Breanna Stewart’s recent career includes a 2024 WNBA championship with the New York Liberty and the co-founding of Unrivaled, a women’s pro three-on-three league launched in 2025. Unrivaled provides an offseason option for female basketball players to earn more money without playing overseas and facing risks associated with doing so. Stewart also won Unrivaled’s second championship, earning Finals MVP honors while captaining Mist BC to a high-scoring victory over Phantom BC. Beyond basketball, Stewart made a viral political statement in January by holding an “Abolish ICE” sign during player introductions. The message appeared shortly after ICE officers shot and killed an unarmed man during protests in Minneapolis, and Stewart explained the sign as a call to replace fear and violence with policies that uplift families and communities.
"“I was just disgusted from everything that you see on Instagram and in the news,” Stewart told the press after the game. “We're so fueled by hate right now instead of love, so I wanted to have a simple message of 'Abolish ICE,' which means having policies to uplift families and communities instead of fueling fear and violence.”"
"Then, Stewart co-founded the women's pro three-on-three basketball league Unrivaled in 2025. It established a viable option for female basketball players to earn more money during the WNBA offseason without playing overseas and the risks inherent to doing so, evidenced by Brittney Griner's incarceration while playing in Russia in 2022."
"Stewart even won Unrivaled's second championship earlier this year, captaining Mist BC past Phantom BC in a high-scoring final with a performance that earned her Unrivaled Finals MVP honors."
"First came the viral moment in January, when Stewart held up an “Abolish ICE” sign during player introductions ahead of a game. The visual appeared on the Unrivaled court one day after ICE officers shot and killed an unarmed man named Alex Pretti during ongoing demonstration's against the agency's heavy-handed presence in Minneapolis."
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