Tina Thompson - She Knows How to Score

Tina Thompson of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks, broke the all-time scoring record in the league (previously held by Lisa Leslie) by scoring 23 points in the Sparks' loss to the San Antonio Silver Stars. (Thompson has scored a total, thus far, of 6,273 points in her WNBA career.)

Mechelle Voepel of ESPN praised Thompson's accomplishment by comparing her to the actress Laura Linney. Voepel believes that like Linney, Thompson has always been incredible at her craft, but has never gotten the attention she deserved. (Linney has definitely had her fair share of amazing performances, but has never won an Academy Award.) Voepel claims that Thompson has been stuck in the shadow of players like Lisa Leslie and Diana Taurasi, but that like Linney, Thompson just wants to play well and win, regardless of the attention.

Sad to say, Thompson does not need to worry about missing out on any WNBA attention, because the league is clearly not getting any. People rarely know what the WNBA is, let alone, pay attention to any of its players. Thompson recently joined the Sparks, because her previous team the Houston Comets folded! Even a major sports guru, Darren Rovell tweeted, "Tina Thompson became the all-time leading WNBA scorer tonight. Is it bad I had to look up who she was?"

Congrats to Thompson, but unfortunately, few care. I hope she can instead take pride and solace in the fact that her record may actually survive, since the WNBA's future is in jeopardy.