Golden State Valkyries win WNBA title in Game 7

🗞️ Story file #1152

Golden State Valkyries win WNBA title in Game 7

Oct 29, 7 PM ET to Nov 1, 4 AM ET

14outlets carried it
🫏9 · 2 · 3🐘left · center · right
2.4 dayson the front pages
12front pages at once, at its peak
6 minof TV captions
1radio newscast
6 of 6parts of a saga

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Oct 29, 7 PM ETfirst on a front page: Chicago Tribune
Oct 30, 12 AM ETfirst on TV: CNN
Nov 1, 12 AM ETfirst on the radio: NPR News Now
Nov 1, 2 AM ETpeak: on 12 front pages

the front pages that ran it, hour by hour

Front pages carrying it at each hourly run, Oct 29, 7 PM to Nov 1, 4 AM ET (peak 12), by the outlets' lean: left · center · right

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1 Google News

aggregators linking to it from their front page (they don't count as outlets covering it)

✏️ 6 outlets ran more than one headline on it (reworded, or a follow-up)

AP (5 wordings): “Gray scores 23 points to help hot-shooting Dream beat Valkyries 80-69 to force Game 7 of WNBA Finals” → “Gabby Williams leads Valkyries to WNBA championship in second season, beating Dream 68-63 in Game 7”
CNN (3 wordings): “Atlanta holds off furious Golden State comeback to force Game 7 in WNBA Finals” → “Sports Golden State Valkyries make history with first WNBA title in the team’s second year of existence”
Chicago Tribune (2 wordings): “WNBA Finals: Angel Reese responds from 2 poor performances to help Atlanta Dream force Game 7” → “Gabby Williams leads Golden State Valkyries to WNBA title in 2nd season, beating Atlanta Dream 68-63 in Game 7”
New York Post (2 wordings): “Valkyries beat Dream in Game 7 thriller to win WNBA Finals in just their second season” → “Valkyries star Gabby Williams disses doubters after winning WNBA Finals”
The Guardian (2 wordings): “Dream serve up lunchtime rout of Valkyries to force historic Game 7” → “Valkyries beat Dream in Game 7 thriller to win first WNBA title – live reaction”
USA Today (4 wordings): “Dream stave off Valkyries to force first Game 7 in WNBA Finals” → “Golden State Valkyries win first WNBA championship in…”

📰 Every outlet's headline 14left to right by AllSides rating