Doug Feinberg
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Can’t begin to express how special last night was getting inducted into the 25 year club at the school ive coached at since I was in college. Here’s the speech I gave in two parts which serves as a thank you to all the teachers I had there
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And here’s video from the other day when
@monyenwere_
found out she was the
@AP_Sports
rookie of the year. Thanks to
@nyliberty
for the video
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Good news for
@WNBA
rookies. They will get health benefits starting Friday. Usually those don't come until training camps open.
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Well
@POTUS
invited
@GamecockWBB
to White House for NCAA celebration tomorrow and they declined
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Such a sad story to add to an awful one: first call in 4 months between Cherelle Griner and
@brittneygriner
was supposed to be on 4-year wedding anniversary Saturday. Never happened because US Embassy was unstaffed to put call through. With
@etuckerAP
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I've been part of the AP Awards for 12 years now. This was the coolest way I've seen a team let a player know they won. Kudos to
@IowaWBB
for pulling it off on
@GustafsonMeg10
BREAKING: Iowa's
@GustafsonMeg10
is The AP women's college basketball player of the year.
Gustafson helped the Hawkeyes reach the Elite Eight for the first time since 1993 and led the nation in scoring for the second consecutive year.
by
@DougFeinberg
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AP Source:
@WNBA
to pay
@breannastewart
as an ambassador for the league since
@seattlestorm
suspended her to free up roster spot. League will pay Stewart in excess of her $65,000 base salary she would have earned this year
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Next time that someone says "nobody cares about women's basketball" we've had 333,000 people view the
@AP
player of the year award video with
@GustafsonMeg10
.
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Well
@WNBA
just announced that Game 1 of the series between
@seattlestorm
and
@minnesotalynx
will be at 9pm ET Tuesday night.
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Thanks to
@S10Bird
and
@breannastewart
for talking about making egg freezing less taboo. I learned a lot about something that I knew very little about.
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The
@WNBA
and the players have reached a tentative agreement on new CBA. Huge increase in salary, revenue sharing, and many other big things.
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Two of the three are now here fresh off the plane as
@cgray209
and
@Kelseyplum10
are in Australia.
@_ajawilson22
will be here shortly
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For those turning down postseason
@WomensNIT
bids; three of the last four champions of that tournament are hosting first and second round games this weekend.
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Congratulations to
@paigebueckers1
the first freshman ever to win the
@AP
women's college basketball player of the year.
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Shows that
@dawnstaley
has built quite a good thing at
@GamecockWBB
when they lose one game in conference and people think the sky is falling
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Awesome job by the
@GamecockWBB
team surprising coach with the news that
@dawnstaley
is the AP Coach of the Year
Dawn Staley, coach of the undefeated South Carolina women's basketball team, is the AP Coach of the Year.
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So the league has done a tremendous job with TV exposure this year. That said, the fact I'm in NY and can't watch the
@WashMystics
vs
@nyliberty
game on TV right now or on league pass is an epic fail.
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Curious if everyone who has jumped on the inequity bandwagon in the media world is going to actually cover the women’s tournament? Or is it now just on to the next thing?
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The
@AP_Sports
women's college basketball player of the year is
@sabrina_i20
to no major surprise. She was a unanimous choice, only the second time ever since the award was first given in 1995.
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So
@breannastewart
is still unbeaten in title games. 4-0 in college and now 3-0 in the pros. Not too shabby
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Here’s
@GustafsonMeg10
getting ready for the draft tonight: check out her diary from last night:
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Well
@nyliberty
star
@sabrina_i20
had minor surgery last week on her left ankle to remove some calcified scar tissue. The doctor said the ligaments from her Grade 3 sprain in July are completely healed.
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The
@ncaawbb
plans to stage the entire women's basketball tournament in one geographic area and San Antonio is the likely host site.
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The final
@AP_Top25
women's basketball poll is out and
@dawnstaley
and the
@GamecockWBB
finish the season at No. 1 for the first time in school history.
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And here is the moment when
@sabrina_i20
found out she was the winner. Thanks for
@GoDucksKG
and his family for the assist. Always wanted to make one of these phone calls.
BREAKING: Oregon guard Sabrina Ionescu unanimously voted AP Player of the Year.
The AP's
@dougfeinberg
informed
@sabrina_i20
last night, and
@GoDucksKG
helped capture the moment.
