When I tell you we had a time with
@iamwandasykes
and Alex Sykes and
@hoopdreams08
at
@USA3x3
and dinner. My life has been enriched because of great natured peeps like this crew! The laughs. The shared life stories. The absolute love for WBB. Thank you God!
I wish that there was a Philly Sports team that played inbetween the Sixers and the Eagles. Really would be nice to watch a team during the summer that isn’t completely dead to me
Toronto has been awarded a WNBA expansion team, to be led by billionaire Larry Tanenbaum and Kilmer Sports Inc. The franchise is expected to launch in 2026 and will play at the Coca-Cola Coliseum.
Via:
@_shireenahmed_
🚨It’s time for the 1K GIVEAWAY🚨 Pretty standard stuff- like and rt this to enter, but you gotta follow! Raffle will close at midnight (EDT- we are in Philly after all). On your marks, get set, GO!
Some of y’all are new to the WNBA so let me explain- copper is the reigning MVP and you can’t buy her jersey anywhere; in fact, of the 144 players in the W, you can only buy the jerseys of 9 players. 9.
Fascinating to see
@RMcElhenney
tell my colleague
@gablcarroll
that he's tried to buy into a Philly pro sports team, but hasn't been able to yet:
"Not only have I thought about it, I’ve tried desperately."
🚨PHILLY ON THE SHORT LIST🚨
WNBA cites its appealing media market 😎 not cited but also relevant is that it is the best city and we deserve it because we already love a team that doesn’t exist yet
WNBA expansion is coming – the league plans to add 1-2 teams by the end of this year. They could start playing as soon as the 2024 season.
@ChantelJennings
and I report on the league's plans, 6 cities with a real chance, and what a WNBA franchise is worth.
Casting a wide net - if anyone involved in the bid knows this account exists, please reach out!! Our community is your community (and you're welcome to it)
Today is the
#WNBA
draft. Will you be watching
#CaitlinClark
and
#AngelReese
get drafted?
I bring this up because- there is ONE space for an expansion team. Could Philly be the place for that team?
We dig in on what it would take on
#Studio2
on
@whyy
:
OMG y’all we hit a full 1,000. 1,000 people who want to grow the game. 1,000 people who want more for Philly. 1,000 people who got next. Raffle details will be posted in the AM so everyone has a chance to win!
Hi Philly - hope you’re okay. I personally am scared and tired of having to keep my head on a swivel, of having to text my friends “let me know when you get home.” But I love this city and everyone in it, so please reach out if you need to talk. Stay safe and stay well 🔔
Could the next frontier for Philadelphia basketball be a WNBA franchise?
"I think we're more ready than we've ever been, I do," Dawn Staley told The Inquirer. "I hope we’re one of the lucky cities that will get a WNBA franchise."
REAL TALK: Last night, two of my friends (also women) came to my house and we drank margs and ate pizza and watched wcbb. I realized this is why I want this so badly - so much of "women in sports" is women coaching, training, reporting on men's sports (all love!)
Oh hey there new friends! To celebrate that good ✨momentum✨ we’re gonna incentivize it!! giveaway at 1k…reveal at 900. Retweet, tell your friends, yell it from your apartment windows! 🚨
The guru report - here during the all-star game in chicago at her midseason presser wnba commisioner cathy engelbert said that philly is in the 15-team expansion candidate mix. New question - how deep?
NORF PHILLY’S FINEST🏆
Meet the LEGEND
@dawnstaley
at The Mitchell & Ness Flagship Store next Tuesday from 12PM-2PM for the release of her 2004 USA Swingman Jersey.
Apple TV commenters just said they couldn’t show the phanatic’s home run celly on tv because “this is a kids’ program and that was too sexual” (Philadelphia content)
hey philly friends, looking for local printing business to quote a sticker order! got a few events coming up and wanna have something to bring to the table...literally
Suns’ All-Star Chris Paul has been named the first ever Kobe & Gigi Bryant WNBA Advocacy Award for contributions to the advancement of girls’ and women’s basketball, and advocacy for the WNBA. Vanessa Bryant and WNBA will present Paul with the award tonight.
Day 1,302 of inconsistently tweeting
@CathyEngelbert
until she brings the WNBA to Philly (I have genuinely lost count, inconsistency has its price) (I think it’s day 4)
I was raised by a woman and a woman made me a man. It's an honor to make history and perform at the
@WNBA
All-Star Game. Here's to all the powerful women of the WNBA. Daleee
would love to see the
@sixers
donate at least some of the >$19 million they got from b*n's fines to an org for mental health. drop your favs in the thread, i'll start:
Cathy Engelbert: "Whenever you are thinking about your fanbase, you have to determine and define with data who they are today. How do we bring them into our arena? How do we make it easy to be a fan?" Mentioned fans outside markets -- a hint at expansion? (Q:
@ecwilson76
)
#WNBA
If you’re the cute guy with a yellow running vest on finishing a run at Eakins tonight that asked to pet my dog please DM me. She is very picky about men and she liked you so now I do too
Did somebody say WNBA expansion?
Based on the
@WNBA
's social audience, these are the top states without a current team that have the largest WNBA fan bases🏀
Where would you like to see a
#WNBA
team?
Happy Monday support the WNBA and buy merch and the league pass and tell your friends and get a tattoo of the logo and meet me outside city hall to advocate expansion
Crash course in women’s basketball for my new-to-the-cause followers: many WNBA players supplement their stateside incomes (another thread for another time) by playing international ball in the WNBA offseason. Many of these teams are in Eastern Europe. (1/4)
If you’re watching NCAAW which you should be you should also be following this account and relentlessly tweeting
@CathyEngelbert
to bring a WNBA team to philly
Okay genuinely do need y’all’s help because I am not doing this alone!! WE are doing this! So someone tell 33 of their friends to follow this account and make us look like the good expansion market we are please then I will shut up (for tonight)