Welcome back to Tunnel Wars. The season may be over, but we’re still here. Well, at least Lily is still here…but where’s Ian…and Aya? Off being famous. Ian is on tour with Blood Orange and Aya is recovering from the opening of Gush’s art show at Company gallery. But we didn’t leave Lily all by themselves.

The director of the pod, Minnie Bennett came out from behind the camera to discuss the Aces championship sweep. Lily had to get a day pass from Sling TV just to tune in. Now that’s a real fan. Our friend, Quentin Belt, the photographer of New York’s downtown scene joined us to debrief the championship game, from A’ja’s on the court sneaker debut to Becky Hammon’s iconic facial expressions.

Now that the season is over, we have some critiques. The Aces drank Michelob out of champagne-sized bottles? Interesting choice. Commissioner Cathy needs to find out whatever Coach Becky is doing to maintain her blonde. And if the League is reading this, we’d like to toss Minnie’s name in the ring for the next Commissioner. After all that booing on ESPN, you need some fresh blood.

But when it comes to A’ja and Bam, we have no notes. Love and Basketball wins.

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Esther Wallace, the designer and founder of Playa Society. You don’t have to be the world’s biggest WNBA fan to have seen Esther’s iconic T-shirts. We talked about the early days of the company, when her warehouse was her mom’s living room and her Kia was stuffed with boxes of sweatshirts. Even with 70 player T-shirts this season, Esther’s DMs are flooded with fans requesting sketches of their favorite players.

If you’re thinking about holiday shopping already, Esther hinted at some new items coming soon. If you’re interested in some exclusive Tunnel Wars merch? Comment below.

Xoxo,

Tunnel Wars

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