one of the most famous Duos in sports came to deara Ham's defense after Las Vegas Aces fans booed her during the Sin City teams game against her Los Angeles Sparks WNBA great Sue bird and her wife former US Women's national soccer team captain Megan rapino discussed Ham's return to Las Vegas on their aouch more with Sue bird and Megan rapino podcast in an episode they released on Wednesday August 21 she's not just a player for the Sparks who used to play for your team rapino said she's a mother she's an athlete she was discriminated against or feels that she was she's filed a federal lawsuit I couldn't believe that Hami was part of the aces organization from 2015 to 2023 dating back to when they were the San Antonio Stars the aces traded her to the Sparks last January while she was pregnant with her second child Hami filed a federal discrimination complaint against the WNBA and Aces that September claiming the team traded her away because of her pregnancy and the league did not adequately investigate she alleged the aces subjected her to repeated acts of intimidation discrimination and retaliation before the trade are aware of today's legal filing and are reviewing the complaint a WNBA spokesperson told the AP AC's coach Becky Hammond said in May 2023 that the team traded Hami because they could get three players for the same cost as her contract and wanted to bring more people in Hami was named to three all-star teams with the AC's organization won 2 WNBA sixth Woman of the Year Awards and was a member of their 2022 WNBA championship team she recently returned from Paris where she won the three by three women's basketball bronze medal at the 2024 Olympics