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maya goldberg-safirRough Notes chronicles the evolutions of women's basketball from the heart.
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Rough Notes: Love & women's basketball
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- I was weeping during a therapy session when I said it: “women’s basketball is my love language.” I meant a few things by this. I was thinking about how, as a kid, basketball was my world — and shaped my sense of belonging...
Rough Notes: Local's Guide to the 2026 WNBA All-Star Weekend
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All-Star Weekend is here!
- If you didn’t already know: I lived in Chicago for 13 years, and I’ve been back all month long. So I’m extremely excited about women’s basketball fandom converging right here, right now, for...
Rough Notes: For! The! Gays!
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- Turns out, I haven’t stopped thinking about these three words: for the gays! Not just the fact of them, but how this little phrase has multiplied, how it’s still ech...
Lavender Scare, Volume 4: Natalie Nakase on Survivor, Mighty Ruthie, Booing Cathy & more...
And it's all: "For the Gays!!!"
Lavender Scare is a weekly-ish column during the WNBA season from in and around the world of the Golden State Valkyries: expansive observations & provocative ideas about women’s basketball & its power to cha...
Rough Notes: What the WNBA Won't Tell You with Emma Carmichael
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- On Sunday, the Los Angeles Sparks and New York Liberty played for more than a game. They played for history: a poetic re-match of the league’s inaugural game on June 21, 1997. This time, instead of the New York Liberty sc...
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