 | Leveling The Playing Field |
| From The GIST Team |
We're so back! | ||
| As we transition back to life without curling constantly playing in the background and look forward to proper celebrations for some golden Olympians, let's return to our regularly scheduled sports news programming. A lot has happened while we were focused on Milano Cortina. | ||
| Quote of The Day |
 | As a coach, if I'm critiquing their game, my encouragement and my positive feedback when they do something great is equally as strong as my criticism. |
 | — Legendary South Carolina women's basketball head coach Dawn Staley, stopping by The GIST of It podcast to discuss how she builds confidence in her players. It's all about balance. |
| The Latest |
🏀 Tick tock on the clock Source: Vaughn Ridley via RDS The GIST: According to the WNBA, a new collective bargaining agreement (CBA) between the league and its players' union (the WNBPA) needs to be agreed upon by March 10th, otherwise the 2026 schedule will be affected. That's *checks notes* less than two weeks away — and there's lots of work to be done. 📋 The latest: Over fifty players attended a virtual meeting with the league on Monday, the second time this month players met at the bargaining table. The sides remain far apart 16 months into CBA negotiations…even after the league's most-recent proposal was submitted last Friday — a proposal the WNBPA will reportedly respond to this week. ⚠️ The sticking point: Stop us if you've heard this before, but it remains revenue sharing (with a dash of player housing). The WNBPA is standing firm in their push for a portion of gross revenue — their latest proposal asked for 27.5% — while the WNBA's only been willing to offer a share of net revenue, aka the pot remaining after the league has paid its operating expenses.
👀 Looking ahead: Time is a luxury the WNBA and WNBPA no longer have, especially considering a double expansion draft for the Toronto Tempo and Portland Fire, the WNBA Entry Draft, and a star-studded free agency period all need to be completed before training camp is supposed to tip off on April 19th. Cross those fingers and toes.     |
| Quick Hits |
🎓🏀 No. 1 UConn remains undefeated, stays atop AP Women's College Basketball Poll | ||
| The final week of the regular season is underway, and things are status quo for the defending champ Huskies as they seek their 46th straight win tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET against Big East rival Georgetown. Meanwhile in the SEC, No. 3 South Carolina is one dub away from winning their conference title outright — see if they do it tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET against Missouri. | ||
🎓🏀 Duke claims No. 1 spot in AP Men's College Basketball poll for first time this season | ||
| After taking down then–No. 1 Michigan 68–63 on Saturday, the Blue Devils are frontrunners for the top overall March Madness seed, but there's still plenty of regular-season basketball to go. Standout freshman Cameron Boozer and Co. still have three games left before conference tournaments begin, including ranked matchups against No. 11 UVA and their archrivals No. 18 UNC. The madness is just around the corner. | ||
🏅 Milano Cortina Olympics post massive viewership numbers | ||
| Now that you've stopped streaming Peacock from your desk all day, every day, the numbers are in: The Milano Cortina Olympics drew 23.5M daily viewers on average in the U.S., making it the most-watched Winter Games since Sochi 2014.
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🏀 Vinyl BC clinch final spot in Unrivaled's six-team playoff field | ||
| Turn it up because last year's runners-up are back in the postseason after Monday's 75–68 win over Lunar Owls BC. Rae Burrell was spectacular in the dub, pacing Vinyl with 30 points and an acrobatic game-winner. There's still plenty to play for in Friday's four-game regular-season finale though — especially with two coveted first-round byes on the line. Buckets, loading. | ||
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| Mid-Week Watching |
 Source: Thananuwat Srirasant/Getty Images ⛳ LPGA: HSBC Women's World Championship — Today through Saturday — Golf Channel
🏀 NBA: Oklahoma City Thunder vs. Detroit Pistons — Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET — ESPN
🏒 NHL: Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Tampa Bay Lightning — Tonight at 7:30 p.m. ET — TNT
🏒 PWHL: Montréal Victoire vs. NY Sirens — Tomorrow at 7 p.m. ET — YouTube
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