WNBA Growth Debate Intensifies Amid Leadership Transition

The WNBA is seeing record interest while commissioner Cathy Engelbert prepares to depart. Stephen Curry’s call to keep attention focused on basketball, his reported commercial pursuit of Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers, Unrivaled’s expansion, and offseason questions around rebuilding, ownership and Houston’s relocation highlight the league’s widening business reach.