Kim Ng, Sarah Fuller, and the WNBA: Relive 2020's Best Moments For Women in Sports

The WNBA basically provided the blueprint for athlete-activism. In 2020, the league dedicated its whole season to racial justice and the #SayHerName movement, wearing warmup shirts emblazoned with "Black Lives Matter" and jerseys with Breonna Taylor's name, speaking on the topics every chance they had. Players even flexed their political power by throwing their public support behind Rev. Raphael Warnock, the candidate running against US senator and Atlanta Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler, who protested league's support of Black Lives Matter. Suffice to say that WNBA players have always spoke out for racial justice; this year, they turned up the volume.