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WNBA Hosts Virtual Draft

Amanda Scurlock, Sports WriterApril 23, 2020

The WNBA practiced social distancing by hosting the first virtual Draft on Friday, April 17 on ESPN. One of the few athletic events that was not impacted by the COVID-19, the Draft was mainly broadcasted from the houses of league commissioner Cathy Engelbert and the Draftees.

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Popularity of NBA In China Seems to Create Endless Options

Tim Reynolds, Associated PressSeptember 20, 2019

Kobe Bryant went to China for the first time in 1998, making the trip to Beijing to help operate an instructional basketball clinic for about a dozen kids. The local coaches working with him didn’t know a lot about the game. Barely anyone noticed that an NBA player was in town.