All of @tamrynspruill.bsky.social's coverage on Cathy and the #WNBA yanking women's basketball from New England, how this connects to the Boston Legacy and so much more unlocked. It's a must read. Cathy's choice to wear green is quite something too.
www.patreon.com/posts/cathy-...
Cathy Engelbert trolls #Celtics, Boston basketball fans at #WNBADraft? Maybe not, but ending teams doesn't grow the league.
This deep dive into the saga of the NEEDLESSLY "setting" #ConnecticutSun is updated 👀 and 🔓
www.patreon.com/posts/cathy-...
If you prefer a store, please use @bookshop.org, where a portion of every sale goes to support independent booksellers, either collectively or individually. If you buy using this link, a portion goes to Frugal Bookstore, the only Black-owned bookshop in Boston: bookshop.org/a/79437/9781....
"History is not just what happened long ago. It is what we choose to recognize now. Just as early Black basketball was once widely covered yet is often overlooked today, making it seem less significant than it was, Tamryn Spruill's The W shows how limited media visibility shapes the value of modern women’s basketball and calls for the attention the game deserves this moment, not someday. The W is a thoughtful and important work." -Claude Johnson, author of The Black Fives: The Epic Story of Basketball’s Forgotten Era
"Tamryn Spruill's care, passion, love and reverence for the WNBA, the players, coaches, legendary teams, and its history are on full display within these pages. For those of us that have been fans of the W since opening night back in 1997, this is the exact book we've all been waiting for to commemorate 30 seasons of women's professional basketball in North America." -Dart Adams, journalist, historian, and author
It’s not a dated history, but one that is alive and tracking to this very moment in our shared cultural and political reality. “You must know history to keep it from repeating” is an adage we must really take to heart and into action.
Cover of the book THE W: A HISTORY OF THE WNBA: How the WNBA Survived, Evolved, and Changed Professional Sports | By Tamryn Spruill | Forthcoming from Abrams Press, September 2026
#WNBADraft #30 is here, bigger & bolder than ever, but just 8 years ago my then 8yo niece from SC hadn’t heard of No. 1 pick A’ja Wilson & didn’t know the league even existed.
This saddened & appalled me into writing #TheW. You can pre-order a signed copy: www.tamrynspruill.com/store/p69/Th....
Oh, we don’t forget.
Fans in #Boston value loyalty, rarely forgive, and never forget. In denying the city a #WNBA team, Engelbert messed with the wrong crowd. Just #AskKyrieIrving.👀 Part III of our series is about what the league threw away.🏀🍀 🤷🏽Here's the link: zurl.co/SouCx
This is a must-read for anyone in Boston feeling whiplash about women's sports after @bostonlegacyfc.com's thrilling debut was followed shortly by the #WNBA WNBAing on itself again 💩, this time by stripping New England of its only pro women's basketball team. 🤷🏽♀️🖕🏽🙄
#GoLegacy🦢⚽
Infuriating read as a former CT Sun fan now found with no team in New England. Check out upcoming "The W" author @tamrynspruill.bsky.social's new comprehensive dive on what's happening with the Sun in the #WNBA. (ps I was at the first Boston game, that's my pic. I'm pissed.)
Stripping New England of its only #WNBA team doesn’t grow the league, especially when that region had recent sellout games at TD Garden. The Board of Governors shouldn't approve a deal moving the team to Texas.
A four-part series on Engelbert's controversial decision:
zurl.co/BJ9d3
This is so important … and also complex for many people.
Asking because I’m contemplating this move. I’ve NEVER won anything in my life, from elementary school raffle to serious writing contest. My work never makes it past the first round.
Is it me or is it them?
A reader with a millions submissions maybe doesn’t have the time or presence to get it?
Oh, and the publisher pushed the release date to September because ... the last chapter won’t be finished until we know the result of these negotiations.
