MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After Napheesa Collier carried the Minnesota Lynx to victory with 38 points in their opener in the WNBA playoffs, coach Cheryl Reeve implored Collier’s teammates to bring even more intensity for the second game of the series.
After the Minnesota Lynx held off the Connecticut Sun to earn the No. 2 seed in the playoffs, they will take their earned home-court advantage into a matchup of the teams in a best-of-five WNBA semifinal series. Minnesota will play
NEW YORK (AP) — The Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty met for the title last season. Now they are playing in the postseason one round earlier, vying for the opportunity to reach the WNBA Finals. The Liberty have
A rematch of the 2023 WNBA Finals will determine one of the participants in this year’s championship round, as the No. 1-seeded New York Liberty host the fourth-seeded Las Vegas Aces in Game 1 of their best-of-five semifinal series on
Indiana Fever superstar Caitlin Clark is the WNBA’s Rookie of the Year, The Athletic reported Friday night. The Athletic also reported that Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier won the league’s Defensive Player of the Year award. Clark’s honor was widely
WNBA regular-season attendance was up 48 percent over the 2023 season, the league announced Friday. The WNBA averaged 9,807 fans per game in 2024, a hefty increase from last season’s 6,615 per game. The league said 2,353,735 fans attended WNBA
The Chicago Sky fired head coach Teresa Weatherspoon after just one season, the team announced Friday. The Sky missed the playoffs with a 13-27 record. Per the Chicago Sun-Times, players were “outwardly supportive” of Weatherspoon throughout the season, however exit
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Sky fired coach Teresa Weatherspoon after one season, reports said Thursday. The Chicago Sun-Times and Chicago Tribune cited unidentified sources in reporting that Weatherspoon had been let go. The Sky did not immediately return a
After missing the WNBA playoffs with a 13-27 record, the Chicago Sky fired Teresa Weatherspoon, the Chicago Sun-Times reported Thursday. Weatherspoon was on the job just one season. The team, featuring rookies Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso, was in playoff