Category: Washington Mystics

Washington Mystics

Two-time MVP Elena Delle Donne announces retirement

Two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player Elena Delle Donne announced her retirement on Friday. The 35-year-old forward did not play during the 2024 season following multiple back surgeries. Posting on Instagram, Delle Donne called her decision “the right thing for me

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Washington Mystics

Mystics relocate 4 games to larger venues in 2025 season

The Washington Mystics are relocating four home games in the 2025 season to allow for larger attendance. The Mystics sold out all home games in 2024 at CareFirst Arena in Washington, D.C., which seats about 4,200. The team said Thursday

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Atlanta Dream

WNBA free agency begins, with 59 players on the list

WNBA executives have flocked to Miami for the start of free agency, hoping to open conversations with players taking part in the new Unrivaled league. Teams can begin negotiating with free agents on Tuesday, with contracts eligible to be signed

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Atlanta Dream

Unrivaled, new frontier in women’s hoops, arrives Friday

Professional women’s basketball returns this week. It’s not the WNBA, and the jerseys will look a bit different, and there will be less players on the court, but the players scoring layups, knocking down deep shots, grabbing gritty rebounds and

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Washington Mystics

Mystics fire GM Mike Thibault, coach Eric Thibault

The Washington Mystics parted ways with general manager Mike Thibault and head coach Eric Thibault on Wednesday. Eric Thibault, 37, is the fifth WNBA coach to be fired since the end of the regular season. The Atlanta Dream, Chicago Sky,

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Indiana Fever

Hopeful Mystics need win over Fever and some help

Win, wait and hope. That’s all the Washington Mystics can do as their bid to make the playoffs comes down to Thursday’s regular-season finale against the visiting Indiana Fever. Washington (13-26) is one of three teams battling for the eighth

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