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Breanna Stewart made WNBA history during Thursday’s matchup between the New York Liberty and Phoenix Mercury. In 37 minutes of action, Stewart finished with a stat line of 35 points, three rebounds, three steals, and two assists. She shot 11-of-17 from the field, including 3-of-4 from beyond the arc, and 10-of-11 from the free-throw line. […]

Caitlin Clark and Stephen Curry have long been compared to one another. Ever since she took the sports world by storm with her unreal deep 3-point shooting, fans can’t help but see the similarities between the two. And in her first-ever visit to San Francisco, ahead of the Indiana Fever’s highly anticipated matchup with the […]

Lexi Held has come a long way since graduating from DePaul University in 2022. She went undrafted and bounced around overseas before signing a training camp contract with the Phoenix Mercury this past March. The 25-year-old guard is making the most of the opportunity, enjoying a solid rookie campaign in The Desert. Given all the […]

Before Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark and Golden State Valkyries guard Kate Martin were in the WNBA, they were teammates at Iowa playing college basketball. As the pair has moved on the professional ranks, they’ve remained friends even as they face off against each other now as opponents. The first meeting between Caitlin Clark and […]

Minnesota Lynx guard Courtney Williams scored 20 points in a 76-62 win over the Las Vegas Aces. After Napheesa Collier left the game with an injury, Williams stepped up. She led the Lynx to their 11th win of the season, but Minnesota head coach Cheryl Reeves pointed out one thing her point guard needs to […]

Even before Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark came to the WNBA, she was getting comparisons to Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry due to the way they both play. Clark dazzled fans at Iowa due to her penchant for deep three-point shots in the same manner as Curry. Ahead of the Fever’s game against the […]

A’ja Wilson has a chance to return from injury for the Las Vegas Aces ahead of Friday’s matchup against the Seattle Storm. Wilson suffered a concussion in the Aces’ contest against the Los Angeles Sparks on June 11. She has since missed the team’s last three games as Las Vegas went 1-2 in her absence. […]

The New York Liberty and their fans are hoping for the best after watching one of their most important players exit Thursday’s game versus the Phoenix Mercury. Jonquel Jones went down with a lower-body injury, grabbing her knee in clear pain. She limped to the locker room and was eventually ruled out for the remainder […]

Less than 48 hours removed from a disappointing 80-71 loss to the Dallas Wings, the Golden State Valkyries are looking to up the intensity ahead of their most anticipated matchup of the season. With Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever in the Bay Area for the first time, the Valkyries will aim to rectify the […]

WNBA legend Sue Bird was recently inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame—a culmination point for a legendary college, international, and professional career.  Now she has more time to enjoy the current state of the game, not just the WNBA, but Unrivaled. On Thursday’s episode of the Straight to Cam Podcast, Sue told host and […]

The Minnesota Lynx are one of the dominant teams in the WNBA with an 11-1 record. A significant factor in their success is Napheesa Collier’s play, though she’s out with a back injury sustained on Tuesday.  With the Commissioner’s Cup game against the Indiana Fever on July 1, the Lynx provided a crucial status report […]

Women’s college basketball has a long history of blockbuster matchups and rivalries, highlighted by Tennessee and UConn. The Huskies and the Lady Vols have been two titans in women’s college basketball, thanks to Geno Auriemma and the late Pat Summitt. It became a real rivalry between coaches and players. For example, Tennessee legend Candace Parker […]

Seattle Storm forward Gabby Williams didn’t hold back after playing the Los Angeles Sparks earlier this week. While the Storm earned a 98-67 win, Williams’ postgame comments turned the spotlight on a more pressing concern: what she sees as a lack of protection from referees in games that are becoming increasingly physical. As a key […]

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Sparks selected three players in the 2025 WNBA Draft, Sarah Ashlee Barker, Sania Feagin and Liatu King. Barker and Feagin made the team out of training camp while King was cut, but later brought back on a hardship contract. With the Sparks being hit with a wave of absences […]

Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark is one of the best shooters in the WNBA. While Clark’s reputation has shifted this season, all eyes continue to watch her ascension to superstardom. Before their game against the Golden State Valkyries on Thursday night, she payed homage to another legendary shooter. While shooting hours before the game, Clark […]

Things got out of hand during the Connecticut Sun and Indiana Fever game, which led to several players being fined afterward. With less than a minute left in the game and the Fever up by double digits, Sophie Cunningham made hard contact with Jacy Sheldon as she was driving to the paint. That led Cunningham […]

From the moment she graced a WNBA court, Caitlin Clark has been the face of the league. While nobody is surprised by her historic start with the Indiana Fever, Colin Cowherd and Nick Wright believe most fans still underestimated her. Cowherd and Wright agreed that many falsely expected her to struggle to adjust to the […]

The Los Angeles Sparks look to have taken a step forward during the 2025 WNBA season. LA traded for star guard Kelsey Plum this offseason and will eventually have a healthy Cameron Brink as well. Sparks fans seem to be more excited about the team this season, and some are stretching that excitement a little […]

Portland is set to rejoin the WNBA in 2026, and recent trademark activity suggests the league may revive a familiar name from the past. As reported by Sean Highkin of The Rose Garden Report, the WNBA has filed three trademark applications related to the Portland Fire — the city’s original WNBA franchise that competed from […]

The Indiana Fever are currently gearing up for a road game against the Golden State Valkyries on Thursday evening from San Francisco. Indiana is coming off of a resounding home win over the Connecticut Sun in which Caitlin Clark scored 20 points in her second game since returning from an injury. Ahead of Thursday’s contest, […]

