Why Sylvia Fowles is Looking Forward to Life, and Death, after Basketball

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🗓️ 12 August 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Much of the attention in the WNBA this season has gone to the farewell tour of Sue Bird, but she’s not the only legend retiring this year. Sylvia Fowles is hanging up her sneakers after 15 seasons, 8 all-star appearances, an MVP award, and countless other accolades. Fowles may be the best pure center to ever play in the WNBA, but her excellence hasn’t drawn the same spotlight as some of the league’s other top stars. Kevin Van Valkenberg explains why “Mama Syl” is one of the most beloved figures in the WNBA, and the surprising plans she has for her post-basketball life…becoming a mortician. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Kevin Van Volkenberg, the WNBA, and really the whole sports world has been celebrating,
0:05.3	and rightfully so, Sue Bird, one of the sports all-time greats as she plays her final season
0:10.5	with the Seattle storm.
0:12.4	But you recently traveled to Minnesota to profile another legend who's retiring this year.
0:17.6	Tell me, what did you learn?
0:19.4	I went to Minnesota to profile the Minnesota Length Center, Sylvia Fowles, who is really
0:24.5	one of the all-time great players, I think, a future hall of favor, and kind of one of the
0:28.2	most unharbled players of the last 15 years.
0:31.2	She's the WNBA's all-time leading rebounder.
0:42.4	Fowles is savvy.
0:43.8	She understands how to use her body.
0:46.0	She is, again, on the boards that human has.
0:49.0	She's the human has.
0:50.0	She's the human has.
0:51.0	She's the human has.
0:52.0	She's the human has.
0:53.0	She's the human has.
0:54.0	She's the human has.
0:55.0	She's the human has.
0:56.0	She's the human has.
0:57.0	She's the Parker is dictated tempo from jump on the drive.
1:00.7	It's not automatically, but she'll be effected.
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