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The Los Angeles Sparks are still trying to find their groove to start the season, but one thing has stayed consistent since the first game. Kelsey Plum has been dominant in almost every game and is trying to lead the team to wins in her first season. With a change of scenery, Plum is taking […]

The Indiana Fever are blessed to have Caitlin Clark on the team. Indiana’s future is bright with Clark leading the Fever’s young core of players. But how good of a career will Clark end up having in the WNBA when it is all said and done? Legendary coach Dawn Staley made a bold prediction about […]

The Indiana Fever are ready to make some noise in the playoffs this season. Indiana is just 3-4 after losing Caitlin Clark for a few weeks with a quad injury. Fever fans have plenty of reasons for optimism about the future, regardless of the slow start to the 2025 WNBA season. ESPN’s Neil Paine released […]

After avenging an early loss with a 75-70 victory over the Seattle Storm on June 1, the Las Vegas Aces filed an official complaint to the league. The Aces alleged that a member of the Storm’s coaching staff cursed at one of their players, forcing the WNBA to intervene. The WNBA is not launching a […]

Rickea Jackson is setting the record straight. The Los Angeles Sparks’ forward returned to the team after missing the last two games. She cited that her absence was attributed to “personal reasons” which social media began forming their own idea on why she was not at the games because she was pregnant. “You’ve just got […]

The Golden State Valkyries have been a competitive team during their inaugural season in the WNBA, even if their record doesn’t quite show it. In addition to their competitiveness, the Valkyries have had strong home fan support with three straight home sellouts amid their 2-4 overall record. As the team looks to get back in […]

The Seattle Storm is facing upheaval this week after star center Li Yueru formally requested a trade alongside the WNBA launching an investigation into the Storm coaching staff, according to multiple reports. Li’s request was first reported by ESPN’s Khristina Williams on Wednesday, followed by a report from WNBA reporter Roberta F. Rodrigues, who cited […]

The Washington Mystics knew they were getting a foundational piece when they drafted 2025 third-team All-American Kiki Iriafen No. 4 overall out of USC this past offseason. However, even the most positive Mystics fans might not have envisioned the 21-year-old starting off this well. Iriafen was named the WNBA Rookie of the Month on Wednesday […]

Caitlin Clark took the sports world by storm during her days playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes in college. Leading up to the moment of her getting drafted, No. 1 overall by the Indiana Fever in the 2024 WNBA Draft, Clark was receiving all kinds of offers to play in different leagues. This included rapper and […]

Injuries, players leaving for Eurobasket, and a myriad of other things have Phoenix Mercury head coach Nate Tibbetts’s head on a swivel. As a result, he’s looked to players like Haley Jones, Megan McConnell, and Murjanatu Musa for support. Tibbetts was brutally honest about the challenge of integrating new players immediately into the teams. Phoenix […]

The Dallas Wings were defeated by the Seattle Storm 83-77 on Tuesday night. The Wings fell to 1-7 with the defeat. DiJonai Carrington led Dallas with 22 points as Paige Bueckers missed her second consecutive game due to concussion protocol. Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale was noticeably quiet in the defeat, scoring just eight points on […]

The Indiana Fever finally snapped their three-game losing skid with an 85–76 victory over the Washington Mystics in a Commissioner’s Cup matchup at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The win came despite the absence of All-Star Caitlin Clark, who has been sidelined since late May with a left quadriceps strain. She is expected to miss at least two […]

The Washington Mystics are in somewhat of a transition year after losing a lot of their more experienced pieces on the roster, including longtime superstar Elena Delle Donne to retirement, but there are some good signs to build off of early in the year. The Mystics had three picks in the top six of the […]

The Seattle Storm made defense the main storyline on Tuesday night as they snapped a three-game losing skid and overpowered the Dallas Wings with an 83-77 victory at Climate Pledge Arena. The game featured a defensive showcase that tied a franchise record, with the Storm swatting away eight shots before halftime. Ezi Magbegor led the […]

Fresh off a brief absence due to a lingering knee injury, Napheesa Collier returned to the court on Monday night and notched her 50th WNBA double-double as the Minnesota Lynx dismantled the Phoenix Mercury, 88–65 Collier delivered 18 points, 11 rebounds, 5 assists, and a +24 rating in just under 30 minutes of play, leading […]

It’s been one eventful 2025 WNBA season for the Indiana Fever so far. After a hot start, a slew of injury woes, including to star Caitlin Clark, have slowed the team’s momentum way down. The Fever’s fortunes began to shift after they claimed their first win without Clark, an 85-76 victory over the Washington Mystics, […]

Amid high-profile teams, there is no counting out the Minnesota Lynx. Even when Napheesa Collier was out with a knee injury, the Lynx kept on surging.  They managed to scrape by the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday with a 74-71 win. A late-game shot by Natisha Hiedeman kept the Lynx in the company of history.  They are […]

It hasn’t exactly been smooth-sailing for the Indiana Fever amid Caitlin Clark’s quad injury. They lost their first two games with Clark on the mend, and with their superstar guard set to miss at least two weeks, the Fever might end up being in real trouble if they don’t get it together quickly. Making matters […]

The Los Angeles Sparks had a familiar face return to practice on Tuesday in second-year wing Rickea Jackson. Jackson was placed in league concussion protocol following a hit to the face she sustained against the Minnesota Lynx back on May 18. She missed three games before returning on May 27 against the Atlanta Dream. After […]

