Happy Basketball Wednesday, presented by The BIG EAST Conference. As promised, we’re back to basketball this week (though expect plenty of WPBL coverage in the months ahead, too), and we have a treat for you: WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert took the time to speak to us at length about a variety of vital topics central to the league here in 2025.
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We cover everything from the current state of the collective bargaining agreement negotiations with the WNBPA to the ongoing sale conversations around the Connecticut Sun, questions about injuries and roster sizes to how the ill-informed assertions that the WNBA is a league in crisis affects the way the league does business — or doesn’t. Delighted to share this conversation with you, one that forsakes heat for light.
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Without further ado, here is Cathy Engelbert on all the subjects I have been thinking about of late, and I am guessing, have been on your minds as well.
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