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Cassandra Negley

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Women's basketball writer for Yahoo Sports | SUNY Brockport kid | Most happy with my dogs in the mountains somewhere

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Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 17h

The boombox players brought to the presser in 2023 served a loud sharp introduction of a Las Vegas Aces franchise on the rise. The tambourine of 2025 is an unrelenting ringing of sustained success.

From the final night of the WNBA season:
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WNBA Finals: Champion Las Vegas Aces have their moment in the sun after season of growth, adversity

The Aces solidified a dynasty in rather anticlimactic fashion by sweeping the Phoenix Mercury in the league’s first best-of-seven Finals series on Friday night.

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Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 1d

Ooph. At least it's an easy one-for-one swap of the wedding portrait on the wall.

Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 1d

Re-sharing for Game 4 tip at 5 PT (8 ET)

Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 3d

The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

That’s the difference in a WNBA Finals played between a squad attempting to cement a dynasty and one built from scratch. From Game 3 in PHX:

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WNBA Finals: The Aces and Mercury are playing on different difficulty settings, and it could be game over soon

The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

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Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social · 1d

That makes 20 — two-thirds of the league down. Whew!

We'll finish up next week; in the meantime, feel free to bounce around through the first 20 as you get set for the start of the season.

Dan Devine @yourmandevine.bsky.social · 1d

Next up:

I wrote about the Warriors, running back the Jimmy resurrection on the only timeline that matters — Steph's: yhoo.it/42woqY7

And Ben wrote about the Hawks, trying to go from winning the offseason to winning in the postseason: yhoo.it/4o9Ek2N

Golden State Warriors 2025-26 season preview: Steph Curry and the best-case scenario for this aging core

Breaking down the biggest question, best- and worst-case scenarios, and win projection for the Warriors in 2025-26.

Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 2d

It is baffling to me people willingly drive around with unpeppy engines. 😴 (why yes, this is absolutely about my rental car)

Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 2d

The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests

✔️ Win on Chelsea Gray's b-day
✔️ Win a Game 3 in Becky Hammon's tenure

The Mercury can barely figure out the main thing. That's the difference in a series of established heavyweight vs the new kid on the block

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WNBA Finals: The Aces and Mercury are playing on different difficulty settings, and it could be game over soon

The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

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Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 3d

The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

That’s the difference in a WNBA Finals played between a squad attempting to cement a dynasty and one built from scratch. From Game 3 in PHX:

sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

WNBA Finals: The Aces and Mercury are playing on different difficulty settings, and it could be game over soon

The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

sports.yahoo.com

Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 3d

The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

That’s the difference in a WNBA Finals played between a squad attempting to cement a dynasty and one built from scratch. From Game 3 in PHX:

sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

WNBA Finals: The Aces and Mercury are playing on different difficulty settings, and it could be game over soon

The Las Vegas Aces are out here completing side quests. The Phoenix Mercury can barely keep the main thing the main thing.

sports.yahoo.com

Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 3d

Spoke with Satou Sabally about balancing financial privilege when you come from a lower income childhood, and w/Dana Evans on the views of "tweener" players.

"I know the league came, but with like 300 [thousand],” Sabally said. “Push it up. Push it up."
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Amid WNBA Finals, Satou Sabally reveals financial disconnect in CBA negotiations: 'Push it up'

With CBA negotiations looming over the WNBA Finals, Satou Sabally offered a glimpse into what the league is allegedly offering players, and how much it feels they're worth.

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Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 5d

Unimpressed, but adorable.

Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 5d

Going to re-share this WNBA piece from Friday on how *waves hand wildly* all of this is underlined by a laundry list of complicated context.

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WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert doubles down on commitment to players and looks the part: 'I have to do better'

After Napheesa Collier aired private conversations earlier this week, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert delivered her annual address ahead of the Finals with more emotion and less corporate-speak than...

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Hannah Keyser @hannahrkeyser.bsky.social · 5d

here's something different: I wrote about the women of the Harlem Globetrotters. How they pack, train, and approach motherhood while playing against and alongside men. www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/ar...

Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 7d

One man ordered a Bud Light. Another is eating a stack of pancakes with pink icing stacked with lollipops, mini donuts and candy. And two more are discussing their cholesterol levels.

Las Vegas casinos are an experience.

