Are you going to watch the USA Women vs. WNBA All-Stars tonight?
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Because it’s political…the WNBA team she is on is not that good.
Neither is Phoenix. Last year with two Olympians they had the worst record in the league. This year they added a third Olympian and they barely have a winning record.
IIRC, she withdrew her name from the pool of potential alternates after being snubbed in the original selections.
A real all star game where they both played hard and tried to win. We don't see in any of the men's games any more...
Dem gurlz were ballin’.
Solid work by every player. As you say, they played hard and tried to win.
Kudos, ladies.
Everyone should have seen this coming. The lowly Indiana Fever has been kicking the shit out of WNBA teams loaded with USA Olympians as well as the USA Team coach the past couple weeks. I loved watching that, but tonight was especially gratifying,
Wrong team is going to Paris. I truly believe the Allstar Team would easily beat Team USA in a best of seven series.
All Star team thrown together with basically zero practices, and USA team has played together for years and put together mostly based on their incredible chemistry….Hahahahaha!
Wrong team is going to Paris. I truly believe the Allstar Team would easily beat Team USA in a best of seven series.
All Star team thrown together with basically zero practices, and USA team has played together for years and put together mostly based on their incredible chemistry….Hahahahaha!
I had to vote no because I forgot to watch it and just played Minecraft and listened to an audiobook instead.
As the tweet said, players tuning up for the Olympics vs. pissed off snubs makes for the most compelling All-Star game in sports.
Isn't Sudan like some ultra conservative Muslim country? Like, women aren't allowed to leave the home unaccompanied or something?
They almost beat the US men yesterday…obviously South Sudan is a team of “ringers”…including an ex-Hawkeye…
Don't leave me hanging bro, which audiobook? I'm guessing it was a Minecraft strategy guide. I got my niece that for her birthday.
Lol at you randomly inuding DEI activists.
It's so funny how the right wing media machine has programmed a portion of this country to automatically blame "DEI" for every slight.
I finished Stephen King's Revival yesterday, continued on Maplecroft by Cherie Preslist with the lady for a couple chapters, then I listened to some Stephen King short stories in The Man in the Black Suit.
I just needed some positive books like those after I finished a book about a woman's experience with the fundamentalist latter day saints.
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Caitlin was about the fourth/fifth best player on the court last night, lol.
She’s an amazing rookie - and definitely will be an MVP candidate in future years. But your “take” is really dumb.
Sudan is predominantly Muslim. South Sudan is majority Christian. They have a women’s basketball national team but they didn’t qualify for the Olympics.
I said this in the other thread, but Team USA looked old and tired. They looked like a team that was picked on name recognition instead of merit. Griner is way too slow and out of shape to play in an up tempo game like that.
Arike withdrew her name from consideration for the Olympic team. She basically said there is too much politics involved in the selections instead of the decisions made on “your game”.
She’s not wrong.
Arike withdrew her name from consideration for the Olympic team. She basically said there is too much politics involved in the selections instead of the decisions made on “your game”.
She’s not wrong.
A lot has to do with how much the men get paid to play.
They are trying to build up the biggest pile of money until they retire. Injuries could hurt their next contract so they are just doing their best to avoid getting hurt.
Women all know they are gonna have to get a job after their career is over. So the money becomes secondary to building a legacy.
Not saying I really watch much women's sports, I didn't even watch this. But I will say one of the good things about women's sports is that isn't nearly as corrupted by money as men's sports.
I would venture to guess women are less likely to flop for the same reasons.
