ESPN needs to take on tense topics in WNBA Finals coverage

Napheesa Collier won’t be playing in the WNBA Finals starting tonight, but her shadow will be everywhere in Phoenix and Las Vegas. It was one thing for a player of Collier’s resume — perennial WNBA All-Star, successful start-up builder with Unrivaled and college champion at UConn — to complain about the state of her league. It is an entirely different proposition when such a player publicly calls out her sports league on multiple topics, concluding that the WNBA has the “worst leadership in the