Power Players: Women’s Sports — Unrivaled
Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart have together helped solve an offseason WNBA problem. First things first, they are star players — Collier for the Minnesota Lynx and Stewart for the New York Liberty. But they also are moms who — to help provide for their families — had to consider …
Parading Around With The New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart
Last weekend New York won big—historically big—when The New York Liberty clinched the WNBA championship title against the Minnesota Lynx. It marked the Liberty’s first ever championship win, and ended a decades-long basketball top-spot drought for the city overall. New York celebrated with a massive …
‘We’re in Uncharted Territory’: Inside the Rise of Women’s Basketball
It’s Tuesday night on the Las Vegas Strip. Crowds have been flowing into the Michelob Ultra Arena for the past two hours, a sea of red and silver and black. The merch line snakes around the entire front of the arena, folded onto itself like …
Breanna Stewart Says Her Latest Signature Sneaker Is an Ode to Working “Sunrise to Sunset”
It’s a sunny Thursday afternoon in Paris, and Breanna Stewart has come down with food poisoning. The decorated New York Liberty power forward is in town to unveil her latest shoe, the Puma Stewie 3. A group of media have gathered on a basketball court …
How Breanna Stewart joining the New York Liberty paid off in wins, ticket sales and TV ratings
In Super Squads, The Athletic follows the New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces in their quests to win a WNBA championship. Our reporters will tell the stories of the players on two of the most star-studded teams in league history and examine how their paths shape the future of the WNBA. NEW YORK …
Breanna Stewart Announces Wife Marta Xargay Casademont Is Pregnant: See the Sweet Mother’s Day Photo
Breanna Stewart and Marta Xargay Casademont celebrated Mother’s Day this year by sharing some big news! The basketball stars, who met while playing together on the Russian women’s basketball club Dynamo Kursk, announced that they are expecting their second baby together in a joint Instagram post. “When 3 turns …
Breanna Stewart Is ‘Ready to Start a New Chapter’ with the Liberty as She Balances Basketball and Motherhood
There’s no offseason for Breanna Stewart. The WNBA star and mother, 28, is settling into her new home in Brooklyn, New York, just days after returning to the country from Turkey, where she helped lead her EuroLeague team Fenerbahçe Alagöz Holding to a championship this …
Breanna Stewart to ‘raise the standard’ with Liberty
In one of the biggest free agent moves in WNBA history, former league MVP Breanna Stewart has decided to play for the New York Liberty, leaving the Seattle Storm after winning two championships in seven years, she announced Wednesday on Twitter. Wednesday marked the first day WNBA free agents can officially …
Breanna Stewart’s First Signature Sneaker Is Here—and Plenty Overdue
Ask any WNBA fan and they’ll tell you: Breanna Stewart has it. The Seattle Storm power forward has been one of the WNBA’s most reliable superstars since she first laced up and hit the court in 2016, a number-one draft pick and eventual Rookie of the …
Breanna Stewart and Pro Hooper Martha Xargay Casademont Announce Birth of Baby
A WNBA CHAMPIONSHIP, A FINALS MVP, A EUROLEAGUE TITLE, A GOLD MEDAL AND NOW A BABY. ALL IN ONE YEAR. WNBA basketball champion and MVP Breanna Stewart, and her wife, Marta Xargay Casademont, welcomed their first baby together, daughter Ruby Mae Stewart Xargay, via surrogate …