OT: WNBA Catches On

[purplefaithful]

Enforcer Barbie has some chops.

Smoke show...

But dayum, that looks like the kinda hotel I look to avoid at all costs...

[MaroonBells]

I'll say this about the WNBA. I went from hearing nothing about it and not caring to hearing something about it every damn day....and not caring. So I guess whoever this Caitlin Clark is—angel or devil—she's generated a lot of interest in the sport. People are actually talking about women's basketball.

[Vanguard83]

What's wrong with you people? Can't you appreciate Angel Reese's missed layups and all her "ME-bounds"

[JustInTime]

What's wrong with you people?  Can't you appreciate Angel Reese's missed layups and all her "ME-bounds"

I’ve watched my share of 4th grade basketball.

[Greylock]

Smoke show...

But dayum, that looks like the kinda hotel I look to avoid at all costs...

She certainly is smoking but wouldn't want to piss her off since she has a black belt in taekwondo.

[medaille]

She's stunning, and will drop another player (firmly but not all that viciously) for hacking her teammate.

Got drawn into the Caitlin Clark stuff last year, following the team...and I'm already a big fan of Cunningham, too (as well as Boston, Hull, etc).

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Well...if so, it's very convincing. I've been watching since right after she started last year, and I've watched her get knocked around brutally the whole time. In fact, I'd say that her on-court temper with the refs makes it VERY realistic, as she already has 2-3 technical fouls (mostly for growling at refs after getting clobbered) and they give a game suspension at 8. That's not a good strategy for ratings.

I'm not saying it's fake.  I'm saying it's not hard to reign this in, and they aren't, because the ratings are way better this way.

[comet52]

They say she dishes heavy trash talk and that's the source of the aggression towards her.  They should mic her up and sell the jawboning and the cheap shots like the WWE.  Drive those ratings to where gals hoops will never go otherwise.