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How Sex Toys Thrown at WNBA Games Revealed a Weird Window Into Online Culture and Opened Old Wounds for Women’s Sports

UNITED STATES, AUG 8 – The WNBA announced arrests and at least one-year bans for fans throwing sex toys onto courts, with two men arrested in incidents linked to viral internet pranks.

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A bizarre and decidedly crude string of incidents has eclipsed the action on the court in the WNBA this week and top figures in the league are calling out the disrespect they’re feeling as a result.

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In the professional league WNBA sex toys are repeatedly thrown onto the playing field, a player almost hit. Athletes and trainers express clear criticism. Two men are arrested.

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In the WNBA, the world's largest women's basketball league, sex toys have been flying on the field for a few days. Two people are arrested, but there are other incidents.

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