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Diya Vij Is on the 2026 TIME100 Art List

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Bird, S. (2026, September 30). Diya Vij Is on the 2026 TIME100 Art List. TIME. https://time.com/collection/time100-next/2026/olivia-miles/

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The article features an interview by Diya Vij with Olivia Miles, a player for the Minnesota Lynx in the WNBA. It highlights Miles's unique style on and off the court, her confidence, and her potential for future success. Vij emphasizes how Miles is influencing the league positively and notes that despite being early in her career, she already exudes wisdom beyond her years.

Written by AI on 2026-09-30, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

Sue Bird, a four-time WNBA champion and five-time Olympic gold medalist, highlights Olivia Miles' debut year in the league for the Minnesota Lynx. Bird notes that Miles has brought her own unique style to the court, both in play and appearance, notably influencing fans to adopt similar hairstyles like the Afro. This trend suggests the WNBA is adapting to Miles' influence rather than the other way around. At just the start of her professional career, Miles already exudes a sense of self-confidence and wisdom beyond her years, impressing Bird with her potential for future success and championship wins.

Written for “Time100 Art List” on 2026-11-02, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.

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Claims extracted

sentences that state something as happening or true

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0 of 10 hedged ("reportedly", "may", "according to")

Leaning

not political

takes no side on a contested political question

Publisher signals

59/100

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Sports

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TIME · 785 article(s) · 2 correction(s) detected

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Who wrote this

Sue Bird

1 article(s) here · 0 carrying a prediction

The only article under this byline in the corpus.

Topics

Afros Minnesota Lynx Olympic WNBA

Subjects

WNBA ORG · 3× Olivia PERSON · 2× Bird PERSON · 1× Minnesota Lynx ORG · 1× Olivia Miles PERSON · 1×

Narrative

She has had such an impressive first year in the WNBA that you can imagine her having great individual success; you can imagine her winning championships.

framing: assertive · carried by 1 article(s) · first seen 2026-09-30

2026-09-30 · TIME

Diya Vij Is on the 2026 TIME100 Art List · assertive framing

Claims (10 extracted, 0 hedged)

Olivia Miles has brought her own style to the WNBA. asserted

Miles → bring → WNBA

Not only in the way she plays, but also in the way she shows up on the court: her hair, the goggles. asserted

she → play → court

If you go to a Minnesota Lynx game, you’ll see tons of people in the stands, from fully grown men to little kids, rocking Afros. asserted

you → go → Afros

It feels like the league is adapting to her and not the other way around. asserted

league → feel → her

Olivia was still in college when I first met her, but I was immediately struck by her self-confidence. asserted

I → meet → confidence

There’s an air of wisdom about her that is beyond her years. asserted

that → ’ → years

She’s always known exactly who she is as a person and a player. asserted

she → know → person

She has had such an impressive first year in the WNBA that you can imagine her having great individual success; you can imagine her winning championships. asserted

her → imagine → championships

What’s fun is that we get to watch her do it all in real time. asserted

her → ’ → time

Olivia is only just beginning to scratch the surface. asserted

Olivia → begin → surface