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The Dallas Wings have been one of the better teams so far to start the 2023 WNBA season. Sporting a record of 3-2, the Wings are hoping to build upon last season’s playoff appearance. Helping lead the way so far has been fifth-year guard Arike Ogunbowale. Arike Ogunbowale is the Wings franchise player and is […]

It hasn’t been such a great start to the 2023 WNBA season for the Minnesota Lynx. They have yet to win a game, starting out 0-6. With Sylvia Fowles retiring last season, it officially ushered in a new era for the Lynx. Fowles was the last remaining core member of the Lynx championship dynasty who […]

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson recently shared her brutally honest thoughts on Brittney Griner’s return to the WNBA. Although Wilson is excited for Griner to be back in the league, she had one request for the Phoenix Mercury star, via Podcast P with Paul George. With [Brittney Griner] out, it didn't feel the same… […]

As many people know, Hall of Fame guard Diana Taurasi is not afraid to let her feelings be known, on the court or off of it. So, when the WNBA legend speaks about the coverage of women’s basketball — specifically the lazy analysis that goes into comparing women’s basketball players to NBA stars rather than […]

The New York Liberty are off to a banner start in 2023. Behind superstar offseason acquisition Breanna Stewart, the Liberty are 3-1 entering Friday’s matchup with the Chicago Sky at Wintrust Arena. What should scare the rest of the WNBA about New York? Marine Jahonnes’ debut has still yet to come. The Liberty announced the […]

Alyssa Thomas continues to lead the Connecticut Sun in their hot WNBA start. The Sun has a league-leading five wins to one loss with Thomas at the helm. Their latest win in the domination run came at the expense of the Minnesota Lynx, who are in shambles with Sylvia Fowles’ retirement. Thomas has always been […]

Before Arike Ogunbowale set foot on a WNBA court, she had already made a name for herself as an electrifying player during her college career at Notre Dame. She made an immediate impact as a freshman and was a starter by her sophomore year. As a junior, she led the Fighting Irish to the 2018 […]

With the 2023 WNBA season about two weeks in, one of the main topics of conversation is the strong play of Indiana Fever rookie Aliyah Boston. The Fever have been one of the league’s bottom dwellers for the a couple of seasons now and their banking their future on Boston being the player who turns […]

With the 2023 WNBA season officially underway, one of the top storylines so far has been Indiana Fever rookie Aliyah Boston. Boston was the top overall pick in the draft last month and her WNBA debut has been long anticipated. So far, Boston is exceeding expectations. Thought of as the franchise cornerstone for a Fever […]

The New York Liberty is rapidly reaping dividends from acquiring Breanna Stewart. Upon joining the team, Stewart led the Liberty to the second-best record in the WNBA. They avenged their season opener loss to the Washington Mystics by trampling over the Indiana Fever, Connecticut Sun, and Seattle Storm. Stewart achieved greatness in this four-game start. […]

Breanna Stewart’s return to her original WNBA home was a successful one. Facing the Seattle Storm as an opponent for the first time ever, she led the New York Liberty to their third straight win of the season. The superstar admitted that it felt weird to be back as a visitor but nonetheless took care […]

The New York Liberty are playing on the road against the Seattle Storm on Tuesday, and it will be Breanna Stewart’s return to the place where she won two WNBA titles. Stewart opened up on the return. “To be honest, when you look at it, it hasn’t happened often in the WNBA,” Breanna Stewart said, […]

The Las Vegas Aces sure looks ready to defend their WNBA title. After destroying the rest of the competition in 2022, Becky Hammon’s squad is picking up where they left off from last season. Las Vegas has now won four straight games to start the 2023 WNBA campaign, and they are doing so in such […]

Who’s going to stop A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces? The Minnesota Lynx certainly aren’t the answer to that question, as they just suffered a 93-74 loss to Wilson and company on Sunday. The Aces’ offense was simply too much to handle for the Lynx. Apart from picking up their fourth win in a […]

The Indiana Fever’s new era has come, and Aliyah Boston is the poster girl in the middle of it all. The WNBA’s first overall pick of the 2023 Draft had rough losses in their first two games against the Connecticut Sun and New York Liberty. However, things may be starting to change now as the […]

Arike Ogunbowale is feeling unstoppable so far in the 2023 WNBA regular season. The Dallas Wings guard exploded yet again on offense Sunday, albeit in a 94-88 road loss at the hands of the Chicago Sky. Arike Ogunbowale came up with 27 points on 9-for-25 shooting from the field, including four 3-pointers in 36 minutes. […]

The Dallas Wings have started off the season 2-0 so far behind the hot shooting of Arike Ogunbowale. Ogunbowale is rapidly becoming one of the league’s top stars and making the Wings must-see TV. They have been winning early on despite a few key injury absences. The Wings are already without Diamond DeShields who is […]

The New York Liberty revamped their roster this offseason and have emerged as one of the favorites to win the WNBA championship. They added superstar Breanna Stewart and sharpshooting playmaking Courtney Vandersloot in free agency and they traded for interior star Jonquel Jones. They’ve gotten off to a 2-1 start so far including an 81-65 […]

It’s been an emotional start to the 2023 WNBA season for the Phoenix Mercury. The start of the season marked the long anticipated return to the court for Mercury star Brittney Griner. Vice President Kamala Harris was on hand for Griner’s first game of the season against the Los Angeles Sparks and it that was […]

The Phoenix Mercury got their first win of the 2023 WNBA season on Thursday with a 90-81 win against the Minnesota Lynx. It was the first game for the Mercury that felt somewhat normal this season as their first two games marked the return of franchise star Brittney Griner. The Mercury’s first game of the […]

The Washington Mystics have gotten off to a bit of a slow start to the 2023 WNBA season. They are 1-2 and have just dropped two straight games against the Connecticut Sun, games that might have been winable for them. After their most recent loss to the Sun on Sunday, the main story after the […]

The Atlanta Dream have started out the 2023 season at 1-1 so far. After a season-opening loss against the Dallas Wings when they were buried by an avalanche of Arike Ogunbowale jumpers, they got a big road win against the Minnesota Lynx on Tuesday. The Dream added a major piece in the offseason in the […]

With the 2023 WNBA season now underway, teams are allowed to sign players to hardship contracts. If a team is below ten available players, they can temporarily sign an additional player past the maximum of 12 allowed on a roster. Once they reach ten available players, the hardship contract ends and that player is released. […]

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 […]