2026 Season, FIBA & WNBA News For 9/8

Intro (00:00 - 01:00)

Preview of this FIBA & WNBA latest news episode (01:01 - 01:42)

FIBA:

Recapping Team USA's 3-0 start in the tournament (01:43 - 01:58)

Team USA vs Team China (01:59 - 05:39)

Team USA vs Team Italy (05:40 - 11:36)

Team USA vs Team Czechia (11:37 - 14:48)

My takeaways from Team USA's start at the World Cup (14:49 - 18:15)

The standout teams thus far in the tournament: Team France & Team Belgium (18:16 - 20:51)

Team China without Li Yueru due to a lost passport (20:52 - 21:21)

My rant regarding Linda Cohn's disingenuous questions about A'ja Wilson's absence from the tournament (21:22 - 32:35)

WNBA:

Cathy Engelbert to retire after the calendar year from being the commissioner of the league (32:36 - 36:14)

Some of the names talked about as being the successor to Cathy (36:15 - 38:00)

Satou Sabally & Skylar Diggins declared out for the rest of the season for the New York Liberty & Chicago Sky respectively (38:01 - 41:23)

Los Angeles Sparks hire Ariana Andonian as their next GM replacing Raegan Pebley (41:24 - 43:07)

Preview of upcoming episodes & call to action (43:08 - 44:56)

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