{"id":119957,"date":"2026-05-07T04:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T04:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/the-growing-crescendo\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T04:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T04:07:00","slug":"the-growing-crescendo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/the-growing-crescendo\/","title":{"rendered":"The growing crescendo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"blogPost\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\">\n<meta content=\"3294024409625186001\" itemprop=\"blogId\"\/><br \/>\n<meta content=\"5166096657523218393\" itemprop=\"postId\"\/><br \/>\n<a name=\"5166096657523218393\"\/><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"post-title entry-title\" itemprop=\"name\">\nThe growing crescendo<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<div class=\"post-header\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body entry-content\" id=\"post-body-5166096657523218393\" itemprop=\"description articleBody\">\n<p><b>WNBA news:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/wnba-30th-season-aces-fec826b765b99f84f175a851101bb58f?utm_source=bluesky&amp;utm_medium=share&amp;nbsp;%3Cbr%3EThe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The WNBA&#8217;s 30th season brings two new teams, a transformational CBA, and another Aces title chase<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/columnist\/nancy-armour\/2026\/05\/06\/wnba-more-than-a-league-30-years-of-impact\/89940142007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The WNBA has changed us<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/shopping\/style\/shoes\/2026\/05\/06\/wnba-skechers-partnership-2026\/89969706007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The WNBA and Skechers have entered a multi-year partnership<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>WNBA team news:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/wnba\/2026\/05\/06\/indiana-fever-caitlin-clark-off-ball-role-2025\/89957489007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fever will shift Caitlin Clark off the ball<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/story\/sports\/wnba\/mercury\/2026\/05\/06\/phoenix-mercury-wnba-finals-alyssa-thomas-dewanna-bonner-satou-sabally-kahleah-copper-2026-media-day\/89968912007\/?gnt-cfr=1&amp;gca-cat=p&amp;gca-uir=true&amp;gca-epti=z113931p000150c000150e1162xxv113931d--65--b--65--&amp;gca-ft=194&amp;gca-ds=sophi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mercury talk reloading, disrespect and motivation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2026\/may\/6\/mystics-chomping-bit-start-landmark-wnba-season\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Mystics are excited to begin the season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfchronicle.com\/sports\/annkillion\/article\/joe-lacob-only-talks-banners-rings-22244897.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Valkyries are embracing expectations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/sports\/basketball\/toronto-tempo-season-preview-marina-mabrey-9.7189308?cmp=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Tempo plan to exceed expectations in their first season<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/portland-fire\/2026\/05\/portland-fire-want-disruption-to-be-a-key-piece-of-their-identity-this-season.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Fire want disruption to be a key part of their identity<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/wnba\/news\/kentucky-ajsa-sivka-wnba-draft-sky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Sky&#8217;s first-round draft pick signed with the University of Kentucky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>WNBA player news:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2026\/may\/06\/wnba-new-cba-salary-increases-season\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A huge pay boost has changed WNBA player&#8217;s lives<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2026\/05\/05\/nx-s1-5793789\/napheesa-collier-wnba-salary-increase-womens-sports\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Napheesa Collier said her critique of the league was &#8220;a little dramatic,&#8221; but it worked<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/48696894\/connecticut-sun-claim-hailey-van-lith-waivers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hailey Van Lith was claimed by the Sun after being waived from Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.in\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/48698834\/twelve-aussies-set-light-wnba-nyadiew-puoch-ezi-magebegor-alanna-smith-georgia-amoore\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twelve Aussies are set to light up the WNBA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/wnba\/story\/_\/id\/48695702\/battery-charge-wings-star-arike-ogunbowale-dropped\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Battery charges against Arike Ogunbowale, from a March incident, were dropped<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/sports\/wings\/article\/dallas-wings-arike-ogunbowale-reflects-1-2-22245720.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ogunbowale reflects on her new $1.2 million contract with the Wings<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-footer\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-line post-footer-line-1\">\n<span class=\"post-author vcard\"><br \/>\nPosted by<br \/>\n<span class=\"fn\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\"><br \/>\n<meta content=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10156867163190788796\" itemprop=\"url\"\/><br \/>\n<a class=\"g-profile\" href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/profile\/10156867163190788796\" rel=\"author noopener\" title=\"author profile\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n<span itemprop=\"name\">Sue Favor<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"post-timestamp\"><br \/>\nat<br \/>\n<meta content=\"http:\/\/hoopism.blogspot.com\/2026\/05\/the-growing-crescendo.html\" itemprop=\"url\"\/><br \/>\n<a class=\"timestamp-link\" href=\"http:\/\/hoopism.blogspot.com\/2026\/05\/the-growing-crescendo.html\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\" title=\"permanent link\" target=\"_blank\"><abbr class=\"published\" itemprop=\"datePublished\" title=\"2026-05-06T21:07:00-07:00\">9:07\u202fPM<\/abbr><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"post-comment-link\"><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"post-icons\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"item-control blog-admin pid-619982943\"><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogger.com\/post-edit.g?blogID=3294024409625186001&amp;postID=5166096657523218393&amp;from=pencil\" title=\"Edit Post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hoopism.blogspot.com\/2026\/05\/the-growing-crescendo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The growing crescendo WNBA news: The WNBA&#8217;s 30th season brings two new teams, a transformational CBA, and another Aces title chase. 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