MINNEAPOLIS — Two-time MVP Breanna Stewart on Tuesday said her wife received a threatening, anti-gay email following the New York Liberty‘s loss to the Minnesota Lynx in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.
“Myself and my family, we’re definitely doing OK,” Stewart told reporters Tuesday. “We’re taking the proper precautions.”
Stewart reported the incident to the Liberty and to the league, while her wife, Marta Xargay Casademont, reported the incident to police.
“I think that for Marta, especially, I think it was, it is, terrifying,” Stewart said.
In Game 1 on Thursday, Stewart missed a free throw that would have given New York the lead with 0.8 seconds remaining in regulation, and she later misfired on a layup that would have tied it at the end of overtime.
The series is now tied 1-1 after Stewart and the Liberty bounced back in Game 2 in Brooklyn.
“With the spotlight of being in the Finals and everything like that, they said it makes the most sense to [file something…
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