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Movers and Shakers of the 2026 WNBA Season: Aliyah Boston

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The 2025 WNBA season was one of the most highly anticipated seasons in recent history. It came after a hugely successful 2024 season, where the WNBA’s popularity had seen a significant rise. The emergence of the 2024 rookie class, headlined by Iowa standout guard Caitlin Clark and LSU forward Angel Reese, had been just what the league needed. The two players had been locked in a heated race for rookie of the year during the 2024 season, with Clark emerging as the winner after she separated herself down the stretch of the season. The rivalry had peaked when the two players and their teams met on June 16, 2024, with the viewership for that game being the highest experienced by the WNBA in 23 years. Now, for the 2025 season, the league had done what any sensible organization would do: Pit these two money-makers against each other on opening weekend, during the 3.00pm ET window on a Sunday. If the league’s hope was to break that previous viewership record, then this was a huge success. Th...
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Following the Money: How Greed Could Cost Us The WNBA Season

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On June 24, 2024, the WNBA formally announced that it had reached a new media rights deal with Disney, NBCUniversal and Amazon. This deal had been negotiated as part of the larger NBA deal, which split media rights between the three companies. The numbers were astronomical compared to any influx of revenue the WNBA had ever received to that point. The deal was worth $2.2b, paid over 11 years, making it worth $200m a year through 2036. This could rise to $300m annually, with the WNBA planning to add more partners. This was great news to fans, as now 125 games would be on national television. It was even better news for the players, because for the first time in the league’s history, the league had reached a level of self-sustainability and profitability. Let's rewind here a little bit. Six years before this deal was signed, things were a little different in the WNBA. Only eight of the twelve teams were turning a profit, and the NBA was subsidizing the league's losses every year....
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The History of Housing and Transport in the WNBA: 6 Events That Got Us Here

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The ongoing CBA negotiations between the WNBA and the Players’ Association have given us countless things to talk about. While the revenue sharing system conversation has taken a bulk of the spotlight (rightfully so), I would like to bring attention to another critical discussion point that has gained increasing traction over the last few months: housing. In this article, I will attempt to break down the housing issue and pair it with transport; two things that I feel affect all of us in our daily lives.  Imagine you get a new job in a different state. Your first order of business is probably to find living quarters and a way to get to and from work. Ideally you have a car, and that takes care of half of it, but if you don't you might have to figure out the dynamics of public transport, Uber or something else. The commute should hopefully not be too long, and the housing situation should be stable. No one wants to work while feeling like they may lose their home at any moment. To...
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