{"id":82101,"date":"2025-07-22T03:11:19","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T03:11:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82101\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T03:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T03:11:19","slug":"locked-on-womens-basketball-wnba-all-star-recap-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/82101\/","title":{"rendered":"Locked On Women’s Basketball: WNBA All-Star recap and more"},"content":{"rendered":"

Your business can reach over 3 million women\u2019s sports fans every single month!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here at The Next<\/a> and The IX<\/a>, our audience is a collection of the smartest, most passionate women\u2019s sports fans in the world. If your business has a mission to serve these fans, reach out to our team at editors@thenexthoops.com<\/a> to discuss ways to work together.<\/p>\n

Heidrick starts the show off by describing the successes of the All-Star break over the weekend. She touches on not only the game but also the additional festivities, like the 3-Point contest and the Skills Challenge. She also addresses the big news \u2014 Caitlin Clark<\/a>\u2018s absence. \u201cShe was going to be able to play, but wasn\u2019t able to participate because of that ongoing groin injury,\u201d she explains. But, as Heidrick continued, the All-Star weekend still \u201cbrought all of the drama, and [was] a really great exposure and display of what makes this league so good.\u201d <\/p>\n

Later on, Heidrick provides some thoughts on the latest collective bargaining updates from the league. \u201cMore than 40 WNBA players gathered, including the likes of Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers<\/a>, Angel Reese<\/a>, the leadership of the Players Association,\u201d Heidrick says. \u201cThey met for a meeting with the league to discuss the ongoing negotiations \u2026 It marks the largest in-person talks they\u2019ve had about the CBA, and \u2026 That speaks volumes to the thought that these players know they need to be in the same room, that they have to have one united voice.\u201d<\/p>\n

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To close out the show, Heidrick talks about the controversial officiating that has caused problems for the WNBA this season. \u201cThere\u2019s been times where no one really cared, but now we have more people watching,\u201d Heidrick says about the increase in foul calls this season. \u201cThere\u2019s more eyes on the game. There are more people tuning in. \u2026 It becomes a thing that people are more aware of.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Howard Megdal, founder and editor of The Next and The IX, released his latest book on May 7, 2024. This deeply reported story follows four connected generations of women\u2019s basketball pioneers, from Elvera \u201cPeps\u201d Neuman to Cheryl Reeve and from Lindsay Whalen to Sylvia Fowles and Paige Bueckers.<\/p>\n

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