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What to Know About Women’s Basketball Today

1. FIBA Women’s Asia Cup Tips Off This Weekend 🏯

International basketball continues—the FIBA Women’s Asia Cup tips off Sunday, with group play featuring 8 national teams split into two groups. (FIBA)

WHY IT MATTERS: Much like EuroBasket and the AmeriCup, the Asia Cup is a bi-annual international tournament with real consequences for national teams. Top finishers become eligible for the FIBA World Cup qualifying tournaments.

This year’s field includes: China, Japan, Indonesia, Lebanon, the Philippines, Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.

🎥 Stream all Asia Cup games via Courtside 1891

2. Sydney Colson to Host Stand-Up Show During All-Star Weekend 🎭

Indiana Fever guard Sydney Colson has been making her teammates and WNBA fans laugh for years. Now she’s taking her comedy to the next level. The Fever guard will host a “special comedy set” during this year’s All-Star Weekend festivities in Indianapolis. (Indiana Fever)

WHY IT MATTERS: WNBA athletes have been expanding their cultural impact off the court, with several active and retired players involved in fashion or media. Colson is taking a unique path, with a focus on acting and comedy. Alongside former WNBA player Theresa Plaisance, she previously wrote, produced, and starred in a comedy series called The Syd + TP Show. Now, she’s bringing her signature humor to a live audience, blending basketball and comedy in a way only Sydney can.

🎥 Watch as Fever teammates learn about Sydney’s comedy gig

3. Atlanta’s First Women’s Sports Bar Opens Its Doors 🍻

Atlanta joined the fast-growing trend of sports spaces created by and for fans of women’s athletics. Jolene Jolene, the city’s first women’s sports bar, has officially opened—providing a fun, inclusive space dedicated to women’s sports programming. (Jolene Jolene)

WHY IT MATTERS: More fans want places to watch women’s games together. Since The Sports Bra opened in Portland in 2022, a wave of women’s sports bars have swept the U.S. Jolene Jolene is now one of 30 such bars either open or in the works, and the first in the Southeast.