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Message: [QUOTE="Velocity80, post: 4969029, member: 13371"] I have been an active sports fan for over 40 years, and almost no women I know are even casual fans of the WNBA or women's basketball. Yet the tenor of the national media is such that women are scoldingly looking in the direction of men and saying contemptuously: "Be better! For us! Because we told you so." (Even though the NBA subsidizes the WNBA). In a sane world, women would've long ago galvanized their support for wbb and grown the league to a comparable phenomenon. Female dollars spend the same as men's. Then out of nowhere comes this truly oddball freak of nature who wears #22. She has a skill set and swagger and yes, a still conspicuous femininity, that appeals to fans of all stripes. She wins and she's entertaining, and seemingly always rises to the occasion for good TV. She builds interest with her buzzer beaters, her 20/20 court vision, her shooting, her fire, her record breaking, etc. But those talking heads, still looking in the direction of men--and not the bazillions of women who didn't care either--say things like: "I can't believe you didn't watch Shaneequa Holdsclaw in the '90s." [/QUOTE]