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The 2023 WNBA season is officially underway and most teams will have played at least two games by the end of this week. In the early goings, the Dallas Wings are near the top of the standings having won their season opener against the Atlanta Dream. The Wings made the playoffs last season but revamped […]

The Chicago Sky knew they were headed to a rebuild, or at least a retool after this past offseason. They lost several key players from their 2021 championship team including Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot and Azurá Stevens in free agency. Allie Quigley decided to sit out the 2023 season. The Sky revamped their roster with […]

The Connecticut Sun figured to take a step back this season. They lost head coach Curt Miller to the Los Angeles Sparks and traded franchise cornerstone Jonquel Jones to the New York Liberty. Don’t tell them that though, the Sun have gotten off to one of the best starts in the league this season at […]

The Phoenix Mercury received a huge boost this season with the highly anticipated return of Brittney Griner. Despite that, it’s been a rough start for the Mercury who have started the 2023 WNBA season 0-2. They lost on the road in their season opener against the Los Angeles Sparks and they dropped their home opener […]

The Seattle Storm have been one of the elite teams in the WNBA for a long time. The franchise has won four championships in 2004, 2010, 2018 and 2020. There’s obviously been roster turnover from the team’s first championship to their last one. But the one constant on all four of those title teams was […]

The New York Liberty are one of the most exciting teams in the WNBA in 2023. They have a star-studded roster led by Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu. If they can stay healthy, they have a good chance of winning their first WNBA championship since 2017. Here we will look at four reasons why the […]

On Friday, Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner played her first WNBA game in two years after being imprisoned in Russia for the entirety of last season. Brittney Griner’s highly anticipated return was reflected in the television ratings for the Mercury’s game against the Los Angeles Sparks. Griner and the Mercury visited the Sparks Friday night […]

The Las Vegas Aces had a pretty eventful 2022 season. They were penalized for violating league and team Respect in the Workplace policies. However, the Aces were able to still win the WNBA championship. Here we will look at three reasons the Aces will repeat as WNBA champions despite their current controversy. The Aces are […]

The WNBA has always struggled with attracting big crowds to its games. Not even the first home game of Brittney Griner after getting released from a Russian prison was enough to sell out the contest between the Phoenix Mercury and the Chicago Sky on Sunday at Footprint Center. Mercury head coach Vanessa Nygaard was not […]

The New York Liberty had a mixed bag of a season in 2022. They finished with a record of 16-20, good for fourth place in the Eastern Conference. They made the playoffs as the seventh seed, but they were eliminated by the second-seeded Chicago Sky in the first round. After the season, however, they upgraded […]

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner had tears in her eyes before her first regular-season home game. By the third quarter, she was elated. Griner hit a 3-pointer that energized the Phoenix crowd. She went down the court, high-fived teammates and turned to the Footprint Center fans and yelled, “I’m back!” “I’M BACK!” Brittney Griner is […]

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner played her first regular-season game at home since 2021 Sunday. Griner’s Mercury lost to the Chicago Sky, 75-69, at Footprint Center. But Griner, who returned to the United States in December after she was arrested in Russia, won the night. She led the Mercury with 27 points on 9-of-13 shooting. […]

It has been over a year-and-a-half since Brittney Griner played a regular-season game in Phoenix.  She was introduced in Sunday’s contest against the Chicago Sky at Footprint Center via a poetry take on her time away from the team and was honored with the song, “I’m Coming Home,” by Diddy and Sean Combs when introduced […]

Breanna Stewart has been a great player for so long that she’s bound to be inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame one day, and on Sunday she put her talents on display once again with a 45-point explosion against the Indiana Fever. Stewart, who scored 12 points in her season debut with […]

Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner is back in front of the home fans on Sunday for a matchup against the Chicago Sky, and she’s feeling all the love. The Mercury did a T-shirt giveaway featuring a Griner quote on it, and her introduction and special tribute whipped the crowd into a frenzy. Check out this […]

The New York Liberty played their home opener against the Indiana Fever in Brooklyn on Sunday, and Breanna Stewart is already making history for her new team. Breanna Stewart set a new career-high in points and now holds the Liberty franchise record for points in a game after scoring 45 against the Fever, according to […]

Brittney Griner’s first home game since being released from unjust detainment in a Russian prison was always bound to be special. The Phoenix Mercury, though, are going above and beyond to ensure Sunday’s marquee matchup with the Chicago Sky proves a homecoming for Griner no one will ever forget. As part of the festivities welcoming […]

The Las Vegas Aces made a major splash in the 2023 WNBA offseason by signing Candace Parker, a two-time WNBA champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist. The signing was a major coup for the Aces, who were looking to improve their roster after a disappointing end to their 2022 season. Here we will look at […]

Dallas Wings star Arike Ogunbowale had such an easy time against the Atlanta Dream’s defense in their WNBA opener on Saturday, so much so that she only had one word to describe it: “BBQ chicken.” Ogunbowale dropped 27 points in the Wings’ 85-78 home win. The 26-year-old went 9-of-25 from the field (including 4-of-14 from […]

The reigning and defending WNBA champions wasted no time in making a loud noise in the 2023 season. The Las Vegas Aces blasted the Seattle Storm on the road, 105-64, to snag a win in their very first game of the 2023 WNBA season. With that lopsided victory, the Aces also managed to claim a […]

