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There is no doubt that most believe that the best player in the WNBA is Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson who just took the record for most rebounds in a season from rookie Angel Reese. On top of the Aces star already having the points record, she and her Aces head coach Becky Hammon […]

With one game remaining in the regular season, the Atlanta Dream are in sole possession of the No. 8 seed in the WNBA playoffs. For weeks, they’ve been battling with the Washington Mystics and Chicago Sky for the final spot, and they now see themselves at the top. Unfortunately, they have all but secured the […]

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson’s basketball legacy is deeply intertwined with Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) through her father, Roscoe Wilson Jr. Despite attending the University of South Carolina and playing under legendary coach Dawn Staley, Wilson’s journey reflects a connection to HBCU heritage that has shaped her career. Roscoe Wilson Jr., a […]

The WNBA has made another huge announcement regarding league expansion. Portland, Oregon is the latest city to be awarded a WNBA expansion franchise. This is great news for a city with strong basketball roots and a history of support for the WNBA. The league announced the news on social media on Wednesday morning. PORTLAND, OREGON […]

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner faced some haters on Instagram after Tuesday’s win against the Los Angeles Sparks. Griner and Sparks forward Rickea Jackson were both ejected from the game. Following the game, people attacked the Phoenix Center on Instagram about the fight. Some of the comments said how she was a man, in addition […]

The Atlanta Dream are one step closer to making the playoffs, and they did that by defeating the Chicago Sky on Sept. 17, 86-70. Coming into the game, both teams had the same record and were looking to get ahead in the standings, which meant the stakes were high. The Dream came out aggressive and […]

Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner and Los Angeles Sparks forward Rickea Jackson were both ejected after they got into a scuffle during the second quarter of Tuesday night’s matchup. The altercation started after the two got into it during a free throw boxout, with Griner appearing to catch Jackson up high with an elbow. It […]

The New York Liberty have officially accomplished all they can in the 2024 regular season. Their 87-71 victory over the Washington Mystics on Tuesday night gives them the No. 1 seed in the WNBA Playoffs, set to begin on Sunday. New York has one more regular season game, Thursday night at home against the Atlanta […]

A’ja Wilson continues to tower over her peers; she is the undisputed best player in the WNBA today, and she seems to be well on her way to a third MVP award — all the while leading the Las Vegas Aces in their pursuit of their third straight championship. And in the process of doing […]

The Chicago Sky entered Tuesday night’s Atlanta Dream matchup on a three-game losing streak. The Sky were on a mission for a win to inch closer to the playoffs, as they held the eighth spot in the WNBA standings. However, the Dream were relentless in front of their home crowd and gave Chicago an 86-70 […]

With the WNBA playoffs on the edge of the horizon, teams are jockeying for seeding. That’s no longer the case for the Minnesota Lynx though as they secured the No. 2 seed after Bridget Carleton drained a three-pointer with just 3.4 seconds left to take the lead 78-76 over the Connecticut Sun. The Lynx would […]

With a few games remaining in the season, the Atlanta Dream are still fighting for the No. 8 seed in the playoffs. The Chicago Sky and the Washington Mystics are the two other teams in the hunt, but the Dream control their own destiny. With all three teams at 13 wins and two games remaining, […]

The Atlanta Dream have been getting some great play from several contributors, including veteran Tina Charles. The center signed with the Dream in the offseason, and she’s been a good investment for the team’s frontcourt. Dream head coach Tanisha Wright knows what Charles can do, having played with her in the past, and she has […]

A lot of great things have happened in Caitlin Clark’s life since she left the Iowa basketball program and joined the Indiana Fever. Her rivalry with Angel Reese stuck around and she broke big records along with making the All-Star team en route to surely winning the WNBA Rookie of the Year award. However, it’s […]

The Chicago Sky and Atlanta Dream are both fighting for their playoff lives heading into their matchup Tuesday night. However, the Sky will miss two key pieces. Both Kamilla Cardoso and Chennedy Carter are out with injuries, via Marquee Sports Network’s Karli Bell. “Kamilla Cardoso (shoulder) and Chennedy Carter (foot) are ruled out for tonight’s […]

Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever now have just one more game left–Thursday on the road vs the Washington Mystics–until the WNBA playoffs get underway this weekend. Clark has quickly established herself as not only the best rookie in the history of the league but also one of its best players overall, and Indiana has […]

WNBA legend and ESPN analyst Rebecca Lobo made a bold statement about Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark, claiming that Clark is being defended more aggressively than any rookie in league history. After reviewing footage of previous rookies, including notable guards like Kelsey Plum and Sabrina Ionescu, Lobo is convinced that no one has faced the […]

The Phoenix Mercury take on the Los Angeles Sparks. Our WNBA odds series has our Mercury Sparks prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Mercury Sparks. This is the one “dead” game on Tuesday in the WNBA, as the league’s regular season winds down and heads toward its 40th and final game on […]

The Las Vegas Aces take on the Seattle Storm. Check out our WNBA odds series for our Aces Storm prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Aces Storm. The Las Vegas Aces, it seems, were conserving energy all season long. They had five players on the United States Olympic team. They knew that […]

The Chicago Sky take on the Atlanta Dream. Check out our WNBA odds series for our Sky Dream prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Sky Dream. The Chicago Sky and Atlanta Dream arrive at the game which will likely define their 2024 WNBA seasons. The WNBA’s race for the eighth and final […]

