The world is different when you’re a champion. You feel more sure of yourself, the pressure of winning the big one is gone, and you’ve created memories that will last a lifetime. When the New York Liberty broke the NYC championship drought last October, they completed a journey that was 28 years in the making. The big question after you finish the story is what’s next? For the Liberty, it was about working to stay one step of the competition.
“I was adamant that we had to change it up a little bit to bring that freshness,” Sandy Brondello said on practice on April 28.