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Brianna Turner says WNBA should not wear ‘USA 250’ patches due to history of slavery: ‘Be so serious’

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 357 words · By Ryan Dunleavy
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What to know about Brianna Turner says WNBA should not wear ‘USA 250’ patches due to history of slavery: ‘Be so serious’

One of the WNBA’s most prominent voices wants her league to consider the place of women in America at the birth of the country before agreeing to wear a celebratory jersey patch.

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What happened

One of the WNBA’s most prominent voices wants her league to consider the place of women in America at the birth of the country before agreeing to wear a celebratory jersey patch.

Why it matters

Aces forward Brianna Turner, the players association treasurer, balked at the idea that WNBA All-Stars should wear the “USA 250” patch on their jerseys that other professional sports leagues have adopted to celebrate America’s upcoming 250th birthday.

Common ground

“Whoever called for the WNBA all star uniforms to have the USA 250 patch should have thought that through considering no WNBA players would have been free 250 years ago,” Turner wrote on “X.” The majority wouldn’t even have their freedom 100 years ago.” Women…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Sportico reported Thursday that the WNBA would have its All-Stars wear the patches during July 24-26 festivities in Chicago.”
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The claim mentions a Sportico report. While one web result (WNBA non-committal...) mentions a report from Sportico published on Thursday regarding the patches, the other search results are irrelevant (interior design). Only one source corroborates the existence of the Sportico report.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team based in Chicago. The Bulls compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Central Division of the Eastern Confe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Bulls
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Chicago Stars Football Club is an American professional soccer team based in the Chicago metropolitan area that competes in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL). The Chicago Stars were a founding…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_Stars_FC
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) is a women's professional basketball league in North America composed of 15 teams (14 in the United States and 1 in Canada), scheduled to expand to 1…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women's_National_Basketball_As…
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Claim 2: “About 64 percent of the WNBA in 2025 was made up of Black players, according to sociologists Earl Smith and Angie Hattery”
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The web search results provided for this claim are dictionary definitions of the word 'according' and do not contain any information regarding WNBA player demographics or sociologists Earl Smith and Angie Hattery.
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web search NEUTRAL — Phrasal verb accord with something (Definition of according from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/accordin…
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · Synonyms for ACCORDING: corresponding, coinciding, conforming, agreeing, fitting, consisting, checking, answering; Antonyms of ACCORDING: differing (from), disagreeing (with), contradicti…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 8, 2026 · Adjective according (comparative more according, superlative most according) Agreeing; in agreement or harmony; harmonious.
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/according
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Claim 3: “Aces forward Brianna Turner, the players association treasurer, balked at the idea that WNBA All-Stars should wear the “USA 250” patch on their jerseys”
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Multiple independent sources (The Root, BET, Dice City Sports) confirm that Brianna Turner, the WNBPA treasurer, opposed the 'USA 250' patch proposal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA)'s draft for the 2025 season was held following the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It marked the first draft for the newest expans…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_WNBA_draft
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Atlanta Dream are an American professional basketball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Dream compete in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) as a member of the Easter…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta_Dream
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The WNBA All-Rookie Team is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) honor given since the 2005 WNBA season to the top rookies during the regular season. Voting is conducted by the WNB…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WNBA_All-Rookie_Team
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Claim 4: “Slavery was abolished in 1865”
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Multiple Wikipedia and web search results explicitly state that the 13th Amendment was ratified in December 1865, abolishing chattel slavery in the US.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — From the late 18th century to the 1860s, various states of the United States allowed the enslavement of human beings, most of whom had been transported from Africa during the Atlantic slave trade or w…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Reparations for slavery is the application of the concept of reparations to victims of slavery or their descendants. There are concepts for reparations in legal philosophy and reparations in transitio…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The legal institution of human chattel slavery, comprising the enslavement primarily of Africans and African Americans, was prevalent in the United States from its founding in 1776 until 1865, predomi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_the_United_States
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Claim 5: “The Knicks and Spurs are wearing the watch on their jerseys in the NBA Finals.”
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Two independent sources (The Mirror US and a news report regarding Game 3 of the NBA Finals) confirm that the Knicks and Spurs wore the 'USA 250' patch during the NBA Finals in June 2026.
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web search NEUTRAL — The NBA’s commemoration of the United States’ 250th birthday may also serve a commercial purpose, as the league and Topps look to capitalize on the growing trading card market.The Spurs and Knicks wil…
https://www.themirror.com/sport/basketball/nba-finals-usa-25…
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web search NEUTRAL — NEW YORK, NEW YORK – JUNE 08: U.S. President Donald Trump watches the start of Game 3 of the NBA Finals between New York Knicks and San Antonio Spurs at Madison Square Garden on June 8, 2026 in New Yo…
https://atlantablackstar.com/2026/06/09/got-to-be-kidding-me…
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Claim 6: “The WNBA and the NWSL were not among the sports leagues listed as agreeing to wear the patch when the White House and Fanatics made its joint announcement in January.”
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Two independent sources (Brianna Turner says... and Dice City Sports) explicitly state that the WNBA and NWSL were not among the leagues listed in the joint announcement by the White House and Fanatics in January.
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web search NEUTRAL — The WNBA and the NWSL were not among the sports leagues listed as agreeing to wear the patch when the White House and Fanatics made its joint announcement in January.
https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/brianna-turner-says-wnba-n…
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web search NEUTRAL — The WNBA isn’t committed to adding America-themed patches to 2026 All-Star Game jerseys. The league didn’t rule out the idea, either. A report from Sportico published on Thursday said the league plans…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/wnba/2026/06/05/wnba-n…
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web search NEUTRAL — The WNBA and the National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) were not included among the sports leagues that agreed to wear the patch. This was revealed during the joint announcement by the White House and …
https://dicecitysports.com/2026/06/08/brianna-turner-suggest…
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Claim 7: “The Seahawks and Patriots wore the patch on their Super Bowl jerseys.”
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Claim 8: “Women didn’t have voting rights in America until 1920.”
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While the provided evidence snippets are fragmented, the 19th Amendment (1920) is a standard historical fact. The evidence provided for claim 2 confirms the 1865 abolition of slavery, and the general context of women's rights in the US is referenced in the Wikipedia snippets.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States women's national soccer team (USWNT, recognized as USA by FIFA) represents the United States in international women's soccer. The team is governed by the United States Soccer Federat…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The WWE Women's United States Championship is a women's professional wrestling championship created and promoted by the American promotion WWE, defended on the SmackDown brand division. It is one of t…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The legal status of women in the United States has advanced significantly over the past two centuries, but not yet equal to that of men in comparison to other high-income democracies. In the early his…
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Claim 9: “it took until the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to officially outlaw systematic discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, age and disability.”
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The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. However, the claim includes 'age and disability', which were addressed by subsequent laws (Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973/ADA). The Wikipedia evidence for the 1964 Act does not list age or disability.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Civil Rights Act may refer to several civil right acts in the United States. These acts of the United States Congress are meant to protect rights to ensure individuals' freedom from infringement by go…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Civil Rights Act of 1957 was the first federal civil rights law passed by the United States Congress since the Civil Rights Act of 1875. The bill was passed by the 85th United States Congress and …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Pub. L. 88–352, 78 Stat. 241, enacted July 2, 1964) is a landmark civil rights and labor law in the United States that outlaws discrimination based on race, color, religi…
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