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We are deep diving the brand new WNBA CBA. A few top details:

• It solidifies the largest single season salary increase in all of sports history.
• Max salaries are increasing over 400%.
• It sets players past, present and future up for success.
• We will have a full WNBA season this year!!!!

We are seriously thrilled that the players' pay will be more reflective of what they deserve. We also wanted to credit great boots-on-the-ground reporting from Alexa Philippou, Annie Costabile and more.

We are so excited to share our interview with author Charles A. Bush this week. We met Charles at the Philly is Unrivaled event earlier this year and were able to talk with him about his experience playing basketball professionally, his love for women's basketball, the process of writing his incredible YA novel "Every Variable of Us" and so much more!

Follow Charles to learn more about his writing and stay posted on his upcoming projects:

Instagram: @charles_a_bush

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Website: www.charlesabush.com

Purchase "Every Variable of US"

And stay tuned to HomeStans socials for a special giveaway...

The Unrivaled exhibition event in Philadelphia exceeded our and many other people's expectations. It was electric. It was literally record-breaking. And we get into it all! (And yes, that includes how we met Jason and Kylie Kelce.)

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The Portland Fire megasode is here! There was so much to discuss we had to bring on two expert guests.

We spoke with Bill Oram, an Oregonian columnist, about the history of the team, why we think the name really misses the mark, Oregon's prominent women's basketball culture, a deeper look at coaching staff picks and somehow, much more! We reference Oram's popular column about his opinion on the team's name, here: https://www.oregonlive.com/wnba/2025/06/portlands-wnba-owners-had-one-job-dont-name-the-team-after-the-disaster-destroying-our-state-bill-oram.html

Next, we spoke with Portland branding expert, Kate Sokoloff. She gave her professional reaction to the name and overall branding (spoiler alert: they could've done better). It's not all negative though! To end the episode we went through all 15 WNBA names/logos and had a rapid fire analysis of each.

Fun fact: Did you know the Portland Fire was the only WNBA team to have folded before every making the playoffs?

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Thank you so much to Bill and Kate for sharing your expertise with us!

What do YOU think of the Fire's name and logo?! Please let us know in the comments!

For this Player Spotlight episode, we are digging into the life and career of THE Big BG, Brittney Griner.

Throughout this episode, we refer to a few books and other pieces of media. Here is a list:

• "In My Skin" by Brittney Griner with Sue Hovey (2014)
• "Coming Home" by Brittney Griner with Michelle Burford
• Interview with BG and Cam Newton (2025)
• Expose on Kim Mulkey in Washington Post (2024)

With the meteoric rise of women’s basketball come new ways to watch—and new places for athletes to play. On today’s episode of HomeStans, Mia and Chris discuss how new professional women’s basketball leagues, Unrivaled and Project B, compare to the WNBA. They answer questions like:

• How does Unrivaled’s untimed fourth quarter work?• What is Project B’s involvement with the Saudi royal family?• Should the WNBA be nervous?!

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The Goat. The White Mamba. The LITERAL WNBA ICON (probably). On this episode of HomeStans, we dive into the life and career of Diana Taurasi.

*DISCLAIMER*

A lot of our research for this episode was from the recently-released, three-part documentary on Taurasi from Amazon Prime. While we go in depth and touch on a lot of the doc, we still recommend watching it. We both loved it and think it would be perfect for women's basketball lovers and people who aren't even really into sports at all. Here's the link to watch: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Taurasi/0GKYID7CSBH1VUEUR3LHGYNYQ1

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...Buhlieve it!!

I am breaking down everything you need to know about the StudBudz, the iconic duo of Minnesota Lynx players Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman.

You'll learn about their high school and college days, how they became best friends and my thoughts on why their popularity skyrocketed this season (yes, it has something to do with their 72-hour livestream over All Star Weekend).

Articles used in this episode:

Vogue: It's StudBudz Season and Everyone is Watching

SLAM Magazine: StudBudz: Welcome to the Party

Players' Tribune: Courtney Williams is a Problem

Green Bay Press Gazette: Talents go beyond court for Southwest's Hiedeman

Helloooo women's basketball fans! For this episode of the HomeStans Podcast, we wanted to just reminisce for a bit. We are both giving our top 5 favorite moments of the season as well as analyzing some of our favorite tunnel fits.

For visuals, watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcG1NnBljnc

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Producer's Note: This was recorded before Game 4 of the WNBA Finals (congratulations, Aces!).

Mia and Chris detail Game 3 of the WNBA Finals and dissect how the Aces got this far with such a shaky start to the season. There were also plenty of fun and important off-court moments this week, like developments with the CBA, Nate Tibbetts comments that continue to test Mia's patience, and the announcement of a WNBA player being the first professional athlete to be a Victoria's Secret Angel!

We also have a few hot takes on the final All-WNBA team awards...