{
  "id": 1283163,
  "title": "WNBA legend Elena Delle Donne gives hilarious Larry David shoutout in Hall of Fame speech",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/16/wnba-legend-elena-delle-donne-gives-hilarious-larry-david-shoutout-in",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-16T14:11:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/wnba-legend-elena-delle-donne-141108259.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Elena Delle Donne, a WNBA legend and two-time Most Valuable Player, received an unexpected shoutout from comedian Larry David during her induction speech at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. Delle Donne, who was inducted alongside Candace Parker, Chamique Holdsclaw, and the 1996 USA Basketball Women’s National Team, expressed her gratitude to basketball for accepting her despite her awkward height. She also shared personal anecdotes about how basketball transformed her childhood insecurities into superpowers.",
  "summary": "Fans of Larry David will be quite familiar with the reference Elena Delle Donne included in her Hall of Fame speech.",
  "key_points": [
    "WNBA legend Elena Delle Donne inducted into Hall of Fame",
    "Larry David jokes about her height during speech",
    "Delle Donne credits basketball for transforming insecurities"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}