::: chews nails to nubs :::
No matter what happens with these talks, you can soon enough read about how the league got to this point of an imperiled 30th season. It’s a doozy.
Available for pre-order … links in bio.
No better time to reveal the cover of THE W: A HISTORY OF THE WNBA (Abrams Press, September 2026) than during the @WNBA's and the WNBPA's protracted/marathon/contentious #CBA talks.
#WNBACBA #CoverReveal #DebutAuthor #Books #PreOrder
Someone asked if they could get the book signed but not personalized.
Answer: Yep! If a signed, first-edition hardback is what you're after, it can be yours.
22 left ...
#WNBA #WNBAHistory #WHM #Booksky #Blacksky #Authorsky
it's been rough
Dani has read bits and pieces and it’s KILLING her that she can’t tell you what she knows and what she can’t wait for you to know about the #WNBA.
#NotYourAverageSportsBook
Here’s your chance for a signed copy of @tamrynspruill.bsky.social’s THE W! Trust me you’re gonna want this one. She covers it ALL.
Limited copies available!!! #WNBA 🏀 ☕️👀💥
Handwriting of author Tamryn Spruill: "xO! Tamryn"
Want to pre-order a SIGNED copy of THE W: A HISTORY OF THE WNBA, and have it personalized? Get it here: www.tamrynspruill.com/store/p69/Th....
-Includes shipping (U.S.), custom bookmark or other gift
-Just 2️⃣5️⃣ copies available
-Act fast to get it with my messy scrawl
Notice the title change?
That's explained in THE W's author's note. 👀‼️
I'm leaving up FIVE YEARS of references to the prior title because, as @danishaw.me said when I was down about needing to change it: "Your history is your power."
Yes. My history IS my power. 💪🏽
"Bookstores keep jobs and income in communities." -Bookshop.org
"They aren't focused on sending their CEO to space" with a photo of an astronaut referencing Jeff Bezos of Amazon. -Bookshop.org
"Bookstore Cats" -Bookshop.org | An image of a black cat with orange eyes sitting atop a stack of books with a paw on the word "Cats" as confetti falls. So cute!
I've linked to @bookshop.org because a percentage of each sale goes to authors and independent booksellers. If not Bookshop.org, please please spend buy at your local indie bookstore, and whatever you do, don't give your money to a billionaire sycophant to a fascist. 🙏🏽
💣 THE W: A HISTORY OF THE WNBA (Abrams Press, August 12, 2026) is available for pre-order everywhere:
bookshop.org/a/79437/9781...
A cover reveal is coming soon ...🔥🔥🔥
✊ The W is coming soooooon!!!
We are now offering web design packages w/ unlimited updates! Check out the details at kaleidaweb.com/wordpress. Quickly grow or update your website with our team. We offer affordable pricing and inclusive plans for all kinds of small businesses + organizations. #smallbusiness #smallbiz #webdesign
You can build your own web maintenance plan at kaleidaweb! Add only what you want and need including Boost and SEO.
We protect online businesses by providing backups, malware and security scans, updates, SEO tracking, performance scans, broken links repair, and more.
kaleidaweb.com/web-care-pac...
checking in here saying hello to bluesky! we've been so busy getting updates done through a wicked blizzardy winter with lots of new web projects in the works blooming this spring over on kaleidaweb.com. I'm looking forward to some of our bird friends returning soon too.
Help support women authors on bookshop this #WomensHistoryMonth month with 20% off! ⬇️
It's Women's History Month, and from March 1st to March 31st @bookshop.org is offering 20% off select titles by women authors. A portion of what you spend goes to independent booksellers! Use code WHM26 at checkout!
bookshop.org/lists/women-...
Happy reading! 😘🤓
#WHM
The film #GOAT opens nationwide on Friday.
Conclusions from last week's early-access screening: The movie's themes flip toxic social narratives about women on their head and #StephenCurry is out to change more than the game of basketball. #WNBA #Roarball
www.patreon.com/posts/i-want...
