Women’s basketball is, of course, a global game. However, US-based coverage overwhelmingly comes from a North American-centric perspective. While this is understandable, it also can be productive to reframe the North American perspective through outside analyses. Swish Appeal’s newest contributor, Łukasz Muniowski, is going to help us see women’s basketball from other angles. Since receiving his PhD in American Literature from the University of Warsaw, Łukasz has written several books about American basketball. He also has covered women’s sports in Poland. Enjoy his debut article!
Erica Wheeler has one more year left on her contract with the Indiana Fever. She resides in Miami, where she holds an annual, Adidas-sponsored basketball camp. She just proposed to her girlfriend and the pair are to be married. (Congrats!)
Settling down must be a new experience for the 2019 WNBA All-Star Game MVP, whose basketball career took her to, among other places, Puerto Rico, Spain, Turkey and, most recently, Poland. The big question is whether she will return to BC Polkowice in the WNBA offseason, as she is now a free agent.
So far, team representatives remain quiet on the issue, but there is little doubt that they would love to have her back. The 5-foot-7 Wheeler was the…
