If there’s one factor the present NBA playoffs have reminded us of, it’s how good of a product the WNBA is. Whereas the Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder are getting a private referee escort to a dynasty, the W really permits the gamers to play. I for one am grateful to have no less than one skilled basketball league by which contact doesn’t flip a gamers bones to Jell-0, and isn’t rewarded with free throws. The W is arguably a greater product proper now than the NBA and it’s one among many the reason why ladies’s skilled basketball is extra widespread than ever, and shortly gaining traction when it comes to rankings, attendance, income and cultural zeitgeist.
And because the sport continues to develop, gamers have gotten family names. One among them is Maddy Westbeld, a Notre Dame product who’s now energy ahead for the Chicago Sky. Westbeld was a primary spherical draft choose in 2025 and is trying to make a giant leap in her sophomore season after the departure of Angel Reese, for whom she spent the vast majority of her rookie effort relieving.
And it seems Westbeld is large time into espresso.
She joins a rising cadre {of professional} athletes who take their espresso severely. Jimmy Butler, Hunter Pence, César Salazar, the record of athletes looking for out espresso and low experiences wherever on the planet their day job takes them. And on a latest journey to Portland, Espresso Feed’s Gio Fillari caught up with Westbeld to go deep on the topic.
Within the two-part interview posted first to @sprudge on Instagram, Westbeld talks about her go-to espresso orders, what she seems to be for in a restaurant, how the sports activities and low worlds mingle, her routine, and the way espresso is a big a part of her world.
Within the first video, Westbeld explains her espresso habits, together with the 2 drinks she had along with her for the interview.
Fillari and Westbeld speak cafe design and matching tunnel matches to espresso, the place I adamantly disagree that iced espresso is a greater accent, as a result of I feel it’s time we launched ceramics into the world of vogue.
So for those who’re getting bored with the NBA’s whistles chirping like birds flying south for the winter and wish to discover basketball that’s really enjoyable to look at, permit me to recommend rooting for Maddy Westbeld and the Chicago Sky. You would entrance run with Caitlyn Clark, A’ja Wilson, or Paige Bueckers (although the Bueckers-Azzi Fudd re-connection is without doubt one of the higher storylines going proper now), however how are you going to not acknowledge the espresso connection in Chicago?
Zac Cadwalader is the managing editor at Sprudge Media Community and a employees author primarily based in Dallas. Learn extra Zac Cadwalader on Sprudge.
