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Monday, May 16, 2016

Opening weekend afterglow

Opening weekend:

Five things we learned from opening weekend in the WNBA.

ESPN posted the highest overnight ratings for a WNBA game since 2011.

WNBA:

ESPN's oral history.

Mel Greenberg's oral history.

Team news:

Motto for the new-look Sun: humble but hungry. Their opening loss exposed their weaknesses.

Lynx practice report: the importance of the second unit.

Player news:

After sitting out Saturday's game with an illness, Elena Delle Donne practiced today and is expected to play Wednesday.

Breanna Stewart is at day one again.

Diana Taurasi is back, and relishes being the villain.

The love Wings guard Erin Phillips has for football rivals basketball.

A Mystics minute with Bria Hartley.

College conference news:

South Carolina will host the SEC Tournament as a result of removing the Confederate flag from state grounds last year.

College player news:

Natalie Romeo is leaving Nebraska for Washington.

Lexi Martins joins George Washington.

Western Kentucky transfer Taylor Brown has landed at Seton Hall.

Olympics:

You should know the Canadian National Team.

Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner talk Olympics.
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