I’m a staff writer at Defector, where I cover the WNBA and other sports. I’ve traveled to Chicago to study Angel Reese’s knack for offensive rebounding; witnessed Sabrina Ionescu hush a Finals crowd in Minneapolis; and reported from the media circus at Caitlin Clark’s Indiana home debut.
I’m working on a book about the rapid cultural rise of women’s basketball and its young superstars for Dutton/Penguin Random House.
some work:
🐐 On Diana Taurasi
🤬 On the WNBA’s online culture wars
⛹️♀️ On Caitlin Clark
🏒 On the fight for the first CBA in women’s hockey
🇨🇦 On a much-hyped Canadian quarterback
contact: maitreyi [at] defector [dot] com or maitreyi114 [at] gmail [dot] com.