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After Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner was involved in an airport altercation over the weekend, the uproar from around the league has been ferocious and the WNBPA is demanding change to the travel policy. On Saturday morning, Griner and her team were accosted by a YouTube agitator known for harassing politicians. Alex Stein is a […]

The jersey retirement ceremony for former Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird sent Storm fans into a frenzy on Sunday. HUGE ovation for Sue Bird as she enters the arena for her Seattle Storm jersey retirement 🙌 (via @seattlestorm)pic.twitter.com/YA88WuJA4m — ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) June 11, 2023 Bird, the former first-overall pick in the 2002 WNBA Draft, built […]

Breanna Stewart is the latest WNBA star to call for more protection for Brittney Griner after the Phoenix Mercury center was harassed at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport by a right-wing social media provocateur. “I mean I think that player safety should be first and foremost and everyone was aware that BG coming back to the […]

After being harassed by a Blaze Media YouTube personality in the Dallas-Forth Worth International Airport on Saturday, Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner has once again become the focal point in a call for player safety. The Mercury would release a statement about the incident that occurred between Griner and Alex Stein, a Dallas native that […]

The Dallas Wings have been one of the better teams in the WNBA to start the 2023 season with a record of 5-3 and having won two consecutive games. They are led by Arike Ogunbowale who is one of the league’s blossoming superstars. But Ogunbowale has had some help in the form of a career […]

The Washington Mystics haven’t exactly been burning down the nets to start the 2023 WNBA season. Through their first seven games, they are 4-3 and are looking to get back to back wins against the Seattle Storm. While they have a roster that is certainly playoff caliber, they are also adjusting to having a new […]

The Seattle Storm have gotten off to a rocky start to the 2023 WNBA season with a 1-5 record. It was always going to be a tough year with growing pains due to having a very young and inexperienced roster in the wake of losing Breanna Stewart and Sue Bird. They made a recent roster […]

Brittney Griner had quite the encounter while making her way through the Dallas Airport Saturday morning. The WNBA earlier released a statement alleging that the Phoenix Mercury star was harassed. A video detailing the incident is now available to the public, courtesy of the man in question. Comedian and YouTuber Alex Stein recorded himself criticizing […]

The WNBA has released a statement after Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner was allegedly harassed at a Dallas airport on Saturday, via Josh Weinfuss. The league said the following in the statement, “As we gather additional information on today’s incident at the Dallas Airport, it has come to our attention that this was orchestrated by […]

The New York Liberty turned a lot of heads this offseason when they acquired Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot in free agency and traded for Jonquel Jones. As one of the proclaimed ‘super teams,’ they automatically became one of the early favorites to win the 2023 WNBA championship. With a win against the Atlanta Dream […]

The Atlanta Dream fell to 2-4 on to start the 2023 WNBA season as they dropped their second consecutive game, this one to the New York Liberty after losing to the Las Vegas Aces on June 2. Despite the uneven start, the Dream have been seeing another step forward in the development of budding star […]

Sisters Satou Sabally and Nyara Sabally will face each other for the first time as the New York Liberty host the Dallas Wings at Barclays Center this Sunday. They will be the eighth set of sisters to play against each other in the league’s 27-year history, from Heather and Heidi Burge in the early years […]

The Seattle Storm started out the 2023 WNBA season a little rocky at 0-4. They managed to get their first win of the season though against the Los Angeles Sparks in dramatic fashion coming back from being down 18 points early in the game. If they’re hoping to build off that momentum though, they’ll have […]

Las Vegas aces star A’ja Wilson is one of the best players in the WNBA. She continues to reach impressive feats, most recently scoring her 3,000th career point. Wilson stayed humble after reaching the 3,000-point mark though, posting a two-word tweet. big blessings 🤍 https://t.co/4MorHOB3tc — A'ja Wilson (@_ajawilson22) June 9, 2023 “big blessings,” Wilson […]

In the WNBA, teams are allowed to sign players to hardship contracts when they have only nine or less available players on the roster. For the Chicago Sky, that was their reality heading into Friday’s game on the road against the Los Angeles Sparks. They are facing injuries to Rebekah Gardner, Morgan Bertsch and Isabelle […]

DeWanna Bonner and the Connecticut Sun handed Becky Hammon and the Las Vegas Aces their first loss of the 2023 season on Thursday. Bonner scored 41 points in the Sun’s win, setting a new single-game franchise record. Las Vegas fell to 7-1 with the defeat, and Hammon didn’t hold back her honest thoughts after the […]

The Indiana Fever have been one of the WNBA’s bottom-dwellers for the past couple of seasons but this season brings about new promise. The Fever ended up with the No. 1 pick in the draft and to nobody’s surprise they selected South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston. Through the Fever’s first six games of the year, they’ve […]

The Seattle Storm knew that coming into this season there was going to be a lot of growing pains. With Breanna Stewart signing with the New York Liberty in free agency and Sue Bird retiring, it meant that a rebuild was underway. Only three members of the Storm’s 2020 championship team remain in Jewell Loyd, […]

DeWanna Bonner and the Connecticut Sun got some measure of revenge against the Las Vegas Aces on Thursday. Thanks to Bonner’s historic performance, the Sun became the first team to beat the reigning WNBA champions, as she exploded for 41 points to lead Connecticut to a 94-77 victory at home. The 41 points DeWanna Bonner […]

