Donna O is "upbeat" about the CBA negotiations.

Is she ever anything but?

Also, Mechelle uses the arrival of the new Georgia-Atlanta franchise to discuss the evolution of WNBA ownership:

For the independent WNBA owner, there needs to be at least some belief in the value of women's athletics that goes beyond strictly monetary measurements. I'm not talking about something hokey here, or something that has been just a little too slickly packaged as an advertisement.

It's something real. Part of it is the idea that women's basketball on the pro and college levels still has a level of competitive purity and good citizenship that we've too often almost given up on in many other sports.