LoginThe Metro: The rise of women’s sports and the WNBA’s potential return to Detroit
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The 2024 WNBA provided some of the highest viewership and attendance the league has seen in a while. Many of the league’s top players, like Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson, put together historic performances.
But much of the 2024 season was highlighted by the rookie phenom Caitlin Clark. Fans turned out more than ever before to watch Clark and the Indiana Fever play. Her game against the Washington Mystics set the league attendance record as the most attended WNBA game in history.
This new excitement around women’s professional basketball has folks interested in bringing a women’s team back to Detroit. Today on The Metro, we talk about this new interest around women’s basketball and the trajectory of women in sports more broadly.
Guests:
- Risa Isard: A professor of sports management at the University of Connecticut.
- Ketra Armstrong: Professor of sports management at the University of Michigan. She works to address gender and racial inequities in her field.
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More headlines from The Metro on Feb. 10, 2025:
- John Gallagher is a former 32-year Detroit Free Press reporter and columnist, where he covered economic redevelopment. He joined the show to discuss his new memoir, “Rust Belt Reporter,” about his time reporting in Detroit and around the Midwest.
- The Department of Education manages student loans and grants, and monitors how schools are treating vulnerable kids, such as those with disabilities. To help us understand how the changing political climate is affecting young people in Detroit, 482 Forward Communications Lead Imani Foster joined The Metro.
- Clark Park Coalition Director Anthony Benavides also joined the show to talk about the outdoor ice rink at the park and how they’re keeping the sport alive in Hockeytown.
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