Full story >>
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top players can make around $500,000; average salary will be around $130,000 which make it first time in six-figures
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The
@seattlestorm
Olympians are basically laughing at jetlag right now; combining for 38 points so far and outscoring the
@ConnecticutSun
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This might be the greatest win in
@MooreMaya
career getting a family friend freed from jail.
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List of AP Award winners:
@_ajawilson22
as player of year;
@LynxCoachReeve
as coach of year;
@crystald2_
as rookie of year;
@dearicamarie
as sixth woman of year; Betnijah Laney as most improved;
@Candace_Parker
as defensive player and
@breannastewart
as comeback player.
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and finally in one of the tightest award races in the 4 years the AP has done its own WNBA Awards,
@PHEEsespieces
edged
@Arike_O
for rookie of the year.
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I know it’s not doable but it would have been great if they moved
@seattlestorm
at
@nyliberty
to a later start time and put it on abc since there’s no nba finals game 7 tomorrow. Would have been a fitting thing to do in honor of
@S10Bird
last game in New York
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AP Source:
@chicagosky
stars Diamond DeShields and Azura Stevens have left the bubble. Stevens out for season with left knee injury. DeShields left for personal reasons.
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I love trolls who put "who cares?" or "women play basketball?" in response to polls when the
@AP_Top25
tweets it out. Maybe watch a game once before you comment.
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According to
@nyliberty
PR;
@sabrina_i20
is first player to get a triple-double before her third season. Sheryl Swoopes, who recorded the league's first one ever did it in her third season.
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To give you an idea of Covid prevention measure at basketball arena and other places. we are kept six feet apart from players like
@S10Bird
. Usually we are right on other side of red barrier. Photo credit to
@TeresaMWalker
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so
@DianaTaurasi
said she was going to have dinner and a few beers with
@S10Bird
after last night's game in New York and now she's out tomorrow for the game against Minnesota for rest. Must have been a heck of a night!
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How bout the fact there have been 6 different
@pac12
teams in the Final Four over last few years with
@UW_WBB
@BeaverWBB
@OregonWBB
@StanfordWBB
@ArizonaWBB
and
@CalWBBall
since 2013.
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Here’s a great idea. The
@WNBA
and
@espn
show an ad or two for the upcoming 25th year on tonight’s broadcast. Mention the draft on April 15 and then the first night of games.
#hopeithappens
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AP Source: WNBA teams have to get roster down to 12 by May 26 so players can get paid on June 1. Players cut between now and next Tuesday will get benefits until June 30. League and union still working on a lot of logistics including how much and how often players get paid.
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This weekend was my 25th anniversary at the
@AP
and it's crazy to think that I've spent almost half of my life employed there after starting a week after graduating college. Here's to at least 25 more years telling the stories I've had the pleasure to tell over the first 25.
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Fresh off their first win against a top 5 team;
@umichwbball
cracks top 10 for first time ever; coming in at No. 9
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The news people have been waiting for nearly 300 days:
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New
@AP_Top25
women's poll is out.
@UConnWBB
falls to 11th ending a record run of 313 consecutive weeks ranked in top 10.
@GamecockWBB
still unanimous No. 1;
@StanfordWBB
up to 2; setting up showdown tomorrow
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Welcome to women's college basketball 2019-2020 where the
@OregonWBB
are No. 1 for the first time in school history in the
@AP_Top25
preseason poll
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AP All-America teams: 1st Team: Caitlin Clark, JuJu Watkins, Cameron Brink, Hannah Hidalgo, Paige Bueckers
2nd Team: Liz Kitley, Angel Reese, Kamilla Cardoso, Madison Booker, Jacy Sheldon
3rd Team: Alissa Pili, Mackenzie Holmes, Georgia Amoore, Dyaisha Fair, Raegan Beers
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The
@AP_Sports
women's college basketball coach of the year is
@dawnstaley
. It's her first time winning the award after leading the
@GamecockWBB
to an incredible season.
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AP source:
@seattlestorm
got fined for its tweets about
@S10Bird
coming back to play one more year in league.
Some of the biggest stars in the WNBA could be on the move with free agency set to begin this weekend.
by
@dougfeinberg
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We don’t publish obits at the AP until we have confirmation of death. I’d like to think as Kevin Mcguff said “they’ve got probably the best player in America sitting on the bench.”
