The HARD SCREEN

Correcting and contextualizing records, one screen at a time.

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

@WashSpirit play today in Seattle. We hope that @victoryplustv knows that the @NWSL's biggest and highest-paid star is named @Trinity_Rodman ... and that there isn't a single player in the #NWSL with the first name TIFFANY.

We👀you, #IONSports.

https://t.co/KEpxDfeA4D

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

@WashSpirit play today in Seattle. We hope that @victoryplustv knows that the @NWSL's biggest and highest-paid star is named @trinityrodman ... and that there isn't a single player in the league with the first name TIFFANY.

We👀you, #IONSports.

https://t.co/KEpxDfeA4D

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

Cathy Engelbert trolls #Celtics, Boston basketball fans at #WNBADraft? Maybe not, but ending teams doesn't grow the league.

This deep dive into the saga of the NEEDLESSLY "setting" #ConnecticutSun is updated 👀 and 🔓 https://t.co/PKshF8cdVP

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

Is #WNBA to Houston a politically motivated jab at Massachusetts? In Part IV of our series "Stripping New England of Its Only WNBA Team Doesn't Grow the League," we explore Commissioner Cathy Engelbert's and Tilman Fertitta's ties to Donald Trump.

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

Fans in #Boston value loyalty, rarely forgive, and never forget. In denying the city a #WNBA team, Engelbert messed with the wrong crowd. Just #AskKyrieIrving.👀 Part III of our series is about what the league threw away.🏀🍀 🤷🏽Here's the link: https://t.co/jW5VUUCc3d

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

In 2003, @themohegantribe saved a #WNBA team from folding. In "Stripping New England of Its Only WNBA Team Doesn't Grow the League: Part II," we praise the tribe's historic run in pro sports ... with 💐. Thanks for the great moments at Mohegan Sun Arena! https://t.co/GL77hbVOjs

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

Stripping New England of its only #WNBA team doesn’t grow the league, especially when that region had recent sellout games at TD Garden. The Board of Governors shouldn't approve Houston deal.

A four-part series on Engelbert's controversial move:
https://t.co/KmmnbqV22z

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

Someone asked if they can get the book signed without personalization.

Answer: YES.
If a signed, first-edition hardback is what you're after, it can be yours.
I'll still throw in a bookmark or other small gift, to say tHaNk YoU! 🫶🏽

22 left at https://t.co/DTKsogOzdA.

[Tamryn Spruill @tamrynspruill]

Want to pre-order a SIGNED copy of THE W: A HISTORY OF THE WNBA, and have it personalized?

Get it here: https://t.co/6VqaORH8pU

-Includes shipping (U.S.) + custom bookmark or other gift
-Just 2️⃣5️⃣ copies available
-Act fast to get it with my messy scrawl 💥

[Tamryn Spruill @tamrynspruill]

💣 THE W: A HISTORY OF THE WNBA (Abrams Press, August 12, 2026) is available for pre-order everywhere:

https://t.co/ILGtw6rYHO

A cover reveal is coming soon ...🔥🔥🔥

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

@goatmovieofficial opens on Friday. 🐎🦒🦏🦓 Thoughts on last week's early-access screening:

The 🎬’s themes flip toxic narratives about women on their head. #StephenCurry is changing more than hoops. Credit: @sonypictures @sonyanimation.

REVIEW: https://t.co/hmFm073YjB?

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

ESPN’s Holly Rowe devoted her life to Caitlin Clark. It is a travesty that ESPN gives her a microphone to put in other players’ faces!

All answers to her questions should be:

“Ask Caitlin!”

or

“When are you writing a book about me?”

🤔

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

.@TheWNBPA needs to set a standard for players that forces the people and companies with the greatest access to do better.

[Tamryn Spruill @tamrynspruill]

Newsrooms stifled the WNBA’s success across its existence and maintain a role as nuisance to fair reporting on the league.

For example:

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

All-Star candidates are in action tonight and the fan vote is open until June 29, 2024, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Weigh in at https://t.co/hx3VsZz3qw

#Vote

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

We cast our media ballot for the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game. These are the six frontcourt and four backcourt players we chose. Learn about our decision-making process at https://t.co/Wd8lj3LNuW

#WNBAAllStar #WNBA

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

Culture is a top-down issue; some franchises never get it.

The best players in the world deserve the best, from top down.

[sham @shamimw_]

this picture has been killing me for days. imagine going from geno, bluder, and staley to this 😭

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

@4Gin4Fan4Ever4 @WNBA A shame AND a sham.

[The HARD SCREEN @hardscreenpod]

THIS IS IT. Teresa Weatherspoon deserves better than this shady 🤬.

We see you, WNBA.

Erasure in 2024 is intentional as hell.

[Noel T @NoelT22]

@WNBA Ok but no apology for not actually airing the game?! This is ridiculous! Two top 10 draft pics making their debut and ONE OF THE ORIGINAL WNBA PLAYERS is making her coaching debut tonight and we can’t watch it anywhere?!

[GeauxTigerHoops @GeauxTigerHoops]

@WNBA Apology NOT accepted!

[special agent oso @fl0ridab0yruss]

@WNBA you do realize it’s people that pay for the app already? you could’ve at least put it on there for us paying members

[Papi @xbzpapi]

@WNBA You invented anti-marketing which, instead of promoting your product to the public that wants to consume it, hides your product and prevents the public from consuming it. Congratulations on the innovation. This is how the WNBA will grow a lot, for sure.