A bit late on writing about WNBA All-Stars

I was at the WNBA All-Star game last week in New York for the book I'm working on about how the media covers women's sports. I've been focusing and following the Sun around this season and it's been great. I've also grown used to the dedicated group of press that cover the Sun, so the All-Star game was a bit of a wake-up call - not that there aren't dedicated media in other WNBA markets but I did get a taste of some of the press hostility to the league, etc. I think the New York Post column that ran the next day (which Women's Hoops Blog pointed out) gives a sense of what I'm talking about. I was also surprised by the focus on dunking - lots of questions about dunking, lots of talking about dunking, and then if you watched the game - the dunking maddness that ended it. And although the league kept stressing that they have a "unique fan base"  - the other message seemed to be "once we dunk than we'll be accepted by you the press, by you men's sports fans, etc."  But that's just my read on it- other than that it  was a lot of fun and of course, I was thrilled for the Sun.