wnba in arlington texas

Here I go again. Off to see a woman’s basketball game. This time with my Texas grandchildren. We planned this event when I was in town last April for the “not-Stevie Nicks” concert.

While the Dallas Wings play in an arena near my granddaughter’s home, this particular game was picked because the opponent is the Las Vegas Aces. Two outstanding players on the ACES team played college basketball at the University of South Carolina.

When my granddaughter was a student at USC, I would drive down a couple of times during the season to go to the games together. One of the Aces player was on the USC team during those years, and we were rewarded with her high-performance game playing.

So my grandkids and I shall be at the “big” game tomorrow night.

We picked our seats across the floor from the team seats. We’re hoping the two Gamecock players will notice us, as we will be wearing USC Gamecock shirts!

As you may recall, a month ago I was in Seattle for another WNBA game. The Seattle Storm vs. Washington Mystics. The reason for attending this particular game was because Sue Bird’s jersey was being retired. It was a well-deserved honor for a record-setting player of 21 years with the Storm.

A brief summary of that experience.

We rode a city bus – which I love to do – to the game, arriving over an hour ahead of the game that was to be played prior to the jersey retirement ceremony. We got Sue Bird jersey-retirement bobblehead dolls by getting there early.

We enjoyed the game, even if they failed to win. THEN the honoring of Sue began. She was honored and honored, and honored some more. All much deserved and given by legends in woman’s basketball.

After all the honoring, Sue took the mike to share some thoughts- some 90 minute of thoughts.

Finally, seven hours after arriving, the jersey was lifted on high. I would not have missed being present for the above moment.

I don’t expect the ACES – WINGS game to last much longer than a couple of hours. Stay tuned. However long the game, my joy will be because I’ll be with my grandkids. And, of course, I’ll be watching women who play high level basketball.

Traveling mercies.