UConn's dynasty is officially dead. That's good news for women's college basketball. Really good analysis by
@Lindsay_Schnell
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Had pitched a few months ago traveling with the
@nyliberty
or a behind the scenes look at what it's like for a WNBA team to travel. Story hits in the morning. A lot of work goes into each trip by a lot of people behind the scenes to make it run smoothly.
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Well the
@WFinalFour
doesn't seem to disappoint. Nothing can top last year's, but man this year's games were close. Another college season in the books. On to the
@WNBA
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It's unfortunate for
@umichwbball
that there game against Illinois was canned earlier this season because of weather issues and not rescheduled. Odds are they would have won and at least had share of
@B1Gwbball
title and No. 1 seed in conference tourney.
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Interesting how some are calling today a "media blackout" by
@WNBA
players. They answered anything you asked them not related to day's game
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New
@AP_Top25
women's basketball poll is out and
@WSUCougarWBB
is ranked for first time in school history. They are the last of the power five programs to earn a Top 25 appearance all-time.
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She's 100% in the national player of the year conversation as a freshman
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New poll, New No. 1 as
@UofLWBB
ascends to the top spot for the first time in school history.
@PackWomensBball
@UConnWBB
@GamecockWBB
and
@StanfordWBB
follow.
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Good sign for
@usabasketball
and
@PhoenixMercury
fans.
@brittneygriner
working out with
@DianaTaurasi
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And thanks to
@LadyVol_Hoops
SID Eric Trainer for pointing out that Tennessee continues its streak of being ranked every season there has been a poll
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Well
@S10Bird
and
@DianaTaurasi
are already linked for over two decades. Now they'll share the
@WNBA
edition cover of the new
@NBA2K
game
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The
@AP_Sports
@WNBA
awards: league ones are released in playoffs. Player of year
@jus242
Coach of Year:
@CurtMillerWBB
Rookie of Year:
@monyenwere_
Sixth Woman and Comeback Player:
@Kelseyplum10
Most Improved:
@_bjones18
Defensive Player:
@SylviaFowles
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For only the second time in the 46-year history of the poll, it will be delayed a day because of a 1-2 matchup.
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Players no longer have to share hotel rooms on the road and will also get premium comfort tickets on planes.
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Had really good chat with
@MooreMaya
story to come shortly. She confirmed that even with overturned conviction she still will sit out this season to rest. Something she hasn’t had a chance to do yet.
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26 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 blocks and a steal. Not a bad first half for
@DianaTaurasi
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More coverage is great. I’m just curious if all these new people writing stories about the
@WNBA
will still do so when it’s not just clickbait. It’s always easy to grab low hanging fruit. The players and league have a lot of great stories to tell
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It's nice to see
@breannastewart
supporting her
@seattlestorm
teammates playing in this game _ Gabby Williams, Steph Talbot and Ezi Magbegor; as well as former one Sami Whitcomb.
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Good news for
@nyliberty
fans as
@_megwalker3
is at the bubble now that she's clear of COVID
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Been working on this one for a bit:
@WNBA
players like
@T_Cloud4
and
@tinacharles31
have been social activists for awhile
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Thanks for your inquiry. I'm happy to offer you the No. 25 position this week.
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Pretty cool that there are two Black female coaches in the Final Four for the first time with
@dawnstaley
and
@AdiaBarnes
.
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Got to love
@DianaTaurasi
soliciting people to send in resumes and tapes to the
@PhoenixMercury
since they are down to 7 players most likely now.
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Here's some morning news for you: AP Source;
@nyliberty
trade
@tinacharles31
to
@WashMystics
as part of 3-team deal with
@DallasWings
. Liberty get back No. 9, 12 and 15 picks, Tayler Hill, Shatori Walker-Kimbrough
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You have the best two teams in the country at this point playing for a national championship, you'd hope that they would have the best 3 officials in the country doing the game.
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Happy to announce a fun project over the next week or so.
@_ajawilson22
has agreed to do a draft diary for
@AP_Sports
going behind the scenes of her week leading up to the
@WNBA
draft
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Well my bracket was perfect until
@SamPurcellMSU
and his Bulldogs crashed right through it. Great job by a great guy.
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Just landed in the Bahamas to watch some really good teams play basketball over the next 10 days.
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Wait so game 5 is bumped to ESPNnews because of a women's soccer exhibition game????? that's awful.
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