A history-making WNBA Finals, however it turns out

Happy Basketball Wednesday, presented by The BIG EAST Conference. We’ll keep this one short: there’s a WNBA Finals to prepare for, after all, and we’ll be blanketing you with coverage of it at The IX and The Next.

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Below, you can hear more of the in-depth coverage of how we got here and the biggest keys to this matchup. But I also think we need to keep in mind that, no matter what happens, history will be made.

Either the New York Liberty, an original WNBA franchise, will win its first WNBA title, or Cheryl Reeve will do something unprecedented herself — capture Olympic gold and a WNBA title as a head coach in the same calendar year.

Much more to come.

This week in women’s basketball

Julia Poe writes on Kamilla Cardoso’s season.

Josh Verlin is the one to listen to on Philly-area talent.

Mirin Fader goes long on Paige Bueckers.

And of course, our full team continuing coverage of every WNBA team over at The Next.

Five at The IX: Hear from the WNBA finalists

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