WNBA players approve strike
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The WNBPA voted 98% in favor to authorize a strike amid negotiations with the league.
Forbes valued the Liberty at $400 million for the top spot on the list. In May, New York's owners reportedly sold shares of the team at a valuation of $450 million -- the most by a women's professional sports team globally.
The WNBA‘s latest collective bargaining agreement proposal includes maximum salaries growing to nearly $2 million over the life of the agreement, a source with knowledge of the matter told the New York Daily News on Thursday.
The rhetoric is intensifying amid intense collective bargaining negotiations between the league and its players.