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Chicago and Connecticut lock horns in the WNBA! Catch the WNBA series with this Sun-Sky game odds, prediction, pick, and how-to-watch guide. Connecticut (21-10) has tallied a 67.7% winning rate so far this season, but they are currently victims of a three-game losing streak. The Sun hopes to retain their third-place position in the WNBA […]

Dallas takes on Washington for a WNBA battle! Catch the WNBA series with our Wings-Mystics prediction, odds, pick, and how to watch. The Wings (17-14) are second in the Western Conference and rank fourth in the entire WNBA. Dallas is back in the win column after getting a 20-point win over Connecticut last timeout. The […]

A’ja Wilson is arguably the best player in the WNBA. Her dominance is difficult to deny. Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon was asked about the gameplan as it relates to Wilson during the team’s Saturday contest versus the Los Angeles Sparks. Hammon got brutally honest in her answer, via the WNBA. Question: The […]

While most people saw the WNBA championship race coming down to the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty, and for good reason, the Connecticut Sun were looking to put a wrench in those plans. Led by the star duo of triple-double machine Alyssa Thomas and veteran leader DeWanna Bonner, the team looked like they […]

Las Vegas Aces star Chelsea Gray made franchise history in the team’s 88-75 win over the New York Liberty on Thursday, recording the first triple-double by an Aces player. It’s the second triple-double in franchise history but the first since the Aces’ first season in 2018. Gray finished with 22 points, 11 rebounds and 11 […]

There are a few reasons why the New York Liberty stand out as one of the favorites to win the 2023 WNBA championship, and Sabrina Ionescu’s incredible play is one of them. Despite suffering an 88-75 loss to the Las Vegas Aces, the team with the best record in the league, on Thursday night, Ionescu […]

Since the offseason, the Las Vegas Aces and the New York Liberty have been considered as the two WNBA championship favorites for this season. So far, those predictions have looked spot on. The Aces and Liberty have consistently been the two best teams in the league and it was no surprise that they were the […]

The Washington Mystics are in the middle of a playoff push and are finally starting to get healthy. With a little less than one month to go in the regular season, the Mystics are sitting in seventh place in the WNBA standings at 14-16. They could potentially get to the fourth spot as they are […]

The Washington Mystics had been dealt a tough blow recently with all the injuries they’ve had. They were without three starters in Elena Delle Donne, Ariel Atkins and Shakira Austin as well as key reserve Kristi Toliver. This was all in the middle of a playoff push as well. The Mystics are currently holding on […]

The Phoenix Mercury have a puncher’s chance at a playoff spot this season despite their poor play. They currently stand at 9-21, tied with the Seattle Storm who hold the tiebreaker. They’re both three games back of the Chicago Sky who currently are in eighth place. The Mercury would also have to pass the Los […]

The Indiana Fever have been going through the growing pains this season. Amid the addition of Rookie of the Year candidate Aliyah Boston, the Fever currently hold the worst record in the WNBA at 8-23 and are 2-8 in their last ten games. While another lottery finish is on the horizon, the Fever have actually […]

LSU women’s basketball star Angel Reese is one of the most well-known and outspoken college athletes of the new NIL era. The national championship-winning forward is returning for her final college season next year instead of going to the WNBA because her time at LSU is so lucrative. When she does go pro in 2024, […]

Jonquel Jones and New York Liberty emerged victorious in the Commissioner’s Cup, defeating the Las Vegas Aces 82-63 in a game that was not the high-scoring affair many had anticipated. Despite a poor shooting performance, the Liberty managed to shut down the Aces’ offense and secure their second consecutive win over the team that had […]

The Liberty and the Aces head for a clash at the WNBA! Check out our WNBA series with this Liberty-Aces odds, prediction, pick, and how to watch. The New York Liberty comes with momentum after winning the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup against the hosts. The Eastern Conference giants are hopeful to extend their seven-game unbeaten run. […]

The Minnesota Lynx have been playing much better basketball ever since their poor start to the 2023 season. After dealing with several key injuries early in the season to Diamond Miller, Jessica Shepard and Aerial Powers, they’ve been relatively healthy. They had brief injury concerns with Napheesa Collier and rookie Dorka Juhasz, but since then […]

NBA player Enes Freedom is in the news once again, and this time for his views on transgender athletes that he expressed during an appearance on Fox News. Freedom brought up the possibility of him changing his gender identity and playing in the WNBA. “Would it be fair, I am seven-foot, 270 pounds, and if […]

Sabrina Ionescu may be a WNBA star on the New York Liberty these days, but she’s still an Oregon Duck at heart. The two-time All-Star showed this fact during the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup final, where she debuted her signature Oregon Ducks shoe while also dominating the competition and taking home the trophy for her team. […]

For the second time this season, the Las Vegas Aces were routed by the New York Liberty, falling to their East Coast counterparts 82-63 in the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Final. Without Candace Parker for the 13th consecutive game, the defending WNBA champion Aces struggled defensively and failed to score 70 points for the second time […]

It is always going to be a marquee WNBA matchup when the New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces face one another. But, fans did not get the game that they wanted from A’ja Wilson as she was clamped up by Vegas. All of this transpired in the Commissioner’s Cup Final with Breanna Stewart and […]

