The Rise, Fall and Rebirth of the New York Liberty

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🗓️ 16 October 2024

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The New York Liberty were one of the original franchises when the WNBA debuted in 1997. And despite the chaos of getting a professional sports team off the ground in six months, they were able to hit the ground running, making multiple appearances in the Finals. That magic run screeched to a halt as quickly as it started and the Liberty suddenly found themselves exiled out of New York City and playing in a 90-year-old arena in front of a handful of fans So today, Michael Voepel tells the story of how the Liberty were reborn in Brooklyn and are now a superteam in search of that elusive first WNBA Championship. Game 3 of the WNBA Finals between the Liberty and the Lynx airs tonight at 8pm Eastern on ESPN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Michael Vopel, the Wnba finals are upon us. New York Liberty versus the Minnesota Links, currently tied at one game of peace.
0:08.0	He recently completed an oral history of the Liberty, one of the original franchises in the W
0:13.8	W NBA. So why did you decide that now was the time to tell that story?
0:18.8	The Liberty coming into this season, I think a lot of us thought would be it'd be very interesting to
0:26.6	see how they responded to last year's disappointment.
0:29.7	They were so close to taking that series to a game five and you know potentially
0:38.6	winning their first championship. Here we go.
0:40.9	Manescu to inbound trying to get it to Stewart.
0:44.0	Dumps it in, Stewart juggles, catches.
0:47.0	Six seconds left.
0:48.0	Stewart with five draws the double.
0:51.0	Lady to the corner.
0:52.0	Dander Slooh! And her sluoh! the double lady to the corner. Danders loop.
0:53.0	No!
0:54.0	And that is it!
0:56.0	An unforgettable finish to gain four.
1:00.0	A resilient conclusion.
1:05.0	So with bringing everybody back,
1:06.4	would they be able to sustain this success
1:10.0	they've had in the last year?
1:12.1	Would that carryover instead be something that bogged them down?
1:16.1	So it really reminded me of their entire history and I've been lucky enough that I've covered their entire history
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