MIAMI LAKES, Fla. -- Katie Lou Samuelson and Devin Cannady took their marriage vows in April. They made another vow to each other long before that. An Olympic vow. It was July 2021 during the Tokyo Olympics, when Samuelson's…
1:00 AM ETMechelle VoepelESPN.com CloseMechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women's college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women's basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.Seattle Storm forward Katie Lou Samuelson was…
1:55 PM ETKelly CohenESPN Katie Lou Samuelson, a pivotal member of the first-ever 3x3 U.S. Women's Basketball Team, will not compete in the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Samuelson was placed into COVID-19 health and safety protocols over the weekend…
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Napheesa Collier had no idea where she would be selected in the WNBA draft. And it didn't bother her at all. "I wasn't worried about it," Collier told ESPN, "because I knew I could do whatever the coach asked…
The worst fears about Los Angeles Sparks rookie forward Cameron Brink's knee injury were confirmed Wednesday: She suffered a torn ACL in her left knee and will miss the rest of the 2024 WNBA season and the Paris Olympics.…
Feb 29, 2024, 06:36 PM ETThe news we thought might not come until March or even April instead rocked the basketball world on the final day of leap-year February: Caitlin Clark will not return for a fifth season at…
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