attendance rose 20.5% to 3.79 million, led by Golden State.

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ESPN

Atlanta's first women's pro soccer team will start in 2028 at Mercedes-Benz Stadium.

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Yahoo Sports

Games averaged 771,000 viewers, up 17 percent, with 51 broadcasts topping a million against 19 last season.

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Front Office Sports

The WNBA declined additional discipline, clearing Wilson to play Game 3 between the Aces and Fever.

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CBS News

Further reading from the day's section on The Bundle Runs Out.

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OffBall

A vibes-based first-round bracket lands on Las Vegas after the Liberty stole Game 1 from the Lynx and the Aces crushed the Fever.

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The Athletic

A profile built around the gap between what everyone wants Clark to represent and what she wants to be.

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Front Office Sports

The league's first season under its new collective bargaining agreement set records for both attendance and viewership.

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Front Office Sports

A Vancouver group is seeking about $500 million Canadian to cover a $250 million expansion fee and a practice facility, targeting 2031.

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Adweek

Further reading from the day's section on The Media Business: Musk's Money, Ruddy's Grudge, and the Final Commoditization.

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Front Office Sports

A Vancouver group wants to be the WNBA's 19th franchise in 2031, though a source says the league has no expansion plans beyond the 18 teams announced.

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Front Office Sports

A group led by retired executive Bill Bakk is pursuing a WNBA expansion team in Vancouver for 2031.

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Defector

The WNBA's Miami Sol folded in 2002 despite good attendance and a playoff appearance after the Heat declined to fund the team under a league restructuring.

Women's sport · Labour

Front Office Sports

The WNBA players' union called it deeply disappointing that the NBA left the group off a joint letter to state betting regulators.

Women's sport · Regulation · Labour

Front Office Sports

The Gotham FC governor defended both the NWSL's star exception and league-wide salary caps at the Asset Class event in New York.

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