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Boxing Out Competitors: WNBA Star Angel Reese’s Growing Trademark Portfolio

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Angel Reese—the former LSU basketball superstar who now plays for the Chicago Sky in the WNBA—made headlines recently when she filed an application to register MEBOUNDS as a trademark for clothing and related items (Serial...more

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Entertain HR: Double Dribble—The Popularity of Women’s Basketball No Match for Potential Work Stoppage

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Sunday night was a sports lover’s dream. Game 6 of the National League Championship series pitted a team from New York against a team from Los Angeles (and by virtue of the latter’s victory, a World Series appearance against...more

J.S. Held

The Caitlin Clark Effect, Salaries and Name, Image, Likeness in the WNBA

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In May 2024, Caitlin Clark, the standout Iowa Hawkeyes point guard, joined the Indiana Fever. Her rookie debut coincided with an almost 200% increase in viewership for the WNBA —the so-called “Caitlin Clark Effect.” Of...more

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EntertainHR: Caitlin Clark Fever and the Gender Wage Gap

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As a proud South Carolinian, I was delighted to watch the undefeated Gamecocks women’s basketball team take home another NCAA Championship this year. Being the parent of a budding female athlete (when my daughter isn’t busy...more

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Brittany Griner Sentenced by Russian Court

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As most American sports fans have tracked over the last several months, basketball star Brittany Griner was recently arrested, charged, convicted, and sentenced in Russia for drug offenses. The seemingly disproportionate...more

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WNBA Players Get Compensation and Benefits Boost in Groundbreaking Deal

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The Women’s National Basketball Association and the union representing its players recently agreed to tentative terms of a new collective bargaining agreement, which will revamp players’ salary and benefits this season and...more

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