The WNBA Returns With Protests and Rivalries
The Lead
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3.7 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 July 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
There’s a lot happening in the WNBA right now, both on and off the court. The Athletic's Chantel Jennings joins us to talk about the league’s relationship with the Black Lives Matter movement, as well as pushback it has received recently from a U.S. Senator and partial team owner. We also break down what's been happening on the court in the first few games of the season, including with rookie sensation Sabrina Ionescu, who made her WNBA debut last weekend.
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| 0:31.0 | The WNBA began play this past weekend and there's a lot happening on and off the court. |
| 0:37.0 | We are dedicating this season to Breonna Taylor, an outstanding EMT who was murdered |
| 0:42.5 | over 130 days ago in her home. |
| 0:45.3 | Get it back and place it home! |
| 0:47.3 | There's the first muck in the career of subreading an escut. |
| 0:51.5 | Today, the athletic shuntel Jennings joins us to talk about the league's ongoing commitment |
| 0:56.6 | to social justice and what we saw in the first few games, including from the rookie |
| 1:02.0 | on everyone's radar, Sabrina Inescu. |
| 1:04.7 | We sort of look at the way she was in the huddle with these other players and it is a young |
| 1:09.0 | team but you can tell that she has stepped into that leadership role relatively seamlessly. |
| 1:17.9 | From Wondering on the Athletic, I'm Kavita Davidson. |
| 1:20.2 | And I'm Andres Kelto. |
| 1:21.2 | It's Wednesday, July 29th and this is the league. |
| 1:26.6 | It felt like something great was happening. |
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