Blaine Newnham at the Seattle Times has a great column about WNBA finances: "Professional sport just doesn't get more real than the WNBA."

"I'm frustrated for the players," said coach Donovan of the W's relatively meager salaries. "I wish they could earn a living here and not have to go overseas to play. After a seven-year career, there isn't much left in the bank account."

And as coach SMS suggests, the low salaries also hurt the league by forcing players to play overseas, which screws up the preseason. "You want time on the floor together to develop that chemistry," she said. "The more you play together, the more comfortable you are, the better you play together."

With Newnham's column, Storm fans are once again treated to some thoughtful print media coverage. Between the Seattle Times and the Post-Intelligencer, Seattle gets great WNBA coverage, even in this slow news time of the season. A couple other markets -- especially Connecticut and Minnesota -- also do well, in part because they also have multiple major papers.

In most of the other ten markets, it's pretty crappy. New York and D.C. are shockingly bad.