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9 WNBA players are (temporarily) leaving the league — here’s why
The 2025 FIBA Women’s EuroBasket tournament begins next week, and you may have heard about it in the context of key WNBA players temporarily leaving their pro teams to play for their home countries. 16 European countries will participate in the tournament: Czechia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Sweden, Turkey, France, Spain, Serbia, Belgium, Britain, Lithuania, Montenegro,…
Las Vegas Aces waive veteran forward, down to 10 active players
The Las Vegas Aces have waived 31-year-old forward Crystal Bradford, the team announced on Wednesday. Bradford, who is in her third WNBA season, appeared in four games with the Aces, averaging 1 point and 1.3 rebounds in six minutes per game. Bradford was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks in 2015 and appeared in 15…
Allie Quigley retires 3 years after last WNBA appearance
Former Chicago Sky star Allie Quigley announced her retirement in a Players’ Tribune article on Tuesday morning. While Quigley hasn’t played in the WNBA since 2022, she had never officially announced her retirement — until now. Allie Quigley leaves the WNBA as an all-time shooter The 38-year-old sharpshooter, who spent 10 of her 14 WNBA…
Remembering Lusia Harris-Stewart, the original women’s basketball pioneer
The WNBA has existed long enough for it to have its own legends. Players like Maya Moore, Diana Taurasi, Candace Parker, the list goes on and on. Personally, I am just old enough to have seen Cappie Pondexter play in the Prudential Center in Jersey for a middle school trip. However, whenever we talk about…
New WNBA initiative allows girls to cosplay Caitlin Clark, Sabrina Ionescu in parks across the U.S.
Outdoor basketball courts nationwide will soon have the WNBA’s three-point line painted onto them. That’s thanks to a new WNBA initiative, ‘Line ‘Em Up’, an initiative aimed at bringing the women’s professional game closer to communities by painting the official WNBA three-point line on park basketball courts across the country. As part of the program,…
Chicago Sky standout suffers season-ending injury — and 2 key questions emerge
Chicago Sky point guard Courtney Vandersloot has torn her right ACL, the team announced on Sunday evening. Vandersloot suffered the injury when she drove to the basket in Saturday’s match-up against the Indiana Fever and was carried off the court. The 36-year-old guard has been one of Chicago’s top players this season, averaging 10.6 points…
Former WNBA first-round pick waived for second time this season
The Phoenix Mercury announced they had signed guard Haley Jones to a hardship contract last Sunday. Just one week later, the team announced they’ve waived Jones, potentially signaling that key Mercury players are ready to return from injury. Haley Jones has already been waived twice this season Jones, who was selected sixth overall in the…
Aari McDonald is helping the Fever survive without Caitlin Clark
INDIANAPOLIS — Aari McDonald’s two most recent games in the WNBA have both come in Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. But those contests were sandwiched around a nine-month gap, highlighting how different the circumstances were for both. Last September, McDonald made her final appearance of the season with the Sparks in a loss to the Fever….
We asked our team what their hottest WNBA take is 1 month into the season
If there is one thing the WNBA community loves, it’s a hot take. In that spirit, and because we are about a month into the 2025 WNBA season, we asked our team what their hottest WNBA take currently is. Dallas may need to field Arike Ogunbowale trade offers ahead of the deadline The Dallas Wings…
One of the WNBA’s undefeated teams just added another elite center
The Minnesota Lynx have signed Russian center Maria Kliundikova, according to the WNBA’s transaction page. That came just a few days after they waived French forward Marieme Badiane ahead of the Eurobasket tournament. Kliundikova was drafted by the Los Angeles Sparks with the 11th overall pick in 2018, and spent two seasons with the organization….