Yesterday, I saw this headline from a Pittsburgh columnist: "Memo to WNBA: Why Bother?"

I assumed it would turn out to be another column trashing women's sports, but in fact, it was really trashing Pittsburgh as a poor sports town and a terrible basketball town.

The Lynx-Shock game drew a pretty good crowd. Swin Cash was happy to be playing in Pittsburgh in front of her friends and family.

"Pittsburgh just needs to open its mind a little bit," she said. "The rest of the world is catching up with women's basketball. It's just a matter of time before we break down the doors. There are people out there who are nonbelievers. It's about opening your mind, giving it a chance. If you don't like it, don't come. But there's a lot of people who do like it."