{
  "id": 13103240,
  "title": "WNBA backtracks on Liberty timeout incident after new footage",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/09/wnba-backtracks-on-liberty-timeout-incident-after-new-footage",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-09T11:32:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/wnba-backtracks-liberty-timeout-incident-113200037.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "It appears the WNBA has had to retract their previous stance on the Liberty timeout controversy. The league initially claimed that Breanna Stewart had no valid reason to question the officials during the overtime period, as they had not informed her that they had exhausted all reset timeouts. This led to confusion among fans, who were unsure about the situation. However, recent footage has shed new light on the incident, revealing a significant error in communication. The WNBA has now acknowledged that there was indeed a miscommunication, a fact that alters the entire perspective of this heated ending. Howard Megdal, founder of The IX Sports, shared this development on social media, stating that the league's report should have included the word \"miscommunication.\" Additionally, new footage from ESPN confirmed that Stewart had directly questioned official Kevin Fahy about the availability of a reset timeout, clearly stating, \"Do we have a reset?\" This audio evidence disproved the league's earlier denial and demonstrated that Stewart was actively seeking clarification, rather than making up the situation after a loss.",
  "summary": "It turns out Breanna Stewart was right all along about that chaos at the end of overtime. Breanna Stewart threw serious shade at the refs postgame, saying they explicitly told her New York had zero reset timeouts left during those final 4.",
  "key_points": [],
  "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."
}