The New York Liberty take on the Washington Mystics. Our WNBA odds series has our Liberty Mystics prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Liberty Mystics. The Washington Mystics had a chance to take control of the race for the WNBA’s eighth and final playoff spot on Sunday. They had beaten the Atlanta […]

The Los Angeles Sparks have been trying to finish out the 2024 season strong despite already being mathematically eliminated from playoff contention. They battled the Seattle Storm all the way down to the wire on Sunday before ultimately bowing out, 90-87. Despite the Sparks’ loss to the Storm, veteran point guard Odyssey Sims spoke postgame […]

The Minnesota Lynx take on the Connecticut Sun. Our WNBA odds series has our Lynx Sun prediction, odds, and pick. Find out how to watch Lynx Sun. The Minnesota Lynx and Connecticut Sun are preparing for the WNBA playoffs, which begin in one week. There are two games left in the 40-game regular season. Here’s […]

Aces star A’ja Wilson is having arguably the greatest individual season in WNBA history, and she checked another milestone off the list on Sunday. During the Aces’ win against the Connecticut Sun, Wilson knocked down a jumper to give her 1,000 total points scored on the season. The presumptive league MVP is the first player […]

The Phoenix Mercury made a big move before their Sunday matchup against the Chicago Sky. The Mercury signed forward Sophie Cunningham to an extension through the 2025 season. Before the game against the Sky, Cunningham described her initial reservations about staying in Phoenix. “I was a little iffy about if I was going to come […]

Following the Phoenix Mercury’s 88-69 loss to the Connecticut Sun on Friday, the game wasn’t the focus. It was the 10th anniversary of the Mercury 2014 WNBA Championship squad. The historic squad had a plethora of accomplishments and achievements. Two days later, the last two members of that championship team went back to Chicago to […]

Two-time WNBA MVP and Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson made league history in their 84-71 win over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday as she became the first player to score 1,000 points in a single season. This achievement has earned recognition from LeBron James, the NBA’s all-time leading scorer, and the Miami Heat’s Bam […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was all hype as A’ja Wilson became the first WNBA player in history to score 1,000 points in a season during the Las Vegas Aces’ 84-71 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday. A few days earlier, Wilson had also broken the WNBA’s single-season scoring record set by Jewell […]

The New York Liberty needed a reminder that they’re not invincible. The Minnesota Lynx were happy to help. The Lynx dominated the Liberty for three quarters on Sunday at Barclays Center, withstanding a furious New York comeback in the fourth to win, 88-79. A Liberty win would have secured the No. 1 seed in the […]

CHICAGO — The Chicago Sky played their last home game of the 2024 WNBA season against the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday evening. The matchup was air-tight in the beginning, with the Sky firing three-pointers on all cylinders. However, the Mercury would not give in and won 93-88. After the game, Teresa Weatherspoon got real on […]

The Los Angeles Sparks have not had much to smile about this season as they are at the bottom of the WNBA standings record-wise. But one bright spot for the Sparks has been Rickea Jackson as she navigates her rookie season in the WNBA. Against the Seattle Storm on Sunday, Jackson reached the 500 career […]

INDIANAPOLIS — Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark is running out of records to break. Sunday afternoon at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Clark surpassed Seimone Augustus for the all-time rookie scoring record, with 761 points and her career-best 35 in the nail-biting 110-109 win over the Dallas Wings. And in Clark fashion, teammates at times had to distract her […]

Caitlin Clark delivered a career-high performance with 35 points and eight assists, while Kelsey Mitchell contributed 30 points. Together, they knocked down 12 of Indiana’s 16 three-pointers, leading the Indiana Fever to a 110-109 victory over the Dallas Wings on Sunday. Mitchell has proven to be the ideal backcourt partner for Caitlin Clark, with the […]

Arike Ogunbowale broke the Dallas Wings all-time scoring record on Thursday against the New York Liberty. Two games later, Ogunbowale made more history. The Wings were narrowly defeated by the Indiana Fever on Sunday 110-109. Nevertheless, Ogunbowale became the fastest player in WNBA history to reach 4,000 career points. Ogunbowale’s primary focus is on the […]

The Indiana Fever really won the lottery by having the first overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft. Indiana had an easy choice when selecting Caitlin Clark, a generational talent at point guard who is taking the WNBA by storm. Clark just added another rookie record to her accomplishment list during Sunday’s game against the […]

The Los Angeles Sparks are mired in a rebuild and one of the most important things a young team can have is veteran leadership. For that, the Sparks have turned to a pair of players in Dearica Hamby and Azurá Stevens this WNBA season to help lead the team. For Stevens in particular, it’s been […]

After a shaky start to the 2024 season, the Indiana Fever have rallied and secured a spot in the 2024 WNBA Playoffs. One of the biggest forces propelling the Fever is rookie guard Caitlin Clark. Clark made WNBA history on Friday by breaking the league’s single-season assist record in the Fever’s 78-74 loss to the […]

After a public exchange with WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert over her comments about Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese, New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart appears to be satisfied with the league’s reaction to the discourse via Jackie Powell, a women’s basketball reporter. “And I feel like between that and the letter, the thing that I appreciate […]

In a well-deserved move, the Phoenix Mercury secured their future with G/F Sophie Cunningham with a contract extension through the 2025 season. The 28-year-old has spent her full six-year career with Mercury, joining Phoenix as a second-round pick in the 2019 WNBA Draft. Cunningham shared her feelings about the contract via a statement through the […]