Annotated Bibliography
A downloadable .pdf file of our annotated bibliography.
Additional Sources
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Associated Press. “WNBA Earns Record TV Ratings for 1st Month, near-Record Attendance.” ESPN. Accessed August 4, 2024. https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/40326422/wnba-earns-record-tv-ratings-1st-month-record-attendance.
Boso, Luke A. “Rural Resentment and LGBTQ Equality.” 71 Fla. L. Rev. 919 (). https://scholarship.law.ufl.edu/flr/vol71/iss4/1.
D’Arcangelo, Lyndsey. “After Years of Snubbing LGBTQ+ Fans, WNBA Is Sports’ Most Welcoming League.” The New York Times. Accessed August 3, 2024. https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/3333605/2022/06/15/wnba-lgbtq-fans/.
D’Arcangelo, Lyndsey. “The WNBA’s LGBTQ+ Evolution.” Just Women’s Sports, March 5, 2024. https://justwomenssports.com/reads/this-is-peoples-truth-the-wnbas-lgbtq-evolution/.
Davidson, Kavitha A. “Caitlin Clark WNBA v.s NBA Salary Outrage Is Missing the Point.” MSNBC, April 17, 2024. https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion-salary-caitlin-clark-pay-wnba-nba-revenue-rcna148245.
ESPN. “NBA Attendance Report – 2023.” ESPN. Accessed August 4, 2024. https://www.espn.com/nba/attendance.
Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame (NBHF). “1976 US Women’s Olympic Team.” The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Accessed August 4, 2024. https://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/1976-us-womens-olympic-team/.
Nielsen. “Women’s Sports Viewership on the Rise.” Nielsen, August 2, 2023. https://www.nielsen.com/insights/2023/womens-sports-viewership-on-the-rise/.
(OCR), Office for Civil Rights. “Title IX Education Amendments | HHS.Gov.” HHS.gov, October 20, 2022. https://www.hhs.gov/civil-rights/for-individuals/sex-discrimination/title-ix-education-amendments/index.html
Olympics. “Montreal 1976 Basketball Women Results.” Olympics – Olympic Games Montreal 1976. Accessed August 5, 2024. https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/montreal-1976/results/basketball/basketball-women.
Olympics. “Seoul 1988 Basketball Women Results.” Olympics – Seoul 1988. Accessed August 5, 2024. https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/seoul-1988/results/basketball/basketball-women.
Olympics. “This Is the Dream Team.” Olympics – The Barcelona Dream Team. Accessed August 4, 2024. https://olympics.com/en/topics/this-is-the-dream-team.
Pew Research Center. “Religious Landscape Study: Party Affiliation by State.” Pew Research Center’s Religion & Public Life Project, May 12, 2015. https://www.pewresearch.org/religious-landscape-study/database/compare/party-affiliation/by/state/.
Robinson, Jordan. “The Commissioner’s Cup’s Impact on Social Justice in the W.” WNBA. Accessed August 3, 2024. https://www.wnba.com/news/social-justice-comm-cup-2024.
Smith, Michelle. “Inside the W with Michelle Smith: The W and Pride through the Years.” WNBA. Accessed August 3, 2024. https://www.wnba.com/news/inside-the-w-with-michelle-smith-the-w-and-pride-through-the-years.
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Voepel, Mechelle. “The WNBA’s Pride Evolution: ‘We’ve Learned It’s Authenticity That Draws People In.’” ESPN. Accessed August 3, 2024.
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Wheelock, Helen. “‘We Got Next!’” National Women’s History Museum, October 1, 2018. https://www.womenshistory.org/articles/we-got-next.
WNBA Press. “History of the WNBA.” WNBA. Accessed August 3, 2024. https://www.wnba.com/news/history-of-the-wnba-2002.
WNBA Press. “WNBA Opens 2024 Season with Highest Attendance in 26 Years and Most-Watched Games Ever on National TV.” WNBA. Accessed August 3, 2024. https://www.wnba.com/news/tip-off-2024-success-breakdown.
WNBA Press. “Women’s History Month: The WBL (1978-81).” Las Vegas Aces, March 11, 2018. https://aces.wnba.com/news/womens-history-month-the-wbl-1978-81/.
Zhou, Li. “The WNBA’s Meteoric Rise in Popularity, in One Chart.” Vox, May 28, 2024. https://www.vox.com/culture/352067/the-wnbas-meteoric-rise-in-popularity-in-one-chart.