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Dr. Gyasmine. Believer🙏🏾, Professor, Author, Activist. Buy “Love Is at the Root of Resistance: Strategies of Activism, Advocacy, and Liberation” and more!

[SportsCrit Cutie @DrGyasmine]

Juneteenth SportsCrit book cover reveal! #TikTok https://t.co/AkPaPtZ6RT

[M'𝑽P (soon) @aja22wilsonHQ]

news: a’ja wilson takes the cover of Forbes. queen of the aces. ✨

[Las Vegas Aces @LVAces]

A'nother 🚫ne. Thank You.

For the 𝒇𝒊𝒇𝒕𝒉 season in a row, The D'POY leads the @WNBA in blocks per game.

[T. @tyriq1998___]

If FIBA opened y’all’s eyes to her defense, go watch her WNBA games too. It’s even better. Watch Unrivaled too, where she won DPOY. She defends 1 through 5 and can lock anyone down at any position. She should be DPOY. The stats and film speak for themselves. @Reese10Angel

[Los Angeles Sparks @LASparks]

Nneka didn't become one-of-one. She always was.

[M'𝑽P (soon) @aja22wilsonHQ]

a’ja gives nneka ogwumike her flowers before the game starts. 🤍 what an era.

[M'𝑽P (soon) @aja22wilsonHQ]

carole gist, the first african american woman to win the miss USA title, narrates a’ja wilson’s M'𝑽P campaign.

a’ja will be the first player in wnba history to win 𝑽 mvp’s. no one else has won more than 3.👸🏽

[Noa Dalzell 🏀 @NoaDalzell]

NEW: I'm voting Angel Reese for Defensive Player of the Year, and here's why.

The first in my WNBA award explanation series:
https://t.co/12KP0AemK9

[SportsCrit Cutie @DrGyasmine]

@NewAgeWriter2 @FeverUpdate Agree

[David Marco💡 @David_TornAI]

If you have a Gmail account, you need to read this.

Google's AI now scans your emails and attachments, bank statements, tax files, medical letters, all of it. It turned on by default, and there's a class-action lawsuit over how.

Here are 5 moves to shut it off, the switch is hidden in two places:

[Angel Reese @Reese10Angel]

Thank you to all the fans back home!
WE ♥️ YOU

[🇪🇺 Ratta Bagatta 🇮🇹🇺🇦 @RattaBagatta]

I giornalisti licenziati dallo storico The Washington Post da Jeff Bezos hanno fondato un nuovo giornale per combattere la disinformazione e le bufale dell’era Trump.
Diamo il benvenuto alla testata online The Washington Sun.

[SportsCrit Cutie @DrGyasmine]

@WEZ_Cane @UnderdogWNBA @alexaphilippou @MAVoepel What? And why is that?

[Underdog WNBA @UnderdogWNBA]

Shortlist of potential WNBA commissioner candidates, via @alexaphilippou, @MAVoepel:

Swin Cash
Keia Clarke
Bethany Donaphin
Tanya Hvizdak
Nneka Ogwumike
Jess Smith
Mark Tatum

The process to replace Cathy Engelbert will begin later this month.

[SportsCrit Cutie @DrGyasmine]

Misogynoir in action. #SportsCrit has the lens to analyze moments like this ✊🏾❤️

[Da W Unfiltered Real Talk @WURT_Sports]

AN OPEN LETTER TO @lindacohn

Linda Cohn owes A’ja Wilson an apology.

There is a huge difference between asking a legitimate question about why a player isn't participating in the FIBA World Cup and publicly suggesting that the player may have stayed home because she didn't want to watch Caitlin Clark receive attention.

A’ja Wilson said she was dealing with health issues. That should have been the end of the conversation.

Instead, Linda Cohn decided to attach a motive to A’ja that she has absolutely no evidence to support.

Think about how ridiculous that is.

A’ja is a four time WNBA MVP, a champion, a Finals MVP and one of the most accomplished players in the history of this league. She has spent years establishing herself as one of the best basketball players on the planet.

