Tweet Ann Meyers Drysdale has spent her entire life staring down the attitudes and misconceptions driving the phrase, “You let some girl beat you?” She grew up in a large family where playing sports was like obeying the 11th commandment: “Thou … Continue reading → Read more »
ESPN Hosts The WNBA Draft For The Good Of The Game
TweetWhat’s one word to describe the relationship between the WNBA and ESPN? If you ask Carol Stiff, ESPN’s Vice President of Programming & Acquisitions, she will tell you that it is partnership. The WNBA and ESPN have been partners since the league … Continue reading → Read more »
Five Lessons WNBA Players Can Teach You About Business
I know what you’re thinking: “What can WNBA players teach me about business?” Thoughts are running through your head about the league suffering from low attendance, TV viewership and sponsorships. Not to mention you’ve heard countless rumors about the WNBA being a drain on the NBA’s resources. Let me stop you right there. Those thoughts are [...] Read more »
How Billionaire Glen Taylor Won A WNBA Championship
Glen Taylor, the self-made printing entrepreneur with an estimated net worth of $1.8 billion, is widely known as the majority owner of the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves (acquired in 1995). Early this month, Taylor (Forbes 400 #242) ended Minnesota’s two decade professional sports championship drought by winning the 2011 WNBA Championship with the Minnesota Lynx. Here’s [...] Read more »
Game 3 WNBA Finals: Win or go home for the Atlanta Dream
The following article was originally published on 10/7 via Forbes Sports Money Tonight is Game 3 of the 2011 WNBA Finals, and it’s “win or go home” for the Atlanta Dream, who are down 0-2 in this best of five series against the Minnesota Lynx. The Lynx entered the Finals with the best record in [...] Read more »
