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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Sport
Richard Luscombe in Miami

Big money, star talent and glam rooms: will Unrivaled transform women’s basketball?

Angel Reese is one of the WNBA stars drawn to Unrivaled.
Angel Reese is one of the WNBA stars drawn to Unrivaled. Photograph: Unrivaled

Inside an old television studio, on an industrial park a few miles from Miami’s international airport, an enthralling new show will premiere on Friday. It is opening night for the Unrivaled women’s professional basketball league, a production almost two years in the making that is poised to revolutionize the sport.

Unrivaled brings together 36 of the best players from the WNBA for a two-month season inside the newly converted building. Six clubs will play each other three-on-three in a round-robin format on a two-thirds sized court over the next nine weeks, until playoffs and a championship game on 17 March. A three-day, one-on-one “Queen of the Court” tournament takes place next month.

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