A two-page spread on the WNBA from Guinness World Records 2026:
What else from the world of sports merits two pages? All of the combined achievements of the NBA, MLB, the NFL, and the NHL:
An algebra lesson for kids:
- WNBA = NBA+NFL+MLB+NHL
- WNBA=4*NBA
- WNBA=4*NFL
- WNBA=4*MLB
- WNBA=4*NHL
The cover:
Are players in the WNBA limited to women? Google “brittney griner topless”, then ponder “what is a woman?”.
Anonymous > Google “brittney griner topless”
Nah, I’m good–don’t need to see that, even though I do like my ladies tall.
I guess I’m confused, though. How is Phil extending the literature here? Hasn’t the abstract algebra of identity politics assigned all the W, B, and LGBTMNOPQ worth operators to X -> Y * X, where Y >= 4? Isn’t that known?
Wikipedia > In mathematics, an operator is generally a mapping or function that acts on elements of a space to produce elements of another space (possibly and sometimes required to be the same space).
https://ar.inspiredpencil.com/pictures-2023/pygmy-pony 👑 🐎
Short King, based on what I am recalling from abstract algebra, operators are relationships defined on sets. For example, ring structure requires two defined operations and ring could be a subset of space. So to be strict you need to define what * operation on your identity space mean.
Since we have only 5 elements, WNBA (=4?), NBA (=1?, since WNBA = 4 *NBA for regular multiplication), NFL = 0, MLB = 2, NHL = 3 would not work for following system: WNBA=4*NBA, WNBA=4*NFL, WNBA=4*MLB, WNBA=4*NHL . I can make * rule base but I will pass it onto you since I really do not watch sports that match
They don’t get paid much, look at the famous number 1 pick last year, who is far more famous than the league itself
https://fortune.com/2025/07/29/caitlin-clark-wnba-salary-collectors-card-auction-record-breaking-side-hustles-million-dollar-deals/
Plenty of glory (2 pages in Guinness) and almost no money.
Dr. Greenspun gets amused very easily, it looks like. Here’s how I see it:
When a society likes to jump on conclusions, doesn’t reflect before making decisions and overall gets emotional, it’s very easy to manipulate.
What’s the difference between “hearing” something once, like in a research paper and “hearing” it a bunch of times, possibly involving more senses, like eyes, ears etc.? Your mind starts believing it’s true, unless you are a bit detached and reflect on what you’re “hearing”. This is how all media has been polluting the minds of emotional societies forever by dishing out propaganda.
And I would like to make another observation. If the newspapers and books here are using the technique, I would like to believe it works well on an average.
Only the lucky few will ever hug someone as tall & dominant as Caitlin Clark. They all marry trillionaires & make their fortune the usual way.
Caitlin is listed as six feet tall, which is a 1-in-500 height among white American women. One of my former students isn’t quite as tall but she was the leading scorer in her county when she was a senior and is now playing at a D3 school with excellent academics. Her father is an attorney who played at Princeton so she may follow in his footsteps
> WNBA = MLB+NFL+MLB+NHL
You accidentally included MLB twice here and omitted NBA
Fixed. Thanks! I was a math undergrad so this is embarrassing!