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Getty Image Monday brought the 2022 WNBA Draft to center stage, as the day in between the end of the NBA’s regular season and the play-in tournament opened up the spotlight for the WNBA’s next class of stars. There had already been considerable movement in the week leading up to the draft, headlined by the …
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Getty Image The 2022 WNBA Draft is less than a week away, as the three-round event will begin at 7 p.m. ET on Monday, April 11 on ESPN, with some debate still ongoing about who will end up as the top overall pick. Baylor forward NaLyssa Smith and Kentucky guard Rhyne Howard are the consensus …
Getty Image/Ralph Ordaz After a thrilling 2021 WNBA season that saw the Phoenix Mercury and Chicago Sky go from the do-or-die first round all the way to the WNBA Finals, both teams fortified their rosters with intriguing new pieces in the first week of free agency. Meanwhile, elite players like A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, and …
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Getty Image Sue Bird announced via Instagram on Friday morning that she’ll return for her 19th WNBA season. Bird is the WNBA’s all-time assist leader and a 12-time All-Star who was selected first overall by the Storm in the 2002 WNBA Draft. Across her 18 seasons, she’s helped lead Seattle — the only franchise for …
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Getty Image On Sunday, the WNBA held its Draft Lottery for the four teams that did not make the postseason this year, with the Indiana Fever, Atlanta Dream, Dallas Wings (via the L.A. Sparks), and Washington Mystics all hoping to nab the top spot. For the second time in three years the Fever had the …
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Getty Image If there are two things we know that Drake loves, it’s basketball and women. So it makes sense that he’d like to combine the two in his hometown with a franchise of the WNBA. Drake, who already has a role as ambassador for the NBA’s Toronto Raptors, made his case on Instagram in …
Luis Hernandez Diagnosed with a mysterious heart condition and yearning to get back to her artistic routes, Esther Wallace decided to get creative. Wallace, a pro basketball player at the time, left the roster of her team, the Durham Wildcats, in northern England, found a day job, and started to think once again about the …
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ESPN The Chicago Sky are WNBA champions for the first time in franchise history, thanks to an 80-74 win at home in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals to beat the Mercury 3-1 in the series. For much of the game, it looked like Phoenix would force a decisive Game 5 back in the desert, …
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Getty Image The Chicago Sky toppled the Phoenix Mercury, 86-50, in front of a sold-out crowd in the Windy City in Game 3 of the WNBA Finals to move within one win of the franchise’s first title. Chicago got an ultra-efficient 22 points from Kahleah Copper while holding Phoenix to sub-30 percent shooting to take …
Getty Image Diana Taurasi is active for Game 3 of the WNBA Finals after making contact with the officials during a tense moment of Game 2, as the league decided to fine her $2,500 rather than suspend her as the league’s rule book technically states she should be. Asked about the fine pregame, Taurasi was …
Getty Image The 2021 WNBA Finals series between the Chicago Sky and Phoenix Mercury got underway this past Sunday, and so far, it’s proven to be an exciting matchup. The Mercury won Game One with a satisfying 14-point win while the Sky game back strong to win by five in an overtime thriller. The Finals …
Getty Image After the Sky dominated in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, it was on the Mercury to respond and at least get a split at home in Phoenix in Game 2 before the series shifted to Chicago. There were a few points during Game 2 in which it looked like the game might …
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