Morning Briefing: Chiquita Evans breaks a video game barrier

Chiquita Evans became the first woman ever drafted into the video game NBA 2K League when she was selected in the fourth round Tuesday night by Warriors Gaming, which is run by the Golden State Warriors. Evans is now the esports league's first female pro. Each of the 126 players in the league will make between $33,000 and $37,000 per season, plus benefits and team housing. "It feels surreal,'' she said. Evans, who lives in Mobile, Ala., was one of two women who qualified for the draft this year through the league's online combine. The other, Brianna Novin, was not selected. The NBA and game publisher Take-Two Interactive run the league. The league had no women in its first season, and the NBA wanted to change that. They hired some analysts to talk to focus groups to determine why only men qualified for the league. "It made us put more emphasis on how good a player was when they got the ball in their hands,'' 2K League managing director Brendan Donohue said.