Emma Baccellieri
@emmabaccellieri
Sports Illustrated staff writer: Women's basketball, MLB, and more. // Say hi: [email protected]
Spent a bit of time at the WNBA All-Star Game chatting with a new basketball fan: Harvard economist Claudia Goldin, who has been advising the WNBA players in their labor negotiations, part of a more robust strategy this year from the union si.com/wnba/wnba-play…
According to multiple league sources, the Indiana Fever and DeWanna Bonner are headed for a breakup. More on what options the Fever have and where Bonner could end up: frontofficesports.com/fever-and-bonn…
According to multiple league sources, the Indiana Fever and DeWanna Bonner are headed for a breakup. More on what options the Fever have and where Bonner could end up: frontofficesports.com/fever-and-bonn…
One of the absolute nicest people you could ever run across in a press box. Goodness.
Heartbroken to share: Baseball lost a giant. Scott Miller @ScottMillerBbl was a brilliant writer and an even better human. His gift for storytelling embodied his kind soul and heart. I loved him, and so did all blessed to know him. Please keep Kim, Gretchen, and family in prayer
NBA referees are salaried employees of the league. WNBA referees are paid by the game and generally work college games in the winter. The NBA issues a Last Two Minute report and has off-site replay review. The WNBA has neither. On a structural issue: si.com/wnba/the-wnba-…
Every NBA team had the same goal: To capture the Flagg. @Cooper_Flagg graces the cover of Sports Illustrated ahead of the draft 🔥 trib.al/k7KP3If
SI’s @emmabaccellieri talks about her Indiana Fever story & their accelerated timeline in search of a title, why she’d love to write about Cheryl Reeve, the women’s hoops book she’s working on with Jordan Robinson, and her soda Substack side-quest. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/goo…
Good morning and Happy Becoming Caitlin Clark Day! I am so excited this story is finally here from @TriumphBooks. Here are the places you can buy it (in addition to your neighborhood bookstore, which is your best choice!) #WNBA #CaitlinClark barnesandnoble.com/w/becoming-cai…
Much like the Dodgers and Japan, the White Sox hope to take over Vatican City. A game in Rome? A Vatican City Connect jersey? “A throw harder than the Pope competition”? All on the table as they look to capitalize on their newest celeb fan, Leo XIV: bit.ly/4mJL8V1
“She wants to produce and deliver as a player, but she also wants to help and mentor the next player.” On what Natasha Howard adds to the Fever: si.com/wnba/natasha-h…
Would have really appreciated a courtside reaction cam on Larry David for all of this
New @postsports: I wrote about a still processing Tony Reali and the end of Around the Horn (plus: the economics of daytime TV on ESPN) washingtonpost.com/sports/2025/05…
Two games in and that Citron-Iriafen combo is already so fun
Aaron Sorkin level walk-and-talk from Holly Rowe here
“We may not reap the rewards of what we’re building right now. I don’t know if we’re going to be around to see it. But it will happen.” Kelly Krauskopf was Indiana Fever employee No. 1 in 1999. On why she came back this year + what she helped build: si.com/wnba/theres-mu…
The Fever knew Kelsey Mitchell had to stay with the squad 🙌
The W return of Marine Johannès means the return of the league's most consistently perfect ponytail
Happy WNBA Opening Day 💫 From earlier this offseason, on the growth of Napheesa Collier, as both person and player: “Her recognition of her value, I think, has been her greatest evolution." si.com/wnba/napheesa-…
follow along as we take you behind-the-scenes at our @SInow May cover shoot 📹
“It was clear that we might need to speed up this opportunity to really capitalize on what we had in the moment.” On how the Fever shuffled their plans this winter and revamped just about everything: si.com/wnba/theres-mu…