Jackie Powell
women's basketball writer
Jackie Powell has covered women’s basketball since 2019, including college basketball, the WNBA and international and high school prospects. Her work has appeared in Bleacher Report, Yahoo Sports, The Next, Sports Illustrated, the Hartford Courant, SLAM and Harper’s Bazaar, and she hosts the “Locked on Women’s Basketball” podcast every other week. She also is a Lady Gaga stan, a connoisseur of pop music and a mental health advocate.
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In the 3 women’s college basketball games televised on ABC this season, viewership increased 120% year over year.
She presented a new model of what women players could be in a world that saw them as second-class athletes.
A’ja Wilson, center for the Las Vegas Aces, had one of the most dominant seasons in league history, becoming the first WNBA player to reach 1,000 points in a full season.
After helping Team USA to its eighth straight gold medal, Griner solidified her legacy as an American hero.
USA Women’s Basketball winning its eighth consecutive gold medal matters much more than anything else.
Columnist Gregg Doyel’s mea culpa would have been more effective if he’d addressed what his exchange with Clark says about how WNBA players have often been disregarded.
The women’s game has more compelling star players and coaches and more compelling storylines. Ticket prices and television ratings reflect that.
Clark should be remembered as a driving force who brought the general public to a sport that has years and years of undertold stories.
Ionescu and Curry have long regarded each other as peers and have mutual respect for each other.
