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The 2023 WNBA season is the first time that the league’s prioritization rule has been put into action, and it nearly caused Gabby Williams of the Seattle Storm to miss the season due to her participation in a French league. Williams addressed the media on Wednesday ahead of her season debut for the Storm that […]

Candace Parker may be in the twilight of her career but her winning ways stay the same. The  Las Vegas Aces leader is still carrying a team’s torch like how she did it with the Los Angeles Sparks. She posits that the LA team has quite some similarities with her bond with A’ja Wilson, and […]

New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart was just too much for Brittney Griner and the Phoenix Mercury on Wednesday. There was simply no stopping the 28-year-old forward as she registered a monstrous double-double on her way to history. Stewart finished with 43 points, 12 rebounds and six assists in their 99-95 win over the Mercury. […]

The Atlanta Dream are in an interesting position in the Eastern Conference in that they’re a borderline team. They’re currently 7-8 on the season but have recently won two games in a row. They don’t presently occupy a playoff spot but they’re essentially tied percentage-wise with the Chicago Sky for the fourth and final playoff […]

The Washington Mystics received some devastating news recently with the announcement that Shakira Austin was going to miss a significant amount of time due to a hip injury. Up to this point, Austin had been one of the Mystics top performers and in the running for the WNBA’s Most Improved Player Award. The No. 3 […]

Gabby Williams has signed a contract to play the rest of the 2023 WNBA season with the Seattle Storm, the team announced on Monday, after complications with the WNBA’s prioritization rule kept Williams out to this point in the season. Like many players in the WNBA, Gabby Williams plays overseas a lot. The WNBA’s prioritization […]

Politics and the world of sports often intertwine. These high-profile men and women are sometimes figureheads and catalysts for change as most people resonate with them. None have been more vocal about their stances on certain issues recently than Washington Mystics’ Natasha Cloud and Enes Kanter Freedom. The former NBA player reacted with much disdain […]

The Indiana Fever have a rookie sensation in their midst, as Aliyah Boston has taken the league by storm and is being rewarded with her first WNBA All-Star selection. Boston is only the 8th rookie to ever make the All-Star game, and the first to be leading the entire WNBA in field goal percentage. She […]

The Chicago Sky got a little bit of a surprise this past week following back to back wins against the Los Angeles Sparks. Since their 2021 WNBA championship, they’ve been slowing watching the exodus of each member of that team. This past offseason they lost Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley and Azurá Stevens leaving […]

Atlanta Dream star Rhyne Howard popped off on Sunday in a big win over the Los Angeles Sparks, showing out for 43 points while shooting 70% from the field. Yes, you read that correctly. A truly insane stat line. But, it appears she had some extra motivation. Howard wasn’t named to the All-Star Game in […]

Chicago Sky fans were taken aback when head coach and general manager James Wade left the team midseason to become an assistant coach with the Toronto Raptors. Naturally, there are an array of emotions and thoughts that enter one’s mind after such a big decision. Of course, there is affection, as Wade led the underdog […]

Atlanta Dream star Rhyne Howard shot the lights out against the Los Angeles Sparks. The 6-foot-2 guard led the demolition job en route to a blowout victory. She has now achieved legendary status only the likes of Candace Parker, Breanna Stewart, and Liz Cambage have ever reached. The Dream’s guard became the second-youngest player to […]

The Toronto Raptors continue revamping their coaching staff amid a transformational offseason. Three weeks after replacing Nick Nurse with Darko Rajakovic as head coach and less than 24 hours after watching franchise stalwart Fred VanVleet sign elsewhere in free agency, the Raptors have added Chicago Sky head coach and general manager James Wade as an […]

The Chicago Sky got off to a rough start to the 2023 WNBA season. They had a 5-9 record over their first 14 games but have played better basketball as of late. The Sky have won two games in a row, and their most recent victory was an 86-78 win over the Los Angeles Sparks […]

The Las Vegas Aces and superstar A’ja Wilson have agreed to a two-year contract extension, per Alexa Philippou of ESPN. Wilson, who’s in the midst of another terrific campaign with Las Vegas, commented on the extension, per ESPN as well. “When the Aces made me their first-ever draft pick, they entrusted me with a lot,” […]

The Phoenix Mercury have named longtime Arizona State women’s basketball coach Charli Turner Thorne to their coaching staff, according to a press release. An Arizona Women’s Basketball icon is taking a seat on our bench. Legendary @SunDevilWBB Coach Charli Turner Thorne joins the Phoenix Mercury as an Assistant Coach on Nikki Blue’s staff! pic.twitter.com/QOxBqqZYrI — […]

The Las Vegas Aces-New York Liberty Thursday clash featured plenty of hype. Las Vegas and New York have been two of the best teams in the WNBA this season, so fans expected a competitive affair. Instead, however, the Aces cruised to a 98-81 victory over the Liberty. The win fired up the Las Vegas faithful, […]

The New York Liberty faced off against an insanely talented Las Vegas Aces squad led by Candace Parker and A’ja Wilson. Courtney Vandersloot had to give it her all against the defending WNBA champions such that they can reclaim the top spot in the standings. The Floor General made history alongside Sue Bird and Ticha […]

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal was introduced as the newest member of the team Thursday. He answered questions about his fit next to Kevin Durant and Devin Booker, what attracted him to Phoenix and the team’s championship hopes. After his presser, which took place inside the Footprint Center pavilion, Beal was photographed with Phoenix Mercury […]