Yet we're supposed to believe that this woman suddenly needed to avoid a basketball tournament because Caitlin Clark might get too much attention?

Why?

What exactly does A’ja Wilson have to be insecure about?

And this is where the conversation becomes bigger than one ridiculous comment.

There is a familiar pattern in how accomplished Black women are treated when they don't play along with the expectations placed on them. Their decisions get analyzed differently. Their boundaries get questioned. Their motives get rewritten for them.

A Black woman can say she needs to step away for her health and somehow the conversation becomes whether she's jealous, threatened, bitter or unable to share the spotlight.

That is an ugly standard.

And Linda Cohn should know better.

If there is evidence that A’ja Wilson's decision had anything to do with Caitlin Clark, present it.

If there isn't, then stop creating a narrative around a woman who has given basketball fans years of elite performance and has earned the right to make decisions about her own body and career without having her motives assigned to her.

A’ja doesn't need to hide from Caitlin Clark.

She doesn't need to compete with Caitlin Clark for attention.

And she certainly doesn't need to explain herself because somebody in the media decided to invent a rivalry that A’ja never created.

Linda Cohn didn't expose something about A’ja Wilson.

She exposed the kind of thinking that still makes some people uncomfortable when a Black woman has already earned her place at the top and refuses to be reduced to somebody else's storyline.

A’ja Wilson deserves better than that.

And Linda Cohn should have known better.

@WNBA @LVAces #ajawilson @usabasketball

[I talk hoops 🏀 @trendyhoopstars]

Longtime “SportsCenter” anchor Linda Cohn questioned whether A’ja Wilson has some level of insecurity toward Caitlin Clark and whether that could be a reason she isn’t playing in the FIBA World Cup.

And I guess the question we have is: What exactly would A’ja Wilson be insecure about?

Is it basketball-related? It can’t be. Caitlin Clark is a zero-time champion at the high school, collegiate and, currently, WNBA level. Wilson is a high school state champion, led South Carolina to its first national championship and helped build a dynasty with the Las Vegas Aces, where she has won three WNBA championships. Oh, and she’s the only player in league history with four MVPs.

So clearly, it isn’t about basketball accomplishments. Are we talking about off the court? That doesn’t make much sense either. Clark’s most notable appearances away from basketball have largely involved golf. Not exactly sure why that would be something Wilson is sitting around feeling insecure about.

So is it the fans and attention? When you look at the fans Clark has, who exactly would want that? And obviously Wilson isn’t going to receive the exact same type of attention Clark does. She has never been pushed and pumped by the media at the rate Clark has, nor has she ever found herself at the center of the type of racially charged rivalry that has followed Clark throughout her professional career.

It’s a disservice to Caitlin Clark when so much of the conversation surrounding her relies on tearing down other players.

And it’s incredibly disrespectful to players like Wilson when trusted sports-media figures throw around narratives like this about someone who has spent years building one of the greatest résumés in basketball. It only adds fuel to the baseless jealousy narrative and gives Clark’s fans more red meat to feed off of, reinforcing this idea that Clark is somehow a damsel in distress who needs to be defended from other players. That, in turn, creates even more hostility toward players who are portrayed as jealous, bitter or somehow threatened by her when there is no actual basis for those claims.

Eventually, you start to realize that there are far too many paid fans disguised as media members.

At some point, a line has to be drawn. Enough is enough.

[HoopHer @HoopHerSpeaks]

Wake it up!!! 🗣️

Oh I love when these faulty MVP narratives get crushed 🤣

[SportsCrit Cutie @DrGyasmine]

SportsCrit: Teaching the Tough Plays is out! Institutions, educators, coaches, get your copy now! https://t.co/l5humOdv1j

[SportsCrit Cutie @DrGyasmine]

@banggggggggg666 @ChristanWNBA She cut her hair in honor of her friend with cancer…..

[Daya @__deardaya]

And thank you for speaking up Syd cause SOMEBODY had to day something cause it's getting ridiculous at this point🧍🏽‍♀️

[Janelle | Sports Data @itsNellzz]

Was this not the same foul?? Lmaooo