As their favorite team in the W.N.B.A. experiences a surge in popularity, fans are expressing their love creatively.
Eric Trude walked into Barclays Center on Sunday afternoon wearing one of the custom jerseys that he had designed to honor two of his great loves — hockey and the New York Liberty. Nobody was as surprised as he was.
Trude, originally from Northern Virginia, grew up hating New York sports teams. Basketball was never his thing.
Now, he’s collecting signatures from his favorite Liberty players on the back of his seafoam-green jersey that bears the name of one of the team’s star players, Sabrina Ionescu, on the nameplate. Call him a convert.
As new fans of the W.N.BA. find their way to the game, they are expressing love for their favorite teams creatively — with homemade apparel, crochet, embroidery, painting and even crop art (or creating art out of seeds). No group is as thrilled as Liberty fans, who are hoping the team will win its first championship in the franchise’s nearly 30-year history against the Minnesota Lynx this week.
The boom in creative pursuits and art based on the players is dovetailing with the W.N.B.A.’s surge in popularity.
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