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Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 8d

In her first public address since Napheesa Collier's statement, Cathy Engelbert didn't simply say she cared. She looked the part. Instead of corporate jargon, the commish touched into her humanity and was at times direct.

From Game 1 in Las Vegas:

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WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert doubles down on commitment to players and looks the part: 'I have to do better'

After Napheesa Collier aired private conversations earlier this week, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert delivered her annual address ahead of the Finals with more emotion and less corporate-speak than...

sports.yahoo.com

Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 8d

Ayeeeee! sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 8d

In her first public address since Napheesa Collier's statement, Cathy Engelbert didn't simply say she cared. She looked the part. Instead of corporate jargon, the commish touched into her humanity and was at times direct.

From Game 1 in Las Vegas:

sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert doubles down on commitment to players and looks the part: 'I have to do better'

After Napheesa Collier aired private conversations earlier this week, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert delivered her annual address ahead of the Finals with more emotion and less corporate-speak than...

sports.yahoo.com

Reposted by Cassandra Negley

Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 9d

Also, don't miss my teammate @casnegley.bsky.social's story on how injuries defined this WNBA season, including the playoffs. sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

WNBA playoffs: As injuries continue to plague star players on the biggest stage, everyone should benefit from finding a solution

As the WNBA standard continues to rise, everyone involved would be wise to assess whether there is progress to be made on the injury front. What comes of that, after Napheesa Collier went scorched ear...

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Maggie Hendricks @maggiehendricks.bsky.social · 8d

Here @casnegley.bsky.social and my picks for the Finals: sports.yahoo.com/wnba/article...

WNBA playoffs: Finals series predictions, X-factors, MVPs as Las Vegas Aces, Phoenix Mercury vie for championship

Yahoo Sports' Cassandra Negley and Maggie Hendricks make their WNBA Finals predictions, plus X-factor and MVP picks.

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Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 8d

WNBA Finals pre-game reading:

What changed for the Aces to reach an unlikely final after sitting at .500 two months ago? It's starts with A'ja Wilson and Becky Hammon.

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From .500 to the Finals: How the Las Vegas Aces took ownership and took off in pursuit of their third title in 4 years

One major mid-season change helped turn the Aces' season around, and could be what leads to them cementing their WNBA dynasty.

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Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 11d

The Fever finished their season with a far different five on the floor than they started. And still, they came five minutes from the Finals.

How a Game 5 overtime loss was emblematic of these surprising (to everyone else) 2025 Indiana Fever

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WNBA playoffs: Fever's ‘next woman up’ mentality got them to the doorstep of the Finals, and they're already hungry for more

No matter who was on the court, the Indiana Fever fought to the end and nearly made magic before the underdog story ended in a 107-98 loss to the Las Vegas Aces.

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Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 11d

There is no more greenery in the WNBA landscape after Napheesa Collier went scorched earth in her exit interview on Tuesday. It made perfectly clear how far away the league and players union are on CBA negotiations.

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Napheesa Collier pulls no punches, puts WNBA leadership on blast as she highlights gulf between sides on CBA

Napheesa Collier says WNBA 'issues fines and looks the other way,' but it won't be able to ignore the stand Collier took on Tuesday.

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Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 12d

The Aces kept it short, but it wasn't sweet. They lacked energy on defense, but one other thing stood out more in a Game 4 loss.

"Well, they shot 34 free throws and we shot 11,” Becky Hammon said. “Next question.”

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WNBA playoffs: Aces point to foul disparity after Game 4 loss to Fever as officiating continues to loom over semifinals

The criticism about officiating has ratcheted up and taken center stage, with coaches either blatantly or lightly pointing at the way officiating is deciding games.

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Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 14d

Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve is suspended for Game 4 of the semifinals "for her conduct and comments during and following" the loss to Phoenix on Friday. Reeve, Eric Thibault and Rebekkah Brunson have all been fined.

Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 14d

The Fever are on the brink after a Game 3 that felt winnable. They couldn't capitalize on down production from A'ja Wilson.

The tenacious underdogs might have finally run out of gas

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WNBA playoffs: Shorthanded Fever look spent while Aces find their way, ride momentum in Game 3

The Indiana Fever had their chances in Game 3, but the Aces look ready to head back to the WNBA Finals.

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Cassandra Negley @casnegley.bsky.social · 15d

It's game day in Indianapolis.

Of course there are people out and about in Fever gear at 9:30 a.m.