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It feels like every time I see Breanna Stewart, sheâs celebrating with a cigar hanging out of her mouth.
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Itâs early March in Miami and Stewie, as sheâs affectionately known by teammates and fans alike, is sitting at a press conference table, so fresh off of winning the Unrivaled Championship (the three-on-three pro league for players to compete in during the WNBAâs offseason) with her team Mist BC that her champion t-shirt thrown over her jersey is soaked with sweat. She also secured Unrivaled Finals MVPâall in just the second year of the league she cofounded. So if anyone deserves a cigar and champagne sprays, itâs her.
âThat specific group was really special,â she tells me on the phone in late April about winning the âship with the Mist BC squad. âIâve won a lot, fortunately, and in those small moments, sometimes you overlook them. They helped me kind of remember back to my first time, and I wanted to help them create that memory. Because once you do it, you want to keep doing it.â
Humbly saying sheâs won âa lotâ is a bit of an understatementâitâs essentially the bulk of what she knows. When it comes to winning, she isâquite literallyâtrue to this, not new to it.
In college, when she played at the mecca of womenâs college basketball, University of Connecticut, her team won the NCAA National Championship four years in a rowâso, yes, the entirety of her college career. When she graduated in 2016, she was the No. 1 draft pick for the WNBA and joined the . In 2018 and 2020, the team won the WNBA Championship, officially adding rings to Stewieâs second hand.
Breanna Stewart is influencing the sport by promoting visibility and success in professional women's basketball through her achievements and public persona.
Breanna Stewart has celebrated numerous victories in her career, including championships and individual accolades that highlight her impact on the game.
Breanna Stewart actively promotes women's sports by using her platform to advocate for equality and recognition in athletics.
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Most recently, the Syracuse native has been a starting forward for the New York Liberty since 2023; sheâs a part of the teamâs âbig threeâ alongside Sabrina Ionescu and Jonquel Jones. In 2024, Stewie helped lead the team to its first-ever WNBA Championship. And just a few weeks ago, she won another championship, this time with an overseas team in Turkey. The WNBA season tips off on May 8, and Stewie has already played so much basketball these last few months, but sheâs not feeling the least bit burnt out.
âEver since the Liberty season finished [last year], Iâve been waiting for it to start again,â she says. âIâm excited. We have a new staff, some new players, everything is new, and I just want to be back in front of the fans again.â
Sheâs been finding wins off the court, too, but not just for herself. Earlier this spring, the Womenâs National Basketball Players Association (WNBPA, often just called the âPAâ) reached a historic collective bargaining agreement (CBA) with the WNBA that massively increased playersâ salaries, among many other significant improvements. Itâs already been life-changing for the athletes, whoâve for the first-time in their careers, seen million dollar contracts. It is an overdue and welcome change for the league and feels especially poignant as The W enters its 30th season. As the vice president of the PA, Stewie was at the forefront in advocating for these changes.
âPlayers wonât have to feel like they have to be playing basketball nonstop,â she says about the CBA. âThey can play during The W season and then decide if they want to keep playing in the wintertime, if they want to go overseas, or play Unrivaled. And itâs not because you need money now. Itâs because literally you want to and if you want to focus on your game and work on that. Weâre now getting into a territory where players are going to start to be able to have the means to not only survive in the offseason but really thrive.â
Fresh out of practice, Stewie hopped on the phone with me to chat about her upcoming 10th season, the evolution of The W, how the city influences her personal style, all the NYC restaurants sheâs itching to try with her wife, and the NYC playgrounds she wants to take their kids.
I like to go shopping. Iâve been just going home and being with Marta and the kids, hanging out, watching the NBA Playoffs. We had an off day on Sunday, because we had a preseason game Saturday, and we went to brunch and a farmerâs market. So trying to do the New York things a little bit. Me and Marta, this year our plan is to go to as many new restaurants as possible in New York. Weâre on a mission to really go around and find the best food. Michelin star or not, I want the best ones. We have a list. We just went to Dannyâs in Tribeca.
No, do I need it?
Okay, wait, Iâm getting that really quick then Iâm focused.
I do, but I was looking forward to being back home in New York and having my family and me really get into a schedule. Itâs more my comfort knowing, like, I go to Barclays, this is where I practice, and this is where I drop my kids off at school. And getting to sleep in my own bed, thatâs the biggest thing.
To win Unrivaled and to be a cofounder and having won in my second season with the team was really exciting. I enjoyed playing for [my coach] Zach, and I enjoyed my teammates a lot, and we had a lot of fun in our short stint in Miami.
For the team in Turkey, I literally said to them, âIâm just here to help. So whatever you need me to do, Iâll do it,â while acknowledging this is not my teamâIâm not going to come in here and try to run the show. I was just doing whatever they needed and respecting all that those players had done to get to that point. Iâm happy we were able to walk away with another Euro League Championship.
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I think now winning means legacy. Itâs something that I just want to keep doing. Iâm 31, but I have some tread on my tires a little bit, and I want to show people how to do it. I want them to feel that moment. When we won [the WNBA Championship] with the Liberty, that was insane. All of itâthe fans, the parade, everything. And I want my teammates to feel that again, because the city was behind us, and they still are 1,000 percent. That parade, feeling those goosebumps, that feeling when youâre bumping to âEmpire State of Mind,â I want everybody to feel that.
Just realizing where I started to where I am nowâof being a rookie, having my first season in Seattle, going through some adversity, rupturing my Achilles, winning [the WNBA Championship with the Storm], moving to New York. Iâve been through a lot, and I really just bring that perspective with me as I go forward. And now Iâm appreciating it. I was in the league when we had roommates, and now you have people on million dollar contracts. Weâre just scratching the surface of where weâre going to be, and thatâs really exciting.
