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🗓️ 22 February 2024
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Guest-hosted by David Greene: Sheryl Swoopes, often called the “female Michael Jordan,” was the first player signed to the WNBA. Her story is featured in the new documentary Shattered Glass: A WNBPA Story, which takes a look at how far the league has come since Swoopes’s early days — and what today’s pro athletes say they still need from the league. Guest host David Greene spoke with Swoopes and the film’s director, Andrea Buccilla.
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0:00.0 | This is in conversation from Apple News. I'm David Green filling in for Shimitubasu. |
0:09.0 | Today the W.NBA is building something and it's not just a female version of the NBA. |
0:20.5 | It's a really exciting time to be a fan of women's basketball from college to the pros |
0:25.9 | women ballers are on fire and fans are taking notice Oh Wiley, my goodness! A Joe snapping highlight! |
0:35.0 | John Quil Jones musling her way inside. |
0:38.0 | Jeju Watkins. |
0:40.0 | Just the one and everybody else on the Trojan team. |
0:44.0 | 16 points. |
0:47.0 | What a night. |
0:48.0 | This is incredible. |
0:49.0 | Sabrina Onescu, the greatest performance we have ever seen in this contest. |
0:55.0 | Asia Wilson looking for some space. |
0:58.0 | The all time leading score in women's college basketball. |
1:07.0 | And for the first time in 21 years, |
1:10.0 | the W MBA has a back to back champion. |
1:17.1 | This past year, the W MBA had its most watched regular season |
1:22.1 | in more than two decades. |
1:23.6 | Viewership was up 27% and the League has never been more profitable, |
1:28.6 | generating nearly $200 million in revenue. |
1:32.0 | That's roughly double what it brought in just a few years ago. |
1:34.3 | You know, I don't know if any of us, when the league started back in 97, |
1:40.0 | saw that we would someday see the attention that women's basketball everywhere is |
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