Meet the 11 WNBA players the Golden State Valkyries selected in the expansion draft
A pick is included! The WNBA's newest team, the Golden State Valkyries, have made their official expansion draft selections, with 11 players selected from across the league. Each existing WNBA team could protect six players from their roster, and the Valkyries then selected one unprotected player from each team (with the exception of the Seattle […]
The Golden State Valkyries selecting Kate Martin in the expansion draft makes perfect sense
The Golden State Valkyries have reportedly selected Kate Martin and Kayla Thornton in the expansion draft. The Athletic's Sabrina Merchant and Marcus Thompson II. Both the Las Vegas Aces rookie and New York Liberty veteran will head to the Bay as part of the WNBA's 15th team's first team. Neither choice is a huge shock. […]
WNBA expansion questions for the Liberty, Valkyries and beyond
History hasn't been kind to the WNBA's two most recent expansion teams. The Atlanta Dream won just four games in their first season in 2008. The Chicago Sky had a marginally better record in 2006, going 5-29. It took 16 years for the Sky to bring home the championship, but the Dream are still looking […]
Liberty’s final WNBA expansion draft protective spot comes down to four players
The first big event of the WNBA offseason will be held soon. On Friday, the Golden State Valkyries will begin the process of building their 2025 roster with the league's first expansion draft since 2008. The Liberty, like 11 other WNBA teams, had to submit a list of six protected players to the Valkyries last […]
Wells Fargo Selling San Francisco HQ in Eastward Expansion – PYMNTS.com
wells fargo The company is reportedly selling its San Francisco headquarters as its leadership heads east. The banking giant's offices in San Francisco's financial district could be put up for sale as soon as this month, according to the Wall Street Journal. reported Wednesday (December 3), citing a person familiar with the matter. The bank […]
United Football League launches expansion process in hopes of growing from 8 teams
The United Football League announced Monday that it has begun an expansion process aimed at growing from last season's eight teams. The UFL was created by the merger of the USFL and the XFL. The 2024 season saw the Arlington Renegades, Birmingham Stallions, Michigan Panthers, Houston Roughnecks, Memphis Showboats, San Antonio Brahmas, St. Louis BattleHawks, […]
House Republicans try to cut IVF expansion in defense bill
Click here for more news from The Hill {beacon} health care health care Full text Nationwide COVID-19 vaccination rate is less than 20%: CDC survey Only 17.9% of U.S. adults have received a COVID-19 vaccine during the 2024-2025 respiratory disease season, while only 17.9% have received a flu vaccine, according to a new report […]
Ancient find discovered amid low carbon heating expansion project in London
Archaeologists have discovered physical evidence of an ancient Roman road during excavations during the early stages of extending low-carbon heating to thousands of homes along London's Old Kent Road. Waiting Street was built shortly after the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD, according to a Wednesday press release from the London Borough of Southwark. […]
Meet the former WNBA star behind the league’s Austin’s expansion bid
Fran Harris knows the city of Austin well. It's where she spent most of her adult life and where she won an NCAA championship as a basketball star at the University of Texas. Now, the celebrated athlete and entrepreneur is hoping this up-and-coming Texas city will be his next. WNBA Expanded franchise. “Austin has long […]
U.N. Climate Alarmism Summit Host Azerbaijan Plans Major Fossil Fuel Expansion
Climate change groups have criticized Azerbaijan, host of November's COP29 global climate summit, for plans to dramatically increase natural gas production over the next decade. uk guardian on wednesday quoted A joint report by two environmental groups, Urgewald and CEE Bankwatch, condemned Azerbaijan's climate change plan as “critically inadequate”. “Azerbaijan is among a group of […]