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            Unrivaled 3-on-3 women’s basketball league rules, where games


            will be played and how to watch



            By DOUG FEINBERG                                                                                                    Unrivaled  players  earning
            AP Basketball Writer                                                                                                six-figure salaries
            MIAMI  (AP)  —  Unrivaled  is                                                                                       Nearly   all   the   players
            a new 3-on-3 women’s pro-                                                                                           are  making  more  than
            fessional basketball league                                                                                         $100,000.   The   average
            that  debuts  on  Friday.  Six                                                                                      player  salary  is  the  high-
            teams will compete for the                                                                                          est  ever  for  any  women’s
            title. Here’s a guide on how                                                                                        sports league. There is more
            the  games  will  be  played,                                                                                       than $8 million in the salary
            where  they  will  be  played                                                                                       pool.
            and where to watch them:                                                                                            Players also are getting an
            How  to  watch  Unrivaled                                                                                           equity stake in the league.
            games                                                                                                               The league is also holding a
            The season runs from Friday                                                                                         1-on-1  tournament  in  Feb-
            to  March  17  with  games                                                                                          ruary and the winner will be
            played  mostly  on  Friday,                                                                                         paid $250,000. Each player
            Saturday  and  Monday.                                                                                              on  the  winner’s  Unrivaled
            There will be two games a                                                                                           team  will  also  receive
            night shown on TNT or TruTv.                                                                                        $10,000.
            Former WNBA star and bas-                                                                                           Unrivaled  games  being
            ketball  analyst  Candace                                                                                           played in Miami
            Parker will anchor a studio                                                                                         Unrivaled  games  will  be
            show  during  the  broad-                                                                                           played  in  Miami  at  a  new
            casts.Who is playing in the   Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier and New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart, right,   850-seat arena.
            league                       battle for a loose ball during the second half of Game 4 of a WNBA basketball final playoff series,   The six teams in the league
            The  league  will  feature  36   Oct. 18, 2024, in Minneapolis.                                    Associated Press   the Laces, Mist, Rose, Lunar
            WNBA  players.  There  will                                                                                         Owls,  Phantom  and  Vinyl
            be six Unrivaled teams with  WNBA  All-Stars  and  Olym-  Collier, who are both play-  nescu,  Satou  Sabally,  Alys-  will  play  games  on  a  con-
            six players on each squad.  pic gold medalists Breanna  ing. Other WNBA stars fans  sa  Thomas,  Angel  Reese  densed court that’s 72-feet
            Unrivaled  was  founded  by  Stewart  and  Napheesa  can see include Sabrina Io-       and Arike Ogunbowale.        long and 49.2-feet wide. q
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