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Nicole Heard

The Maui Sports Girl

I’ve been screaming about the WNBA since before it was cool — now I’m doing it daily. Fantasy advice, prop plays, and unfiltered takes on the women’s game. Tune in, tail along, and bring the good vibes.

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Nicole is the WNBA analyst for Everything WBB, a 78,000+ member women’s basketball fan community and one of the largest WNBA fan hubs online. Post-game recaps, game breakdowns, player features, human-interest and the daily pulse of the women's game. Head over to the WBB feed for non-stop WNBA.Tap a clip to watch.

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The Maui Sports Girl on Everything WBB

Nicole is the on-air WNBA analyst for Everything WBB — a 78,000+ member women's basketball community and one of the largest WNBA fan hubs online. Post-game recaps, game breakdowns, player features, human-interest and the daily pulse of the women's game. Tap a clip to watch, then head to the full Everything WBB feed for non-stop WNBA.

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WNBA 2026: the season ahead
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Today's Plays

Player props & picks

Free Play
Napheesa Collier
Lynx @ Aces · 10:00 PM ET
OVER 22.5
Points
Collier averaging 26.3 over her last 5. Aces lost A'ja to foul trouble last meeting — she had 31.
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Sabrina Ionescu
Liberty vs Sun · 7:00 PM ET
OVER 6.5
Assists
Liberty pace up 8% with new rotation. Sabrina cleared this in 7 of last 8.
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Nicole Heard

The Maui Sports Girl

I've been screaming about the WNBA since before it was cool — now I'm doing it daily. Fantasy advice, prop plays, and unfiltered takes on the women's game. Tune in, tail along, and bring the good vibes.

See what I'm working on →
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May 3, 2026

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Sunday, May 17

Premium Play Toronto Tempo @ Los Angeles Sparks — Sun · 7:00 PM ET
The Selection Knicks -87
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Premium Play Toronto Tempo @ Los Angeles Sparks — Sun · 7:00 PM ET
The Selection Sparks -7.5
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Free Pick Connecticut Sun @ Portland Fire — Mon · 10:00 PM ET
The Selection Sun +3.5
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No guarantees — and we’d never pretend otherwise

We don’t encourage irresponsible betting and we don’t sell winners. The pick is the natural landing point of the analysis — what you’re paying for is Nicole’s judgment about the matchup, given with full effort every time. She specializes in player props with longer individual odds that make sense as legs in a 3–4 leg parlay. Her recommendation is yours to adjust to your own risk tolerance — if she’s on an over, you can play it safer at a lower number; the odds get worse, but you decide. She’s not a magician. Nobody is, even the ones who say they are. She’s the experience you wish you had.

Why we don’t publish a win/loss record

We don’t keep a public scoreboard — and we’d rather say that plainly than stay quiet about it. We’re not selling wins. The picks come as ranges you tailor to your own risk, so a single win/loss tally would misrepresent what this actually is. Said openly, the absence of a record is a credibility statement, not a red flag.