From The Sports Desk: Free agency frenzy

The WNBA free agency period opened Wednesday, signings will begin Saturday, and the draft will take place Monday night.

The WNBA free agency period opened Wednesday, signings will begin Saturday, and the draft will take place Monday night. In today’s newsletter, a primer on all the upcoming WNBA business. Plus, an Arsenal-focused preview of this weekend’s Premier League action.

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The Masters continue through the weekend, too. We’ll be live-blogging the final round on Sunday — the real tradition unlike any other. Come hang with us then, and check the NBC News website for more coverage.

Balloon artist Scott Nichols and his company, Amazing Balloons MN, unexpectedly helped break some WNBA free agency news on the first day of negotiations. Social media lit up on Wednesday when users noticed an Instagram reel posted by the Minnesota balloon company showing off its collaboration with the WNBA’s Minnesota Lynx.