It didn’t take long for ex-WNBA star Sue Bird to take in her first Seattle Storm game as a fan during retirement. Sue Bird was sitting courtside for the Storm’s 2023 WNBA home homer Saturday afternoon. When Seattle fans saw that Bird was in attendance, they showered her with cheers, causing Bird to stand up […]

The WNBA is back with Opening Weekend games and bettors can take advantage of a profit boost right away. Be sure to stay tuned to our ClutchPoints betting series for more on betting around sports. Brittney Griner was the talk of the WNBA off-season. She is back on the Phoenix Mercury and scored 18 points […]

The Phoenix Mercury and center Brittney Griner lost their WNBA season debut against the Los Angeles Sparks, 94-71 Friday night at Crypto.com Arena. But Griner and Phoenix won the hearts of the viewers. Brittney Griner played in her first WNBA regular-season game in over a year. She was detained in Russia Feb. 2022 and released […]

The Phoenix Mercury made their season debut Friday night against the Los Angeles Sparks. It also marked the return of center Brittney Griner, who spent most of last year in Russian detainment. The game was historic, and Vice President Kamala Harris was in attendance. Harris was seen in the locker rooms for the Mercury and […]

Brittney Griner is truly and finally back in the WNBA, and she made her first bucket after over a year of wait in the Phoenix Mercury’s opening showdown with the Los Angeles Sparks on Friday. Griner didn’t waste time getting into action with the Mercury. Early in the first quarter, the 32-year-old center found herself […]

The Minnesota Lynx absolutely disappointed in their WNBA opener against the Chicago Sky on Friday. After making history in their preseason showdown with Chicago in Toronto, Minnesota got on the wrong end of another one this time around. The Lynx lost to the Sky in the showdown, 77-66. While they fought hard and dominated in […]

New York Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu channeled her Mamba mentality before the WNBA opener on Friday as she paid tribute to both Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gigi. In the Liberty’s morning shootaround before they take on the Washington Mystics on the road, Ionescu sported the Kobe 4 Mambacitas sneakers that were released earlier this […]

Brittney Griner went through an unthinkable time while under Russian detention last year. Griner, who played for Russian women’s basketball club UMMC Ekaterinberg in the offseason, was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport outside Moscow in Feb. 2022. The Russian Federal Customs Service said officials found vape cartridges that contained hashish oil in Griner’s luggage. Brittney Griner […]

Brittney Griner returned to the United States from Russian detention and will be back in the WNBA this season. Griner, who is 32 years old, will play with the Phoenix Mercury after she signed a 1-year, $165,100 contract in February. She helped lead the Mercury to the 2021 NBA Finals before she was arrested in […]

With the 2023 WNBA season set to tip-off this Friday, May 19, much of the discourse this week has been focused on roster cuts. WNBA teams are allowed a maximum of 12 players on their regular season rosters with a few teams carrying only 11 due to salary cap restraints. With only 12 teams and […]

The 2023 WNBA season begins this Friday, May 19. Teams had until Thursday to bring their rosters down to the league maximum of 12 players. Due to salary cap restraints, some teams will only be carrying 11 players. There’s been a ton of discourse this week regarding roster cuts in the WNBA with a lot […]

The Dallas Wings made headlines on Wednesday by waiving Charli Collier, the No. 1 pick in the 2021 WNBA Draft, two seasons into her rookie deal. Collier, who played college basketball at Texas, provided underwhelming numbers from a first overall pick. In 17 games in 2022, Collier averaged two points and played under five minutes […]

A day after it was announced she was suspended for two games, Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon spoke to the media. The suspension stems from an investigation by the WNBA into misconduct claims by former Aces player Dearica Hamby against Hammon and the team. Hammon said that none of her players were interviewed […]

Many WNBA players are finding out their future this week as the start of the 2023 regular season is set for this Friday, May 19. Some players will get the good news that their professional dream continues as they made a team’s final roster. Yet for others, they will get the bad news that their […]

This week is an important one for WNBA players. With the 2023 regular season opener set for Friday, May 19, many WNBA teams are making their final roster cuts. A host of players will receive the news as to whether they have earned a coveted roster spot or if their WNBA dream is temporarily put […]

The 2023 WNBA regular season is set to begin this Friday, May 19 and so this week will be filled with teams making contract and roster decisions. Some players are going to be rewarded for their play during training camp and preseason and earn a coveted WNBA roster spot. Others are going to see their […]

With the 2023 WNBA regular season set to tip-off, teams are in the midst of making their final roster decisions. Some of those decisions are tough roster cuts amid a shortage of roster spots. Some of the top college players are getting a first hand experience of just how tough it is to make a […]

The WNBA issued their ruling regarding their active investigation into the Las Vegas Aces. The league gave Aces head coach Becky Hammon a two-game suspension and also stripped the team of their 2025 first round draft pick. They don’t have a 2024 draft pick due to a trade. The WNBA had launched an investigation into […]

The 2023 WNBA season is set to tip-off on Friday, May 19 but the league made some major headlines on Tuesday regarding their investigation into the Las Vegas Aces. The league was investigated allegations brought forth by former player Dearica Hamby as well as allegations of providing impermissible benefits to players. As a result of […]