USBWA Names National Freshman Honor After Tamika Catchings

October 17, 2019 - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The United States Basketball Writers Association has named its annual recognition of its women's national freshman of the year The Tamika Catchings Award. Catchings, vice president of basketball operations for the Indiana Fever of the WNBA, was the consensus national freshman of the year during the 1997-98 season, when the Tennessee Lady Volunteers won a national championship in a 39-0 season. "You don't go into the game to gather awards," Catchings said at SEC Women's Basketball Media Day. "You go i... Full Story

New York Liberty Announce Barclays Center as Home Venue Beginning in 2020

October 17, 2019 - BROOKLYN - The New York Liberty are moving to Brooklyn. Beginning with the 2020 WNBA season, the team will play its home games at Barclays Center. In addition to the change in venue, this will also be the first full season under new leadership. Joe Tsai acquired the Liberty in January 2019, and recently purchased Barclays Center and the remaining interest in the Brooklyn Nets, becoming Governor of the team. Immediately following the closing of the transaction, David Levy was named CEO of the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Cen... Full Story

OSC Weekly Ratings Wrapup

October 16, 2019 - WNBA Playoff Ratings Review While last year's WNBA Finals only went three games, it was able to top over 500k viewers twice. The top number of viewers for this year's finals came in at just short of that with 499k. Both season's Finals games were aired during the NFL season. According to SportsMediaWatch.com, this was the lowest-rated WNBA finals since 2013. The league's lone broadcast network airing of the Finals occurred on Sunday, placing it in direct competition with NFL football, drew fewer viewers than Tue... Full Story

New York Liberty Announce Head Coach Katie Smith's Contract Not Renewed

October 16, 2019 - NEW YORK - The New York Liberty announced today that Head Coach Katie Smith's contract will not be renewed for the 2020 season. The search for a new coach will begin immediately. "On behalf of the entire Liberty organization, we want to thank Katie for her time with our franchise," said New York Liberty General Manager, Jonathan Kolb. "These decisions are never easy to make, but we felt it necessary to move our organization forward in a new direction. We wish her all the best." Smith was named head coach of the New Yor... Full Story

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• Bankers Life Fieldhouse: fans rank BLF among top arenas in the NBA - WNBA Indianapolis Star (October 17)
  
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