A new three-on-three league will bring some of the best players in the world together for a two-month season. Its backers believe it’s just the start
Inside an old television studio, on an industrial park a few miles from Miami’s international airport, an enthralling new show will premiere on Friday. It is opening night for the Unrivaled women’s professional basketball league, a production almost two years in the making that is poised to revolutionize the sport.
Unrivaled brings together 36 of the best players from the WNBA for a two-month season inside the newly converted building. Six clubs will play each other three-on-three in a round-robin format on a two-thirds sized court over the next nine weeks, until playoffs and a championship game on 17 March. A three-day, one-on-one “Queen of the Court” tournament takes place next month.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/jan/17/big-money-star-talent-and-glam-rooms-will-unrivaled-transform-womens-basketball
Author : Richard Luscombe in Miami
Publish date : 2025-01-17 11:00:28
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