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9:56a, 10/19/26
Not to spam the thread, but here's a great read from ESPN on Coach Nakase too:

https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/50211153/finals-2026-golden-state-valkyries-natalie-nakase

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...Nakase's devotion to basketball makes it easy for her team to follow her.
"It starts with her work ethic and her passion," Valkyries assistant coach Kasib Powell said. "The way the team plays embodies how she is, what she brings to the table. We go off of her. She sets the tone for us on exactly our expectations, how she wants things; it's easy to follow after that."

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In reply to CalWSportsFan • 10:26a, 10/20/26
CalWSportsFan said:
Happy to see a Golden Bear in the broadcast booth to call this game. Kate Scott, back in the Bay for the game tonight: https://www.sfgate.com/valkyries/article/kate-scott-cal-wnba-finals-22479162.php

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When Kate Scott was a student at UC Berkeley in the early 2000s, she was looking for any way to break into a sports broadcasting career. On Monday, two decades after she started her trailblazing career in the Bay Area, she's back in San Francisco to call a WNBA Finals game between the Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream. In her first year as USA Sports' top play-by-play broadcaster, her first-ever WNBA Finals game is back in the city that launched her career.



So good to see her, she has become really good! Go Kate. She is also the play-by-play for Philly 76ers.


I can't help but say her name in my head very enthusiastically in the vein of Doc Brown from Back to the Future in his loud gravely voice: GREAT SCOTT!!! Only I replace great with Kate of course.


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12:52p, 10/24/26
all tied up.. down to best of 3 series!
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1:42p, 10/24/26
Anyone else see the Cal WBB commercial that was played during one of the breaks?
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In reply to bellavita992 • 1:46p, 10/24/26
Yes and I saw one for MBB in Tahoe also, but that may have been during the FB broadcast (I was split screening and turned off FB when it got ugly),
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In reply to bellavita992 • 2:01p, 10/24/26
I did not. I, too, was going back and forth with the Cal football game. Ugh!

But, bravo for Cal WBB buying ad time during a very crucial game!
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9:48a, 10/25/26
Game 6 scheduling conflict in ATL

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7721369/2026/10/24/atlanta-dream-game-6-state-farm-arena-wnba-finals/
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10:09a, 10/25/26
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In reply to kc1121 • 10:45a, 10/25/26
kc1121 said:
Game 6 scheduling conflict in ATL

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7721369/2026/10/24/atlanta-dream-game-6-state-farm-arena-wnba-finals/

^ thanks, but subscriber only content [feel free to summarize the general drift, or not]
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In reply to smh • 10:47a, 10/25/26
smh said:
kc1121 said:
Game 6 scheduling conflict in ATL

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7721369/2026/10/24/atlanta-dream-game-6-state-farm-arena-wnba-finals/

^ thanks, but subscriber only content [feel free to summarize the general drift, or not]

weird, worked for me. here's another one

https://www.si.com/wnba/the-wnba-on-the-clock-solve-another-frustrating-finals-dilemma
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In reply to kc1121 • 12:09p, 10/26/26
kc1121 said:
Game 6 scheduling conflict in ATL

https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7721369/2026/10/24/atlanta-dream-game-6-state-farm-arena-wnba-finals/

9:30am PST on Thursday
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12:38p, 10/26/26
Ridiculous. Atlanta and the W have egg on their faces and West Coast fans get screwed again. This schedule wasn't a mystery....they should have made plans....not waited to see what was going to happen....

At this point I can't wait until Cal starts play and the PWHL begins....
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12:53p, 10/26/26
The Georgia Tech Arena can accommodate 8,600 fans compared to the 3,500 at Gateway.
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8:01p, 10/26/26
Go Valks! Go Kate!

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8:00p, 10/31/26
what a series and season!
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9:31p, 10/31/26
Charmin was shown on the big board post game. I was wearing my Gabby Willams French jersey (under another Valks shirt). Texted a friend at the half that she would go off. What a game!
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9:31p, 10/31/26
Go Valks! What a story!

And shout out to Kate Scott for this call:

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