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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 […]

Former South Carolina guards Brea Beal and Destanni Henderson were waived by the Minnesota Lynx and the Indiana Fever, according to a Tuesday tweet from Washington Post Sports Reporter Kareem Copeland. The Los Angeles Sparks waived former Iowa center Monika Czinano on Monday. “League moves from #WNBA transactions so far today: Monika Czinano waived by the […]

The Las Vegas Aces lost their 2025 first-round draft pick, and their head coach Becky Hammon was suspended for two games without pay, following a WNBA investigation that was released on Tuesday. The punishments come after the Aces violated league rules regarding impermissible player benefits, as well as Hammon violating league and team Respect in […]

Over the weekend, the WNBA hosted its first game in Canada with the Minnesota Lynx and Chicago Sky facing each other at the Scotiabank Arena. The Sky led by Kahleah Copper totaled 18 points en route to a 82-74 victory. More than that, other historic things happened in the game. Bridget Carleton played on her […]

The WNBA’s first-ever game in Canada proved to be an overwhelming success. The Chicago Sky beat the Minnesota Lynx 82-74 Saturday at Toronto’s Scotiabank Arena in a preseason matchup. The WNBA Canada game set preseason records across the board. The Sky-Lynx game set WNBA preseason records for attendance, merchandise and viewership, according to the league. […]

With WNBA preseason getting close to wrapping up and the regular season set to tip-off on May 19, some teams have a few roster decisions to make. From roster cuts to contract options, some teams are deciding the future of some of the players on their teams. Each team is allowed a maximum of 20 […]

Brittney Griner played her first professional basketball game in almost two years in the Phoenix Mercury‘s preseason game against the Los Angeles Sparks Friday night. Griner, who was detained in Russia for most of last year but released in December, recorded 10 points on 2-for-5 shooting (she shot 6 of 8 from the free-throw line) […]

This time of year is always tough for WNBA players as the limited number of roster spots in the league brings about some surprising and shocking roster cuts. With only 12 teams and 144 roster spots, many top college players and left out in the cold as the regular season draws near. Training camp battles […]

The WNBA is one of the toughest professional sports leagues to make. With only 12 teams and 144 roster spots, it’s increasingly difficult for many of the top college players to chase their professional dreams. Some teams don’t even carry the 12 player maximum on the roster due to salary cap restraints and so the […]

Indiana Fever rookie center and the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 WNBA Draft Aliyah Boston has signed a multiyear footwear and apparel endorsement deal with Adidas, according to Nick DePaula of ESPN, and Boston is excited to work with the brand. “It feels amazing to be part of Adidas,” Aliyah Boston said, via […]

When the 2023 WNBA draft rolled around, the Indiana Fever shocked nobody when they selected Aliyah Boston from South Carolina with the No. 1 overall pick. Considered a franchise changing talent, as soon as Boston announced she would not use her COVID year to return to college, there was no doubt that she was going […]

WNBA star Breanna Stewart is on the shortlist of players with her own signature sneaker. The two-time WNBA Champion is signed to PUMA and released her first signature model, the Puma Stewie 1, last year during her final season with the Seattle Storm. Ahead of her first season with her new-look New York Liberty squad, […]

The Indiana Fever shocked nobody when they made South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston the No. 1 overall pick in the 2023 WNBA draft. Boston was arguably the best college player in the country and was widely considered the No. 1 pick in every mock draft. A skilled post player who can step out and shoot the […]

With the 2023 WNBA regular season rapidly approaching, Brittney Griner is set to make her much anticipated return to the court with the Phoenix Mercury. The last time Griner appeared in the WNBA was during the 2021 season when the Mercury reached the WNBA Finals albeit losing to the Chicago Sky. Although Griner is clearly […]

Atlanta Dream guard Aari McDonald sent a stern warning during the Dream’s training camp on Wednesday. “We’re going to be scary this year,” said Aari McDonald, via The Next Atlanta Dream Reporter Gabriella Lewis. Forwards Monique Billings and Cheyenne Parker, the two leading rebounders for the Dream during the 2022 season, will return to the roster […]

The Washington Mystics signed former Indiana Fever forward Emily Engstler to a training camp contract, according to a Tuesday report from Yahoo! Sports. “Welcome to the District, @em__baller,” the Mystics wrote in a Monday tweet. “We have signed Emily to a training camp contract.” A former 5-star recruit in the class of 2018, Engstler was taken […]

The last time Brittney Griner suited up for the Phoenix Mercury, it was 2021. The Mercury reached the WNBA Finals that season but fell short against the Chicago Sky. As most WNBA players do in the offseason, Griner headed overseas to Russia as she’s done many times before. Only this time, Russia was involved in […]