The Seattle Storm have been struggling to start the 2023 WNBA season. They started out 0-4 and got their first win of the season against the Los Angeles Sparks on Tuesday after trailing by as many as 18 points early in the game. It was to be expected though that the Storm might struggle a […]

The Phoenix Mercury have bee one of the struggling teams so far as the 2023 WNBA season is officially underway. They received an emotional boost at the beginning of the year with the much-anticipated return of Brittney Griner, but they’ve only been able to manage a 1-4 start. It’s a long season though and there’s […]

Growing pains and losses are all a part of rebuilding and the Minnesota Lynx are definitely experiencing that this season. The started out the season at 0-6 and just picked up their first win on Saturday against the Washington Mystics. They have a franchise cornerstone in Napheesa Collier but not much else around her. Their […]

The Las Vegas Aces have picked up right where they left off from last season. The defending champs are now on a seven-game winning streak and have yet to lose a single game this year. Clearly, the Aces are out to prove that their 2022 title was no fluke as they look to defend their […]

Brittney Griner has had emotional returns already in her first WNBA and home Phoenix Mercury games this season. She had another one on Wednesday when she and the Mercury traveled to Dallas, just two hours from where she played her college ball at Baylor. Though the Mercury fell to the Dallas Wings, Griner had a […]

Through the first few games of the 2023 WNBA season, the Chicago Sky have been one of the better teams with a record of 5-3. That’s pretty solid for them considering they lost their championship core this offseason. Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot and Azurá Stevens all signed elsewhere as free agents. Allie Quigley decided to […]

The Dallas Wings have had a so-so start to the 2023 WNBA season with a record of 3-3. They’re in the midst of trying to get back over .500 with a Tuesday game in progress against the visiting Phoenix Mercury. They have one of the WNBA’s budding superstars in Arike Ogunbowale who has been having […]

One of the most anticipated storylines coming into the 2023 WNBA season was the debut of Aliyah Boston. The No. 1 overall pick by the Indiana Fever in this year’s draft, Boston had a lot of hype coming in. And so far, she’s lived up to that hype. Through the Fever’s first six games, Boston […]

The Las Vegas Aces kept their perfect start to the season alive on Tuesday night, improving to 7-0 with a win over the Connecticut Sun. Young star A’ja Wilson was thrilled to see her team complete a hard fought victory and had a lot to say after the game about their performance. “We weathered the […]

The Dallas Wings have been off to a so-so start to the 2023 WNBA season. With a record of 3-3, they’re not exactly wowing anyone, but their not bad. They have a budding superstar in Arike Ogunbowale who has been off to a hot start to the season. They have a shot to get back […]

Wednesday’s matchup between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx has been postponed due to hazardous air quality in New York City resulting from Canadian wildfires. Moments after the announcement that the New York Yankees contest against the Chicago White Sox was postponed, the WNBA followed with a similar decision. The league postponed the […]

The Seattle Storm pulled off a miracle for their first win of the 2023 WNBA season. Down by as many as 21 points in the first half of Tuesday’s game against the Los Angeles Sparks at home, the Storm mounted a huge comeback and scored a 66-63 victory. Seattle’s victory becomes even more incredible to […]

The struggle continues for the Indiana Fever in the 2023 WNBA season, but the team can’t say they are disappointed by what they’re seeing from rookie forward Aliyah Boston. The top overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft once again showed why he was the top selection of his class when she unloaded 25 points […]

Laura Ricketts, a co-owner of MLB franchise Chicago Cubs, is on the verge of officially becoming part-owner of another pro team based in Windy City. In a report by Emily Caron of Sportico, Ricketts is said to be among the eight-man group of investors which purchased a 10 percent stake in the WNBA’s Chicago Sky. […]

The Chicago Sky recently defeated the New York Liberty in a thrilling 86-82 affair. Chicago rebounded after trailing New York by 19 points in the second quarter to earn the victory. Kahleah Copper led the Sky with 27 points on 10-17 shooting from the field and 5-8 shooting from beyond the arc. Copper commented on […]

The New York Liberty saw their four-game undefeated streak come to a screeching halt on Sunday when they squandered a huge lead and fell prey to the Chicago Sky at home, 86-82. Following the game, New York head coach Sandy Brondello lamented his team’s loss which was made even more painful by the fact that […]

The Las Vegas Aces are off to one of the best starts in the league with the 2023 WNBA season underway. They improved to 6-0 on Sunday following an 84-80 win against the Indiana Fever on the road. While the game was close, the Aces showed their championship mettle by being able to close the […]

With the 2023 WNBA season now underway, one of the main topics of discussion has been expansion and the lack of roster spots in the league. With only 12 teams and each team allowed a maximum of 12 roster spots, the WNBA has become the hardest professional sports league to break into. With first round […]

Courtney Vandersloot made her emotional return to the Windy City Friday night when the New York Liberty beat the Chicago Sky 77-76. It marked Vandersloot’s first game against the Sky, with whom she played the first 12 seasons of her WNBA career. After defeating her former team, the Liberty star reflected on her time in […]

The Washington Mystics climbed back over .500 after a thrilling 75-74 win against the Dallas Wings with superstar Elena Delle Donne hitting a pair of clutch three-pointers down the stretch. With new head coach in Eric Thibault, the Mystics are a team that has playoff aspirations. They received some good news earlier in the day […]