The Los Angeles Sparks have relieved executive vice president and general manager Penny Toler of her duties, the team announced Friday. The move comes after the Sparks were swept out of the WNBA semifinals, a series in which sources…
12:58 PM ETMechelle VoepelespnW.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.WASHINGTON -- Mike Thibault watched the lottery…
3:00 PM ETMechelle VoepelespnW.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.Elena Delle Donne of the Washington Mystics…
Candace Parker looked dejected. Alana Beard hid her tears with a towel. Nneka Ogwumike sat on the bench, staring out at the game -- and the Los Angeles Sparks' season -- that was unraveling in front of them. Three…
Washington Mystics star forward Elena Delle Donne has a small disk herniation in her back, an MRI taken Wednesday showed. The reigning WNBA MVP left just minutes into Tuesday's Game 2 loss to the Connecticut Sun with what the…
WASHINGTON -- Jonquel Jones was the deciding factor throughout the Connecticut Sun's Game 2 victory Tuesday in the WNBA Finals, and it only figured she had the game's final word, too. But after draining a 3-pointer with less than…
10:26 PM ETMechelle VoepelespnW.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.WASHINGTON -- Shortly after locking up the…
9:32 PM ETMechelle VoepelespnW.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.WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Washington Mystics restricted…
1:36 AM ETMechelle VoepelespnW.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.WASHINGTON -- Connecticut Sun coach Curt Miller…
7:33 PM ETMechelle VoepelespnW.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.Veteran Sylvia Fowles and second-year WNBA players…