The Las Vegas Aces are the defending WNBA champions and there’s little reason to believe that they aren’t the preseason favorites to win it all again. They bring back essentially the same core roster as last season along with the major addition of Candace Parker who signed with the team as a free agent in […]

With the WNBA draft now in the rearview, the attention now turns to the start of WNBA training camp which begins on Apr. 30. Teams are allowed a maximum of 20 players in camp and need to cut down to the regular season roster maximum of 12 players. Due to salary cap restraints, some teams […]

Phoenix Mercury superstar Brittney Griner spent nearly a year in Russia due to drug charges. The Russian authorities first detained her at an airport back in February 2022, and she wasn’t released until December of that year when the United States decided to do a prisoner swap and freed Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in […]

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner thanked the media for covering her detainment and eventual imprisonment in Russia in her first press conference since she returned to the United States Thursday at Footprint Center in Phoenix. Via NBA TV: "Thank y'all for covering me and all the exposure…to get me home." Brittney Griner thanks the media […]

The Chicago Sky had a massive roster turnover this season with the departures of Candace Parker, Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley and Azurá Stevens. All three were major contributors to the team’s 2021 championship. They still have 2021 Finals MVP Kahleah Copper on the roster but the Sky are going to look very different in the […]

The WNBA draft is officially in the rearview and that means the beginning of training camp is rapidly approaching. With WNBA teams allowed to bring a maximum of 20 players to camp, a few teams are still filling out their camp roster. With a limited number of roster spots in the WNBA, 144 to be […]

The South Carolina Gamecocks became the third program to have five or more players selected in a single WNBA draft, according to a Tuesday tweet from Just Women’s Sports. Forward Aliyah Boston was selected with the No. 1-overall pick by the Indiana Fever, prompting a message from Indiana Pacers guard Tyrese Haliburton. “Let’s Go!! Welcome to Indy […]

Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner is reportedly going to release a memoir about her arrest in Russia in the spring of 2024, per Hillel Italie of AP News. Griner made a statement in reference to her upcoming memoir as well, per apnews.com. “That day (in February) was the beginning of an unfathomable period in my […]

Los Angeles Lakers legend Magic Johnson really likes the Los Angeles Sparks’ move to take Iowa Hawkeyes star Monika Czinano during Monday’s WNBA Draft. The Sparks selected Czinano with the 26th overall pick in the third round of the draft, giving them one of the best post players from the collegiate level. Johnson expressed his […]

Iowa basketball star Caitlin Clark couldn’t be more hyped up after her former Hawkeyes teammate Monika Czinano got drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks during Monday’s WNBA Draft. The Sparks picked Czinano with the 26th overall pick in the third round of the WNBA Draft. The Iowa standout now joins an LA team that could […]

There’s no question that Dawn Staley has emerged as one of the absolute best college coaches in the nation. She’s transformed South Carolina into a perennial powerhouse. So it comes as no surprise that she had her fingerprints all over the WNBA draft. Staley had four seniors in Aliyah Boston, Zia Cooke, Laeticia Amihere and […]

Things got a bit awkward at the WNBA Draft Monday night when ESPN’s Holly Rowe made a comment about prospect Brea Beal’s lack of scoring in college. Holly rowe told brea beal she’s Russell Westbrook during the wnba draft on live tv lmaooo pic.twitter.com/OCQrMbo2Zs — John (@iam_johnw) April 10, 2023 Rowe referred to Beal as […]

Coming into the WNBA draft, Haley Jones from Stanford was one of the top overall prospects. She was projected to go as high as No. 2 in the draft to somewhere late in the first round. She ended up being drafted at No. 6 overall to the Atlanta Dream. Draft night is a big night […]

The Dallas Wings used their No. 11 pick in the first round of the 2023 WNBA Draft to select Maryland Terrapins star Abby Meyers, who was erroneously listed as a 6-10 behemoth by ESPN. maryland 6 foot 10 legend abby meyers pic.twitter.com/zhTwnOS9Tz — Matt Ellentuck (@mellentuck) April 11, 2023 Of course, that simply is not […]

Zia Cooke was one of the best point guards in college basketball this past season with South Carolina and now she’ll get to take her talents to the WNBA. Cooke was projected to go anywhere from the late first round to the early/mid second round. The Los Angles Sparks saw enough talent in her to […]

The WNBA draft is fully underway and to nobody’s surprise the No. 1 overall pick was South Carolina’s Aliyah Boston by the Indiana Fever. As the draft continued, one of the more surprising picks of the day was the No. 4 overall selection of Iowa State’s Stephanie Soares by the Washington Mystics. It wouldn’t be […]