USA Today's Oscar Dixon works the tenth anniversary angle in a big, optimistic piece with a photo supplement.

Katie Smith: "More and more girls are playing at an early age, dreaming and knowing that this is a possibility. They are coming into the league bigger, with more skills." (Among those skills: the ability to guard Katie Smith?)

Commish Orender: "Don't tell me our [attendance] numbers are down. When you look at the way people are living their lives and being a fan, how you define a fan is changing. And if you look at the aggregate of how people are taking in the WNBA, the numbers are growing significantly." (Playoff TV ratings: up 33%. Website traffic: up 25%. Ted on such numbers: they're a mixed bag.)

Anne Donovan and Dan Hughes state the not-quite-obvious-enough: if you win a title, fans will come.

In a separate piece, Dixon picks the players most likely to generate highlight-reel footage by dribbling (Teasley, then Bird, Ticha and Whalen), by shooting (Nolan, then Mwadi, Katie Smith and the Diana), and by elevating (Snow, then Brunson, Leslie, and Nolan).