Breanna Stewart and the New York Liberty came through with a big win Tuesday night against fellow WNBA title contenders Las Vegas Aces to cop the Commissioner’s Cup Championship. The Liberty dominated for the most part of the contest to score an 82-63 victory, a sweet one for Stewart, especially since it was one of […]

The Washington Mystics signed guard Ariel Atkins to a multiyear contract extension on Tuesday, according to an article from ESPN Women’s Basketball Reporter Alexa Philippou. “We are excited that Ariel has committed herself to the long-term future of the Washington Mystics,” Mystics General Manager Mike Thibault said in a Tuesday release. “She has been such an integral […]

New York and Las Vegas clash at the third WNBA Commissioner’s Cup! Head on to our WNBA series with this Liberty-Aces odds, prediction, pick, and how to watch. The Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty are expected to face off in the 2023 WNBA Finals, but first, they will compete for the 2023 Commissioner’s […]

Two former WNBA MVPs – the Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson and the New York Liberty’s Breanna Stewart – sounded off prior to their team’s highly-anticipated game on August 15. Wilson, the reigning WNBA MVP, gave props to Stewart for making her a better player every time their teams sqaure off. Wilson thinks Stewart’s vaunted […]

When Breanna Stewart is in the groove, there’s really not much the other team can do to slow down, much less stop the New York Liberty start. And that was on full display once again on Sunday, when Stewart lit up the lowly Indiana Fever on the road for a 100-89 victory. By scoring 42 […]

Injuries have always been an unfortunate part of sports, but for the Washington Mystics, the 2023 WNBA season has been unfair. They had recently been without three starters in Elena Delle Donne, Ariel Atkins and Shakira Austin and one key reserve in Kristi Toliver. They recently got Austin back but are still without the other […]

New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart made franchise history in the first half of Sunday’s 100-89 win against the Indiana Fever, becoming the first player in Liberty history to score 30 points in the first half. Stewart was scoring in all kinds of ways in the first half. ALLLLL THE WAY IN HER BAG 💰@breannastewart […]

With Becky Hammon heading to the Hall of Fame, A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum and the rest of the Las Vegas Aces also made sure to show their coach plenty of love. The Aces’ social media account shared a video on Saturday showing the players sending their love and congratulatory messages to Hammon as she was […]

The NBA 2K series has been a popular video game series for years now with fans getting to play as some of their favorite NBA players as well as being able to customize a career for a created player. While the NBA Live series first allowed fans to use WNBA players in the game with […]

Becky Hammon still has much to give to the game of basketball, and the Las Vegas Aces know it. On the eve of her induction to the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, reigning WNBA MVP A’ja Wilson expressed just how excited she and her Aces teammates are for their coach’s well-earned coronation. “It’s super dope […]

Video of injured Washington Mystics star Elena Delle Donne practicing with the team provided hope to fans as she nears a return to the court. Delle Donne participated in a 5-on-5 team drill on Thursday, per Kareem Copeland of The Washington Post. She had been ramping up her efforts, although with practice players. Thursday’s run […]

The Phoenix Mercury started Thursday night’s game against the Connecticut Sun at home like a house on fire. With their 45-point explosion in the opening period of the contest, Diana Taurasi and company managed to break an all-time WNBA record for most points in a period, via ESPN Stats & Info. “The Phoenix Mercury scored […]

The Phoenix Mercury are one of the WNBA’s most frustrating teams so far over the course of the 2023 WNBA season. With an 8-20 record heading into Thursday night’s action, fans had little hope for a turnaround. The Mercury have been busy lately, most recently making a crucial roster move on a former South Carolina […]

The Connecticut Sun have looked every bit the part of title contenders this season under new head coach Stephanie White. While fans and media alike believed the road to the WNBA title would be between the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty, the Sun might have something to say about that. Even after the […]

If you were looking for a frontrunner for the WNBA’s Rookie of the Year Award, then look no further than Indiana Fever star Aliyah Boston. Boston was named an All-Star as a rookie, and was the first rookie to be named an All-Star starter since Schoni Schimmel in 2014. While the Fever had been among […]

The Basketball Hall of Fame ceremony is scheduled for this weekend and it features an impressive class. Among some of the big names being enshrined this year are Dwyane Wade, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker and Pau Gasol. On the women’s basketball side of things, the big name being inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame […]

Before the start of the 2023 WNBA season, the New York Liberty were billed as one of the league’s superteams alongside the Las Vegas Aces. With the additions of Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones and Courtney Vandersloot to go alongside Sabrina Ionescu and Betnijah Laney, the Liberty presented a lineup of firepower few teams could match. […]

The Seattle Storm have been one of the bottom teams in the WNBA this season, but they have shown some promise. They’ve had a few silver linings this season. One of them has been the phenomenal play of All-Star guard Jewell Loyd who was named the MVP of the All-Star game. Another has been the […]

One of the key issues facing the WNBA is travel. Teams have been flying commercial from game to game and have had to deal with all the craziness that comes along with it. This season specifically, things almost got ugly when Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner was harassed in the airport while the team was […]

Kahleah Copper of the Chicago Sky has turned it up since the All-Star break, just as she said she would, and she is motivated to continue that and help the Sky make the playoffs this season. “When I said I was going to another level, I was for real,” Kahleah Copper said, via Annie Costabile […]