I feel like my identity was tied to winning. I won a lot when I was in college. If I could go back, I would tell my rookie self, âBe prepared because youâre going to lose games.â My rookie season, we were like 17-18 or something like thatâlike, under 500. I only lost, like, five games in college. So that was a bit of a shock to my system. I know what type of player I am; it was just more frustrating because I knew what I could do and I knew the impact that I had.
No, I donât think so. Sometimes mentally, youâre up and down, especially with an injury or having to play through something or just having patience. But Iâm confident in who I am, and I know it, and I have all the things to back it. So even if thereâs a moment of something wavering, Iâm like, No, look at what you did, at what youâve done, and remember who you are.
Itâs definitely some self-talk. Like before every game, I think about being dominant and knowing that the other teams canât guard me but also working through it. Iâm in the gym, too. If somethingâs not working, I want to figure out why and how I can make it work.
Martaâs someone thatâs played in the WNBA, in the Olympics, she gets it, she understands the grind behind it and how practice days can be sometimes. We can talk about how Iâm feeling on the court. I want to hear her perspective. She does her best to make sure Iâm not feeling overwhelmed if I have a lot going on and just reminding me to focus on the main thing and thatâs playing and being there for my team and for my family.
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Marta is my rock, my backbone. We just enjoy each otherâs company. Sheâs literally whatâs keeping our house and our family afloat during the season. When Iâm away or in practice all the time, she makes it so Iâm able to be where my feet are and focus on that. So Iâm either with my team or with my family.
Probably as loving but competitive, crazy, and funny. I think Iâm funny. She must think Iâm funny, too. Sometimes itâs the dry sarcasm, and sheâs just rolling her eyes at me. This is our seventh year together, married five. Itâs coming up in July. We donât have any anniversary plans. Iâll probably be playing. Weâre going to look at some of the spots on Beli and go to dinner!
The kids have a toy room, so weâre probably up there. But my kids, who are 4 and 2, right now theyâre screaming. My sonâI donât know if he doesnât hear volume or whatâhe is just constantly screaming. Weâre singing Frozen, specifically âLet It Go,â then probably watching a movie or TV. If itâs not raining, we try to go outside to a park. I also want to go to playgroundsâthatâs my next thing on my list. I want to go to restaurants and playgrounds. Thereâs this whale playground that I keep talking to Marta about on the west side on the water. I want to go there with the kids so badly because it looks so cool.
It means even more, because Iâm a role model to a lot of kids, but now my kids in the house are looking up to me and following everything that I do. So itâs about making sure that they see the best of me at all times. And you know, even when I have bad days, that Iâm still gonna be good. They copy everything I do.
My kids, theyâre so innocent and so unaware of everything thatâs happening. I could lose a game and Iâll come home and theyâll be like, âMommy, you want to play like unicorn Candy Landâ or something like that. And it just really puts it into perspective that the world is going to keep spinning. Sometimes we have bad days at the office, but my kids always show up for me, and Iâm going to always show up for them.
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Being a parent and raising children is definitely hard enough. No matter who does it, but thereâs something to mom strength. There is something behind that. When my kids were younger, you literally had sleepless nights, and you wake up and you go to practice or you go play a game. And somehow, you just keep going. They give me added strength. I donât know how or where it comes from, but you just keep going.
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The historic CBA that we were able to accomplish and being able to get everything we wanted and more. We are now a part of a revenue share model, we are getting 20 percent of growth, and thatâs going to continue to make our number hopefully grow year after year. Some salaries can continue to grow but also still having housing provided for those that need it. The benefits for family planning are going upâ401(k)s, back pay to retire players. Thereâs so much that we accomplished in the CBA, and Iâm really excited about it because itâs not only touching the current players but also the former ones who have gotten us here and gotten us to have a successful 30 seasons before this.
Pay is the biggest one, but I think the family planning is a big one, too. You used to be eligible for it after your eighth year of service, and now itâs after year two. You get a certain stipend or amount of money if you want to freeze your eggs, do IVF, or whatever the case may be. That stuff is expensive. And as an athlete, you canât just freeze your eggs whenever you want because that means you have to stop working out. And youâre obviously healthiest when youâre younger, especially with that fertility aspect of it, so now players can make that decision a lot sooner if they want to.
Like you said, I wanted to be an advocate for the players and really understand what everybodyâs wants and needs are and being able to really use my platform to help fight that fight and show up every day, whether it was showing up the meetings or on the calls and really knowing the things that I was pushing for but also the things that everybody else wants and just really being able to be that kind of voice for everybody.
I donât know exactly which one, but every time I get to wear Issey Miyake, I just love it. Itâs comfortable, itâs leisure, itâs casual. You can dress it up or dress it downâthatâs what I want.
New York influences my personal style, just seeing the vibes. I told Marta I want to start dressing up. Yeah, itâs annoying to wake up in the morning and put on jeans and stuff like that. But, like, Iâm in New York and I want to be like a New Yorker. Iâm going to dress it up for opening night because you have to make sure that that is always a top outfit. And then I have to think about it a little bit for the rest of the season. I got some boots in there. A lot of Puma. Iâm excited.
Iâm a chop chop in the deli.
My watch.
A Boogie.
Oh, I keep telling Marta I want to donate all my clothes. Someone said that youâre only supposed to have 95 pieces of clothing, and I have, like, way more than 95, so I keep trying to tell myself that I only want just 95. I want to live the simple. But itâs not working.
My electric toothbrush. I love it.
I feel most confident when Iâm dressed up and when I put a good âfit on.
At this very moment, I see the headline of my life is just trying to be great everywhere. And great vibes.
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This interview has been lightly edited for space and clarity.
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