The IX Sports Podcast Basketball Edition: Why is the American Right soooo focused on the WNBA?

The IX Sports Podcast · Sep 17, 2026 · 37m

The IX Sports Podcast Women’s Basketball Edition is joined by Kate Riga of political outlet Talking Points Memo to discuss the WNBA’s role in right-wing politics and how the right has used the WNBA as a distraction from a lot of their political issues as the midterm elections come closer. Riga takes us inside her reporting on the America First Policy institute and how they were connected to former NBA players using the WNBA for their own gain. Later, Howard Megdal and Jackie Powell have a jam packed court vision segment. Jackie takes the political talk global and explains her latest story…