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The Valkyries’ WNBA Finals Win Was a Triumph Against Fox News Bile

As Fox News whips up anti-trans, anti-WNBA hysteria, the Valkyries’ win is a victory for the sane.

The Golden State Valkyries after winning Game Seven of the WNBA Finals on October 31, 2026, at Chase Center in San Francisco, CA.

The first Game Seven in WNBA Finals history took place on Saturday, and the Golden State Valkyries, in just their second year of existence, were ready. Playing at home, in front of a sold-out crowd crackling with enough energy to raise the roof, the Valkyries won the whole damn thing, 68–63, against the Atlanta Dream.

Earlier this year, the Valkyries rechristened their San Francisco arena Ballhalla, after the grand dining hall—called Valhalla—where the female warriors of Norse myth would bring only the bravest fallen soldiers. The true Valkyrie on Saturday was the team’s general manager, Ohemaa Nyanin, who built a championship team in two years by gathering together a disparate group of players who became the true “warriors” in the Bay. They claimed Ballhalla as their own and, suffice it to say, Halloween in the Bay was lit.

The Most Valuable Player of the finals was Gabby Williams, who, after a tepid two-point first half, scored an astounding 28 second-half points and played her brand of stellar defense all the way through. She’s a leader, a charisma-bomb, and the sort of player anyone would be proud to call “the face of the WNBA.”

Even more gratifying, given the recent anti-trans hysteria that has overtaken professional sports, Williams has always shown solidarity with the trans community, saying in August, “I would welcome a trans athlete on my team or against my team, anytime. I don’t think........

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