Diana Taurasi LA Times article

[Kat]

I was pleasantly surprised to see a double-page spread about Diana Taurasi in yesterday's LA Times. Here is a free link to it:

How Diana Taurasi's fiery competitive streak ignited a women's basketball revolution

Diana Taurasi is defined by the bravado and swag that she played with every time she stepped on the basketball court, inspiring others.

www.latimes.com

 

[ucmiami2]

Thanks for posting that. Good read.

The last part about Taurasi not benefiting from what the W has become is true of all sports folks when they retire - the money and exposure continues to expand across sports. But what I thought about was Diana, and Bird, and a bunch of that era of women's basketball stars got to experience something that no longer really exists - which were the superstar Euro teams of the 2000s and 2010s. Where they were treated by the owners like royalty. I suspect a large portion of their net worth comes from playing at Spartak Moscow and at UMMC Ekaterinberg.

Those teams were like the Dream Team for men's basketball.