Chicago Sky players Azura Stevens and Diamond DeShields have left the WNBA bubble, according to a person familiar with the situation. Stevens is out for the season with an injury in her left knee. DeShields left for personal reasons.…
10:00 PM 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.The Los Angeles Sparks' Chelsea Gray chats…
A FEW MONTHS ago, WNBA player Elizabeth Williams might not have posted the photo to her Instagram account. A few years ago, she might not have gone to the Black Lives Matter protest on June 3 at Centennial Park…
After postponing games Wednesday and Thursday, the WNBA said play will resume Friday. The league announced the resumption in a tweet that included a photo of players kneeling on the court. Games resume tonight. The fight for justice and…
THE FIRST TIME someone called me the N-word on a basketball court was in seventh grade. I remember dribbling the ball on the wing in front of the visitors' bench. This girl, whose name I never knew, said I…
2:34 PM 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.The WNBA on Thursday said it would…
10:52 PM ETKelly CohenESPN On Sunday, there were four NBA playoff games, three WNBA games, two NHL playoff games, one MLS game and 14 MLB games. The same day, Jacob Blake, a 29-year-old Black man, was shot seven…
7:27 PM 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.WNBA teams joined others across sports in…
Aug 26, 2020Mechelle 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.Candace Parker was breaking down games before…
The NBA season is ready to renew Thursday at Walt Disney World, however a little bit over 100 miles away on the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida, the WNBA season tipped off Saturday.Be part of the #OrangeHoodie motion by…