With international players across the WNBA headed overseas to participate in the EuroBasket tournament, the New York Liberty got off comparatively easy. Leonie Fiebich is away, but her Team Germany teammate Nyara Sabally stuck around (so too did Marine Johannès). Sabally, whose young career has been disrupted too often by injury over the past four […]

Paige Bueckers is proving that there’s almost nothing she can’t do well. The young Dallas Wings star took the mound ahead of the Texas Rangers’ 6-3 loss to the Kansas City Royals and threw a perfect strike with her teammates cheering her on from behind. We see you, @paigebueckers1 🤩 https://t.co/Or93GUSoNK — WNBA (@WNBA) June […]

Although the Phoenix Mercury celebrated Alyssa Thomas’s return to Connecticut, it was filled with emotion and appreciation for her former club. When Thomas was traded to the Mercury in January, it signaled a new chapter in her career. However, during her introductory press conference, media day, and training camp, her sentiment remained the same. She […]

The Chicago Sky have a bright future with Angel Reese leading the way. Chicago only has three wins on the 2025 season, in part due to Courtney Vandersloot’s season-ending injury. Reese went out of her way to praise one of her former college teammates who had a career game on Wednesday. Angel Reese was thrilled […]

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Sparks have been hit with a wave of absences and injuries this season and have yet to see a fully healthy lineup under new head coach Lynne Roberts. As a result, rookies such as Sarah Ashlee Barker have been called upon to play a bigger role for the Sparks […]

The Phoenix Mercury have been one of the best teams in the WNBA this season, and they recently got a major boost with the return of Alyssa Thomas and Kahleah Copper from injury. Following their 83-75 win against the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday, the Mercury improved to 9-4. Not only that, but Alyssa Thomas reached […]

The Dallas Wings were a little short-staffed going into their matchup with the Golden State Valkyries, but one name fans were not expecting to see missing from the starting lineup was DiJonai Carrington. The new-look top five featured rookie Aziaha James instead of the veteran guard, which prompted questions for head coach Chris Koclanes over […]

Angel Reese and the Chicago Sky are no strangers to grabbing attention on the court, but this week, they made a splash off it. On Wednesday, the WNBA All-Star teamed up with Cash App to unveil a freshly renovated outdoor basketball court in Oakwood Beach, a neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago. This initiative […]

The Los Angeles Sparks have been hit with a recent wave of injuries and absences including a leg injury to star guard Kelsey Plum whose timeline for a return is currently unknown. With the number of available players on the active roster slipping to only eight players, the Sparks signed a pair of players, including […]

With injuries and Eurobasket absences racking up around the WNBA, players who narrowly missed making a roster are getting another deserved chance to shine. Bree Hall is one of the latest to benefit after being offered a contract to join the Golden State Valkyries. After news broke of the Valkyries’ signing, Hall’s South Carolina women’s […]

Tuesday night’s contest between the Indiana Fever and Connecticut Sun turned plenty of heads for how chippy it was throughout. Everything boiled over late in the fourth quarter after Sophie Cunningham defended Caitlin Clark in the closing seconds. The WNBA announced fines for several players involved. Reports indicate that Sun guard Marina Mabrey’s flagrant one […]

Caitlin Clark has taken her fair share of hits this WNBA season, but Tuesday night’s game against the Connecticut Sun pushed things to a new level. Clark was poked in the eye, shoved to the floor, and slapped with a technical foul in a chaotic sequence that also saw Sun players Marina Mabrey and Tina […]

The Seattle Storm have started to find their identity as a team in the 2025 WNBA season, and star Skylar Diggins has played a large part in leading the way as one of the league’s best. Diggins collected another accolade for herself in the Storm’s 98-67 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks, sliding up into […]

The Indiana Fever are becoming appointment television in the WNBA. Indiana defeated Connecticut 88-71 on Tuesday night in a hotly contested game. A late hit on Caitlin Clark by Marina Mabrey caused emotions to reach a boiling point. They eventually boiled over in the fourth quarter, leading to a brawl that ended with three players […]

Paige Bueckers and Geno Auriemma are a match made in women’s basketball heaven, as they proved when UConn secured the NCAA Tournament trophy. Now, just a few months later, Bueckers is a No. 1 overall pick to the Dallas Wings, while Auriemma takes a trek to witness his former star shine as a WNBA professional. […]

The Indiana Fever’s easy win over the Connecticut Sun on Tuesday evening was in many ways overshadowed by various scuffles that took place throughout the game. It started when Jacy Sheldon of the Sun poked Fever star Caitlin Clark in the eye in the third quarter, which led to a skirmish in which Clark was […]

The Golden State Valkyries have reportedly agreed to a contract with guard Bree Hall, per Kendra Andrews of ESPN. “The Valkyries have announced they’ve signed Bree Hall, the 20th pick in this year’s draft who spent the preseason with Indiana,” Andrews wrote on X, formerly Twitter. As mentioned, Hall was selected by the Indiana Fever […]

The Indiana Fever grinded out a gritty 88-71 win over the Connecticut Sun on June 17 to secure their spot in the WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Final, but the game itself isn’t what caught everybody’s attention. The showdown contained multiple skirmishes that resulted in a big brawl that blew up near the end of the contest […]

Arike Ogunbowale, alongside Paige Bueckers, led the Dallas Wings to a commanding 80-71 victory over the newly established Golden State Valkyries on Tuesday night. The Wings, currently last in the Western Conference, got what was their second victory of the season, and their first at the Chase Park Center. While a good reason for jubilation, […]