Tag: professional women’s basketball

‘The Bird & Taurasi Show’ back by popular demand for 2nd season

The show hosted by Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi will air for the Final Four and Championship game on ESPN2 and simulcast on ESPN+.

The 2023 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship is airing exclusively across ESPN platforms from March 15-April 2, and the network brought back two WNBA superstars and University of Connecticut legends to host the action.

“Back by popular demand, AT&T returns as the presenting and halftime sponsor of “The Bird & Taurasi Show” second screen viewing option of the Final Four and championship game featuring women’s basketball legends Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi – providing fans with a one-of-a-kind perspective of the final matchups, all airing on ESPN2 and simulcast on ESPN+,” ESPN announced on Tuesday.

This will be the second time the duo brings their unique perspective and entertainment to the screen for the tournament with their own show.

According to ESPN: “South Carolina’s wire-to-wire victory in the 2022 NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Championship scored 4.85 million viewers Sunday night to become the most-watched women’s title game since 2004, and the fourth largest audience to watch a women’s championship game since ESPN began exclusively airing the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Tournament in 1996.”

This year’s tournament has “attracted 15 broadcast sponsors and nearly 100 advertisers across various categories.” With more investment and more extensive broadcasting coverage, this year’s tournament is poised to again break records.

Even Golden State Warriors Stephen Curry joined “The Bird & Taurasi Show” last year.

Who knows what the duo has in store for the tournament this year, but what we do know is it will be entertaining.

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Oregon’s Sedona Prince shared her plans for the future of her career

With the way the seasons are structured, there is no conflict for athletes to play in the WNBA and in Athletes Unlimited.

If you follow along with March Madness, you have heard the name Sedona Prince. She shined a spotlight on the NCAA’s inequitable treatment of the women’s and men’s basketball tournaments.

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it’s 2021 and we are still fighting for bits and pieces of equality. #ncaa #inequality #fightforchange

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This brought a national spotlight to not only the women’s March Madness, but to Prince herself. She made headlines again when the Supreme Court of the United States ruled against the NCAA in Alston v. NCAA, which ushered in the era of college athletes being able to monetize their own name, image and likeness.

Prince told Boardroom in 2022 that “with the help of her representation at Wasserman, she’s made north of $500,000 across 18 business and partnership deals, with no plans of slowing down” in one year after the Alston decision. She has deals with notable brands Crocs, Uninterrupted, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Champs to name a few.

With her ability to make money in college through her platform, she opted to stay at Oregon for the 2022-2023 season. However, a season-ending elbow injury cut the season short.

She graduated from the university in May 2022 and entered her name into the 2023 WNBA draft that takes place on April 10. It will be exclusively televised on ESPN from 7-9 p.m. EDT and available on the ESPN app.

However, in a short interview on March 11, Prince also revealed she wants to play in Athletes Unlimited basketball Season 3. With the way the seasons are structured, there is no conflict for athletes to play in the WNBA and in Athletes Unlimited.

While Prince’s college career was cut short, we could see her in the upcoming WNBA season and the upcoming Athletes Unlimited season. More Prince is good for all of us.

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Rosters set for Week 4 of Athletes Unlimited basketball

The four players from the previous week with the highest points accumulation are elected captains and draft their dream team.

Each week the new captains for the four Athletes Unlimited basketball teams redraft their teams. The four players with the most points in the previous week are named captains and draft their teams.

Week 4 games start on March 15 and the Week 4 draft was on March 12.

The Week 4 rosters are set with some players competing against their Week 3 teammates. You can follow along with the drafts each week via YouTube.

There are five rounds in the draft each week and a total of 40 roster spots up for grabs with four spots being held by the captains for a total of 44 roster spots in the league.

The basketball is exciting, unique and an opportunity for more players to play professional basketball domestically and not have to travel overseas to play. This is the second season for Athletes Unlimited, which is located in Dallas.

The season runs through March 25.

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