How Kayla McBride’s Jump Shot Quietly Became America’s Cheapest Diplomatic Weapon
Kayla McBride and the Quiet American Art of Global Soft Power By the time Kayla McBride drilled her fourth three-pointer in a single EuroLeague quarterfinal—an act that sent Istanbul’s Ülker Sports Arena into a polite, socially-distanced frenzy—half the planet was already asleep, dreaming of everything except women’s basketball. Yet somewhere in Lagos a barista checked…