Give It Up for the Golden State Valkyries

Image Jess Smith, president of the Golden State Valkyries.Credit...Cayce Clifford for The New York Times Jess Smith stood in the empty stands of the Chase Center in San Francisco, the home arena of the Golden State Warriors of the N.B.A., and surreptitiously surveyed her surroundings to ensure that nobody else could see or hear her.

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