It has been inauspicious start to the 2025 season for the Dallas Wings, and their current injury problems (number one pick Paige Bueckers will be out yet again later tonight when Dallas takes on the Seattle Storm) aren’t helping matters whatsoever. They have won just one of their first seven games for this campaign, and […]

Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard has had an electrifying start to the 2025 WNBA season, including her recent rallying effort to help the Dream topple the Seattle Storm. But there might be an underlying reason why Howard has been hitting another gear so far this season. Howard appeared on the “Up the Score w/ AP” […]

The new-look Los Angeles Sparks expected an adjustment period after making significant offseason additions, which include two-time WNBA champion Kelsey Plum and head coach Lynne Roberts, but they are reeling right now. In the midst of a 2-6 start to the season, the team needs to quickly generate some momentum. Perhaps a returning forward can […]

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson has been enjoying time in more spotlight than usual lately, thanks to the release of the “A’One,” her first signature shoe with Nike. The original “Pink A’ura” colorway sold out within minutes of hitting the virtual shelves, and no one was more proud than Wilson’s parents. A’ja’s parents Roscoe […]

The Connecticut Sun have gotten off to a poor start to the 2025 WNBA season with a record of 1-6. They are currently tied with the Dallas Wings for the worst record in the league. During their most recent loss to the New York Liberty, Marina Mabrey didn’t exactly make a good kind of WNBA […]

With the 2025 WNBA season underway, the Phoenix Mercury are off to one of their best starts in franchise history at 5-2. The team is doing so amid multiple injuries, including a recent one to star forward Alyssa Thomas. To help keep up with the injury report, the Mercury made a couple of quick roster […]

Angel Reese is putting up numbers in her rookie WNBA campaign, but it’s not just her double-doubles that fans are keeping track of. A growing group of gamblers has zeroed in on one oddly specific stat: Reese missing her first shot of the game. And for the last five matchups, she’s done exactly that, per […]

Former Mercury guard Celeste Taylor made a surprising announcement on Tuesday. Taylor will forgo the rest of the 2025 WNBA season, instead deciding to take an assistant coaching job at Grand Canyon University. Taylor was selected by the Indiana Fever in the second round of the 2024 WNBA Draft. The Fever cut Taylor during the […]

The Indiana Fever are facing some significant adversity during the early stages of the 2025 WNBA season. Indiana is still without superstar Caitlin Clark for at least another week while she recovers from a quad injury. Now the Fever will be down another guard ahead of their next game against the Mystics. The Fever released […]

After claiming her third MVP award in 2024, A’ja Wilson is already collecting more trophies in 2025. Following three more strong performances, the Las Vegas Aces center earned the Week 2 WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week award. The league announced the winners on Tuesday morning on its social media pages. Wilson earned the […]

Coming into the 2025 WNBA season, no team had ever hit more than 18 threes in a regular season game. The 2025 New York Liberty have now hit 19 treys twice in seven games. Part of it is having great shooters. It’d be foolish to heap credit on the Liberty’s discipline and offensive scheme without […]

Angel Reese continues to be one of the most polarizing basketball players in recent memory. The opinion on Reese tends to stray too far towards both extremes, and the discourse surrounding the Chicago Sky forward tends to induce a migraine at the end of the day. Most of the time, the criticisms of Reese become […]

While the Golden State Valkyries lost their third game in a row after falling 86-75 to the Minnesota Lynx, they still made history. The Sunday night game marked the first time in WNBA history that a franchise sold out its first three home games with 18,000+ fans in the arena. It’s been less than a […]

The Dallas Wings will play the Seattle Storm on Tuesday night in a road affair. However, Wings guards Paige Bueckers and Tyasha Harris have been ruled out for the contest. Bueckers remains in concussion protocol while Harris is still dealing with a knee injury. Both guards also did not play on Saturday night in Dallas’ […]

The purest emotion of an expansion team going through its first season in the WNBA is optimism, and the Golden State Valkyries are no different. From the historic support of the Bay Area fanbase to the established culture of commitment in all facets of the organization, there are plenty of green flags pointing to a […]

The Indiana Fever have been somewhat of a puzzling team so far this season, and now injuries have forced them into some tough times. After a rocky start to the year in Stephanie White’s first season as head coach, Caitlin Clark went down with a quad injury that will keep her out of the lineup […]

Kate Martin’s playing time has been all over the place early in the Golden State Valkyries’ inaugural season. Sometimes she’ll play upwards of 20 minutes. Other times, she’ll only see limited stretches on the court. Martin even caught a DNP in the Valkyries’ second game versus the New York Liberty. That’s just the reality of […]

An 18-point comeback showcased the Phoenix Mercury’s grit, tenacity, and defensive approach. As the Mercury missed Alyssa Thomas and two other starters, one element remained for Kathryn Westbeld, Satou Sabally, and head coach Nate Tibbetts. “Defense. The answer is always defense,” Sabally said postgame. “With that, I think the first half, we weren’t ourselves in any […]

The New York Liberty had every reason to celebrate on Sunday, and not just because they rolled past the Connecticut Sun in a record-setting 100–52 win at Barclays Center. The night belonged to Big Ellie, the team’s larger-than-life mascot, who marked her fifth birthday in front of thousands of adoring fans. You know @BigEllieLiberty never […]

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson is no stranger to praise and accolades, but it might hit a little differently when it’s coming from her rookie. After the Aces held off the Seattle Storm’s comeback attempt to secure a 75-70 Commissioner’s Cup win, the 13th overall pick Aaliyah Nye didn’t hesitate to gush about Wilson’s […]