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Helene Elliott: WNBA at 23 has labor issues, but also a new boss and a plan to stand alone

LOS ANGELES - Terri Jackson remembers being confused as she got off the train on the way to see her first New York Liberty game. She had plugged the address of the Westchester County Center into her phone but saw nothing to indicate a WNBA arena was nearby. She wondered if she'd gotten lost.

"The map is telling me 'keep walking,' " said Jackson, the executive director of the Women's National Basketball Players Assn. "As I approached it, the signage outside the facility, I think, was announcing a reptile show or something. It wasn't a Liberty game. I'm, 'Oh my goodness, is this what it's come to?' I was disappointed."

The WNBA has experienced the franchise moves and

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