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<b><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*** MEDIA ADVISORY ***</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WHAT: 2020 WNBA Pre-Draft Media Conference Call</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">WHEN: Monday, April 13, 2019</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2:30 p.m. ET</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line">The 2020 WNBA Pre-Draft Media Conference Call will take place Monday, April 13 at
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">2:30 p.m. ET<span style="layout-grid-mode:line">. The following participants will provide their thoughts and assessments on teams and prospects, leading into the 2020 WNBA Draft presented by State Farm.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the WNBA will conduct a virtual draft on Friday, April 17, without players, guests, and media.
<a name="_Hlk507515956">WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert will announce the draft picks live on ESPN with coverage beginning at 7 p.m. ET, and top prospects will take part remotely.</a> The draft will also be available on the ESPN App.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line">2:30 – 3:10 p.m. ET
<b><u>ESPN Women’s Basketball Analysts</u></b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line"> Rebecca Lobo</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line"> Holly Rowe</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<u>WNBA Head Coaches</u> </b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line"> Greg Bibb
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line"> Sandy Brondello</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;layout-grid-mode:line"> – Phoenix Mercury</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<b>Walt Hopkins</b> – New York Liberty Head Coach</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"> <b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line"> Cheryl Reeve
</span></b><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">– Minnesota Lynx </span>General Manager and Head Coach</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;layout-grid-mode:line">Contacts:</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;layout-grid-mode:line">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Ron Howard, WNBA Communications, (212) 407-8641 or
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;layout-grid-mode:line"> Sam Tager, WNBA Communications, (212) 407-8358 or
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:stager@nba.com"><span style="layout-grid-mode:line">stager@nba.com</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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