Noah Cohan
@noahcohan.bsky.social
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Sports Studies Scholar. St. Louisan. Seattle ex-pat. "How the Helmet Conquered Football: The Story of an American Icon" coming 2027 from the Power Plays series at OU Press. https://noahcohan.com/
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"No!" for a ball is hilarious
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atta boy, Keith Gilbert's son
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Seattle tourists' favorite bakery?
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how I’m trying to be, emotionally, about playoff baseball
Snow monkey looking relaxed but stoic in a hot spring
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My rage, in graphs: #wnba #nba

“The W.N.B.A. makes more money than the N.B.A. did at the same point in its history”
The W.N.B.A. makes more money than the N.B.A. did at the same point in its history
ANNUAL REVENUE
$500 million
Projected revenue the 2026 season
W.N.B.A/
400
N.B.A.
1982-83-season
300
1968-69
season
200/
100
< 2019 season
23
25
27
29
31
SEASON
33
35
37
Sources: Rodney Fort's Sports Business Data • Note:
N.B.A. revenue is in 2025 dollars. much.
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Players get a tiny cut of the W.N.B.A.'s revenue, even as the league has grown significantly
ANNUAL REVENUE
How much money -
$300 million
the W.N.B.A. makes
Money the players would 250 mshare, if they were paid
like N.B.A. players
200 Möney that W.N.B.A. players actually make
150 mil.
100 mil.
50 mil.
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025|
Sources: Bloomberg, Forbes, Sportico, Rodney Fort's
Sports Business Data
Some of this is educated
guesswork. The W.N.B.A. doesn't release official revenue data — What It Would Look Like to Pay W.N.B.A. Players What They Deserve
By David Berri
Graphics by Sara Chodosh
Mr. Berri is a professor at Southern Utah University who studies sports economics.
Oct. 3, 2025
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The 2025 W.N.B.A. season has set records for attendance, both in total and per game, even before the playoffs. More than three million fans have flocked to see stars like A'ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces and Alyssa Thomas of the Phoenix Mercury, whose
@ nytimes.com year.
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What the top 10 W.N.B.A. players should have earned this year
Players were ranked by how much their box score statistics, like points and rebounds, affected wins.
1 mil. 2 mil. 3 mil. $4 mil
A'ja Wilson
Alyssa Thomas
eronica Burton
Chelsea Gray
Jackie Young
pheesa Collier
Aliyah Boston
Allisha Gray
irtney Williams
Skylar Diggins
Each player's current salary
Source: Original box score stats used in calculations from Basketball Reference
What about Caitlin Clark? She missed most of the season with a groin injury. But during her magical rookie season in 2024,
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Jorge Polanco. Julio Rodriguez. Build. The. Statues.
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Every playoff inning at Safeco in the last 20 years has been excruciating
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Great command of the language on display here
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Former racecar driver Danica Patrick slams Bad Bunny as the Super Bowl 2026 halftime headliner:

“No songs in English should not be allowed at one of America’s highest rated television events of the year… not just for sports.”
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jessicawluther.com
As everyone has said but it's still worth saying again: this is incredible from Collier. Holy moly.
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Napheesa Collier's full statement at the beginning of her exit interview.

She directly quotes conversations with Cathy Englebert that legitimately call into question how the WNBA is being led. (Part 1/2) #WNBASky
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This guy slays me.
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I thought Robin Williams as Charles Kinbote was spectacular, but I wasn’t sold on Chevy Chase as John Shade
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Five companies—five—now control 90% of the media marketplace. And they are showing no commitment to anything resembling the public interest.

Courage in the face of governmental power is barely present. Consolidation into behemoths with interests beyond just media now rule. trib.al/KmD3q2R
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
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@minakimes.bsky.social speaks for all Seattle Mariners fans. So accurate. 🔱 #TridentsUp
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Raleigh vs. Judge what is this a North Carolina gerrymandering lawsuit?
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That’s right Ken
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Speaking officially as the host of Jeopardy!, Cal Raleigh is the correct MVP vote.
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My "I'm Not the Antichrist" shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
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New argument against AI regulation just dropped. Checkmate, atheists.
www.wsj.com/tech/peter-t...
For about a year now, Thiel has been publicly laying out his understanding of biblical prophecies and the potential for the rapid advance of technology to bring about an apocalyptic future. 

In a lecture Monday, he encouraged an audience to continue working toward scientific progress, whether in AI or other forms of technology. Fearing or regulating it, or opposing technological progress, would hasten the coming of the Antichrist, Thiel said, according to people who attended.