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female-buckets · 8 months

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#wnba #connecticut sun #tiffany hayes

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sailorsol · 9 months

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Performing in front of a crowd of over 8000 people for the first ever WNBA Star Wars game? Nbd. CRUSHED IT.

#star wars #cosplay #saber guild #rebel legion #501st legion #ct sun #wnba #wnba basketball #connecticut sun

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rhynehoward · 6 months

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favourite game day outfits 2023: tiffany hayes

#tiffany hayes #connecticut sun #wnba #the colour palette >>>>>>

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doublescribble · 2 years

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Sylvia Fowles and Jonquel Jones

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portlandfire2000 · 8 months

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If I were a member of the voting media, I'd be 100% Alyssa Thomas for MVP. None of this "best player on the best team" bs. Which player is making history, and it literally so valuable her team wouldn't be much good without her? Ticks all the boxes for me.

#alyssa thomas #connecticut sun #the engine for mvp #wnba

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cwahsohnt · 7 months

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I went to the Connecticut Sun v NY Liberty WNBA game tonight! I took some poorly composed pictures! The Sun lost, but I was sitting five rows behind their bench! I saw so many uncalled fouls from so close! No, for real, I've never seen worse officiating. Not even Hooch in the "Pernille! PERNILLE!" game.

The entire first quarter was a series of bad calls that consistently favored NY, increasingly frustrating the Sun to the point Dijonai Carrington nearly threw hands with a teammate and got benched for the rest of the game. They are professionals and should have maintained their composure, and I'm not saying the Sun would have won in a game where the calls were more consistent, because NY was passing and shooting well. I was extremely impressed by Sabrina Ionescu, in particular.

The absolute worst bit occurred in the third quarter, though. Tiffany Hayes was (unintentionally) hit in the face during a scramble for a rebound, immediately dropped to the floor with her hands pressed to her face and curled in a near fetal position on the baseline. Loud gasp from the crowd. No whistle. Sun ran the floor with the possession, lost it somehow (I missed it because I was 15 feet away, staring at Hayes and hoping she wasn't unconscious at that point) and NY ran back. Hayes was still lying on court, same position when a whistle was finally blown - for a foul against the Sun. There was an injured player lying on the floor - her body still partially in-bounds, not that it really matters because out of bounds wouldn't be any protection - and the the officials still allowed the game to continue. I haven't watched any replays yet - this is just what I saw at the game.

In basketball, the officials have the discretion to stop the game at their discretion for injuries. This isn't good enough. They need to institute something like the footy rule where play is (supposed to be) immediately stopped for injuries appearing to involve the head. Doesn't always happen in practice (Exhibit A: Melanie Leupolz in Lyon v. Chelsea last March), but they have to DO BETTER to protect players. (They did immediately whistle when DeWanna Bonner was hit in the face not long after, so I guess the yelling from the Sun bench and booing from the crowd was possibly effective?)

Hayes was able to stand and walk off the court with the med team after a few minutes and returned to the game after leaving the floor for concussion evaluation. She wasn't bleeding, but I was close enough to see the tears in her eyes as she went down the tunnel. No pics of that bit, but here's some from the game, which you get as a questionable reward if you read my rant.

Starting line-up about to be announced.

Blurry tip-off because a super-excited kid was waving a foam finger in the row in front of me and I'm not about to complain about that.

Time-out meeting near the bench.

Alyssa Thomas, aka the Triple Double Queen, hits a free throw.

Sorry I'm not a better photographer. Sorrier I have to work Sunday and can't go to game 4 to cheer for my girlies! Go Sun!

#connecticut sun #sun v liberty #wnba playoffs #basketball

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grantmentis · 1 year

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Courtney Williams and DiJonai Carrington of the Connecticut Sun drop the puck for the Connecticut Whale as they celebrate Kennedy Marchment’s MVP award

#Courtney Williams #DiJonai Carrington #Connecticut sun #Connecticut whale #Kennedy marchment #phf #premier hockey federation

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98percentofthewnbaisgay · 8 months

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