Posts by Howard Megdal

Howard is the founder of The Next and editor-in-chief.

Sylvia Fowles talks to media, August 24, 2021.

Sylvia Fowles still might get that fairy tale ending — Hear from Syl — Must-click women’s basketball links

August 10, 2022

The IX: Basketball Wednesday with Howard Megdal, August 10, 2022

The WNBA needs a Vin Scully — Veronica Burton talks rookie year — Must-click women’s basketball links

August 3, 2022

The IX: Basketball Wednesday with Howard Megdal, August 3, 2022

Los Angeles Sparks center Liz Cambage (1) warms up before the WNBA game between the Los Angeles Sparks and the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA on May 14, 2022. Photo Credit: Chris Poss

This is how the Liz Cambage story ends — Hear from Commissioner’s Cup winners and losers — Must-click women’s basketball links

July 27, 2022

The IX: Basketball Wednesday with Howard Megdal, July 27, 2022

What Aliyah Boston’s snub tells us about ESPN — Must-click women’s basketball links —

July 20, 2022

The IX: Basketball Wednesday with Howard Megdal, July 20, 2022

Kelsey Plum, A'ja Wilson and Jackie Young of the Las Vegas Aces. (Howard Megdal photo)

The Las Vegas Aces bet they will be enough — Hear from Becky Hammon, A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young — Must-click women’s basketball links

July 13, 2022

The IX: Basketball Wednesday with Howard Megdal, July 13, 2022

New Phoenix Mercury head coach Vanessa Nygaard holds up a Mercury jersey with general manager Jim Pitman at her introductory press conference on Monday. (Photo credit: Alex Simon)

Vanessa Nygaard, Skylar Diggins-Smith and the command structure of the Phoenix Mercury — More Mercury discussion — Must-click women’s basketball links

July 6, 2022

The IX: Basketball Wednesday with Howard Megdal, July 6, 2022

Tina Charles. (Screenshot from Zoom presser)

Tina Charles tries to avoid a Patrick Ewing ending — Hear from Tina — Must-click women’s basketball links

June 29, 2022

The IX: Basketball Wednesday with Howard Megdal, June 29, 2022

2022 WNBA All Star logo. (via WNBA Media Central)

One voter’s WNBA All Star ballot — Sue Bird talks New York farewell — Must-click women’s basketball links

June 22, 2022

The IX: Basketball Wednesday with Howard Megdal, June 22, 2022

Don Garber. (photo via Felipe Cardenas' Twitter)

Why Major League Soccer’s TV deal matters for the WNBA — Washington Mystics talk big win — Must-click women’s basketball links

June 15, 2022

The IX: Basketball Wednesday with Howard Megdal, June 15, 2022

Derek Fisher. (WNBA Media Central)

Examining the end of Derek Fisher’s Sparks tenure — Sabrina Ionescu, Rebecca Allen talk big night in New York — Must-click women’s basketball links

June 8, 2022

The IX: Basketball Wednesday with Howard Megdal, June 8, 2022