Locked On Women's Basketball – Daily Podcast On The WNBA

Sue Bird made it official: the 2022 WNBA season is her last. Our Jacqueline LeBlanc was there for the tearful yet joyful press conference, and joins host Howard Megdal to reflect on Bird's legacy as a player, a spanner of generation, an icon both in hoops and in the LGBTQ community. Plus, Bird's not done yet, she has a game tonight! So the two discuss the Sun-Storm matchup ahead.

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Han Xu is simply the biggest part of the recent rise by the New York Liberty, as The Next Liberty beat reporter Jackie Powell tells host Howard Megdal in our latest podcast. The Liberty are also seeing Sabrina Ionescu turn into the player they built their roster around, Marine Johannes flower in just the way Powell predicted, and Sandy Brondello's system paying dividends as the group coalesces. Everything you want to know about the Liberty is answered here!

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From their freshman season at Louisville on, AD (formerly known as Asia Durr) has struggled with physical maladies that have kept them from achieving their virtually unlimited ceiling as a player. In a must-listen interview with host Howard Megdal, AD discusses their COVID diagnosis, what the experience getting traded from the New York Liberty to the Atlanta Dream was like, and the many ways they have found joy in the doing as they look to reconstruct a promising career and live life fully.

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The New York Liberty are the subject of Allison Klayman's new film, Unfinished Business. Jackie Powell and Howard Megdal attended the premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival Monday night, and fill us in on all the goings-on, what we learned about both the past and present members of the Liberty, and how it all augurs for the way the team treats its history going forward.

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The Next's Em Adler and Missy Heidrick get together to talk all things ACC transfers. Adler, who covers Duke women's basketball for the Duke Chronicle as well, has plenty to say about everyone from Sam Brunelle heading to UVA to Cameron Swartz, who kept it in the ACC family by moving from Boston College to Georgia Tech. Want to know how all the movement reshapes the conference? We are here for it!

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The Next's Jenn Hatfield is ALWAYS here to talk about the Ivy League, a criminally underrated women's basketball conference. She joins host Missy Heidrick to delve into Princeton's dominance, the ascension of Columbia, and even how a program like Yale navigates live after Allison Guth. Listen and prepare yourself: #TwoBidIvy is coming!

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Intrepid The Next reporter Natalie Heavren joins us to talk about the many strands of her women's basketball reporting. It's been a busy offseason in the Atlantic 10, and she breaks down the coaching moves and why they've happened, along with what Loyola Chicago brings to the conference in just a few weeks! Then, she discusses Candice Dupree's new role, along with a tease to her upcoming WBL story to kick off a largescale initiative to tell those forgotten tales. Don't miss it!

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There's been a ton of turnover in the ACC, so of course we turn to The Next ACC correspondent Mitchell Northam to make sense of it all. Northam discusses with Howard Megdal everything from the Wake Forest decision to move on from Jen Hoover to Sam Brunelle's prospects with Virginia, the ever-improving UNC program under Courtney Banghart, and much more. Take a listen!

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The Next's Em Adler has taken a deep dive look into the Seattle Storm once again. She joins host Howard Megdal to take a closer look at topics like what Mercedes Russell's return means for Seattle's interior defense, whether Sue Bird's early struggles from two matter and how the Storm's record should look by the time they conclude their road trip in New York on June 19.

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The Las Vegas Aces are the fastest WNBA team to ten wins. But did we see any reasons for concern in last week's performances, particularly the loss to the Connecticut Sun? The Next Aces beat reporter Matthew Walter joins host Howard Megdal to discuss Kelsey Plum's emergence into superstardom, along with what we know about Jackie Young's injury and just what Becky Hammon's system will mean when Las Vegas faces the best teams in the league.

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