With legions of fans and the most beloved mascot in sports, the Liberty host the most fun games in the city.
It’s Tuesday night at Barclays Center, and two men are escorting the most important celebrity at the New York Liberty game through the crowded stands. Jason Sudeikis, Michael Imperioli, and Amy Poehler are already sitting far below, courtside; so is Fran Leibovitz in a seafoam linen blazer, and tennis stars Taylor Townsend and Francis Tiafoe too.
For many of the 11,455 attendees at the August 20th Liberty game against the Dallas Wings, it’s about to be prime time. The week prior, the Liberty clinched a playoff spot in a win over the Las Vegas Aces, the WNBA’s two-time reigning champions. By this point in the season, there are now only a handful of home games remaining before the playoffs begin, and with the best record in the entire league, the Liberty draw the most energized crowds in sports right now.
Kayla McGrail and her girlfriend, Meghan Braddock, watched from only a few rows behind the Liberty bench, not far from Ionescu in a hoodie and high bun. McGrail took Braddock to a Liberty game “maybe too early” in their relationship, she told me, laughing. “I barely went to NBA games,” Braddock said. “I was very anti-men’s sports, and I realized I just needed women to play sports to be interested in it.” Braddock has found the Liberty games to be a welcoming place specifically for queer people.
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