Making a WNBA roster is tough. With only 12 teams with a maximum of 12 roster spots each, it’s become the hardest professional sports league to break into. Due to salary cap constraints, most teams only carry a maximum of 11 players bringing the true number of roster spots down from 144 to about 136. […]

So far in the 2023 WNBA season, it feels like it’s been the Las Vegas Aces, and then everybody else. The defending champs are currently 13-1 and hold the best record in the league. The New York Liberty are the closest behind them with a record of 10-3. The Aces’ only loss so far was […]

The WNBA is one of the hardest professional sports leagues to break into. Although there are technically 144 roster spots, due to salary cap issues most teams only carry 11 players making the total number of available rosters spots closer to 136. It’s not uncommon to see some of the top college stars cut before […]

Alyssa Thomas has been a reputable leader for the Connecticut Sun. She has led the team to a successful WNBA season start but the true challenge came when they faced the Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu-led New York Liberty. The Connecticut Sun held the top standing in the WNBA for a respectable amount of time. […]

The Washington Mystics provided an update on injured center Shakira Austin on Tuesday, announcing she’ll be out for at least three weeks after suffering a left hip strain in Sunday’s loss to the New York Liberty. Austin was carried to the locker room after tipping a pass and landing on her hip. She had six […]

Days after firing head coach Vanessa Nygaard, the Phoenix Mercury have a newfound confidence according to the woman who is replacing her, interim head coach Nikki Blue. Blue said he is already seeing a difference in the players. “Our players just have had a renewed sense of confidence,” Blue said. “The way that they came […]

Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner is happy that the WNBA made changes in its travel policy, though she couldn’t help but wonder why it took so long for the league to realize the need for such measures and implement it. To recall, the WNBA allowed Griner to fly charter for the Mercury’s remaining road games […]

A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces have been making headlines of late, which isn’t at all surprising considering how dominant the defending champs have been this season. The Aces are now 12-1 through their first 13 games as they look to go back-to-back this season. Wilson, in particular, has been making all sorts of […]

Voting for the WNBA All-Star game ended this week and on Sunday, the ten starters were revealed. The vote was split between fans, media and players with the fans accounting for 50 percent for the vote and the players and media accounting for 25 percent each. One of the players who was voted in was […]

It seemed like the New York Liberty were finally getting back to full strength when Sabrina Ionescu returned to the lineup after missing two games due to injury. The Liberty have still been one of the best teams in the WNBA this season as they’ve been integrating several new players into the lineup. But the […]

The WNBA has a new all-time leader in triple-doubles and she hails from the Connecticut Sun. Alyssa Thomas usurped Candace Parker and Sabrina Ionescu to take the record for herself during their absolute domination of the Chicago Sky. Alyssa Thomas notched her fourth career triple-double with the Connecticut Sun, per CBS Sports. She knocked down […]

Washington Mystics center Shakira Austin was carried off the court after she suffered an injury during a Sunday game against the New York Liberty. Austin was carried into the locker room after appearing to injure her left hamstring, according to an article from The Spun. The Mystics announced she is out of Sunday’s game with a hip injury soon […]

The 2023 WNBA All-Star Game starters have just been announced, and there are many familiar faces headlining this year’s festivities. Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson have been named captains for each conference, after both serving in the same capacity in the 2022 event. Last year in Chicago, Wilson’s squad defeated Stewart’s, in both player’s fifth […]

The Phoenix Mercury have parted ways with coach Vanessa Nygaard after their 2-10 start, which is tied for their worst 12-game start in franchise history, per a press release. Lead assistant Nikki Blue has been elevated to interim head coach for the remainder of the 2023 season. Mercury general manager Jim Pitman explained the team’s […]

With their 97-74 loss to the Seattle Storm Saturday, the Phoenix Mercury (2-10) have tied their worst start in franchise history. The Mercury have lost five straight games by an average of 18.8 points. Center Brittney Griner, who returned to the WNBA this season after she spent most of last year in Russian detainment, said […]

The Phoenix Mercury have been the worst team in the WNBA with a league-worst record of 2-10. They’ve lost five games in a row. Help is on the horizon for them though as they received some good news on Saturday. Both Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi have missed the past several games for the Mercury […]

Another day, another dominant win for the Las Vegas Aces. In case you were keeping track, that’s now five straight wins for the defending champs after they suffered their first loss of the season to the Connecticut Sun a couple of weeks ago. On Saturday, A’ja Wilson and the Aces flexed their collective muscle in […]

Atlanta Dream head coach Tanisha Wright isn’t blaming officials for her team’s 110-80 loss to the New York Liberty on Friday night. After yet another early-season game marked by frustration at referees from both sides, though, she made a passionate, public plea for improved performance and accountability from WNBA officials, inevitable fine be damned. Wright […]

The Connecticut Sun are off to a torrid start to the 2023 regular season. The team owns an 11-3 record, the best in the Eastern Conference and the second-best in the entire WNBA, behind only the Las Vegas Aces, who are 11-1. There’s still a lot of basketball left to be played in the season, […]

The Las Vegas Aces currently hold an 11-1 record, good for first place in the Western Conference. They hold a five-game lead in the conference as well. Meanwhile, the Aces also have the best record in the WNBA, narrowly in front of the Connecticut Sun (11-3). Aces star A’ja Wilson recently addressed Las Vegas’ talented […]