Australia will host the 2022 women's basketball World Cup after beating bid rivals Russia. The tournament will be hosted at Sydney Olympic Park over a 10-day period in September and October. The Opals will compete against 11 of the…
11:16 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.The WNBA will hold its draft on…
7:58 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.Sue Bird, who at 39 is the…
3:48 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 Women's Basketball Hall of Fame has…
Mar 24, 2020ESPN staff What was once an unthinkable long shot became an unfortunate reality Tuesday morning, when the International Olympic Committee and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe jointly announced the postponement of the 2020 Olympics to no later…
After months of speculation and with most major sporting events in the world being canceled or postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, the International Olympic Committee on Tuesday made the decision to postpone the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,…
10:30 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.Uncertainty is the key word in everything…
Former Los Angeles Sparks general manager Penny Toler is suing the WNBA team, saying she was fired for raising complaints about inappropriate sexual relationships involving the team president and a managing partner, not for using a racial slur. The…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Long a winner on the court, Maya Moore is now a winner in court. The WNBA star put her career on hiatus to help 39-year-old Jonathan Irons get released from prison, and on Monday, Irons'…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- Long a winner on the court, Maya Moore is now a winner in court. The WNBA star put her career on hiatus to help Jonathan Irons, 39, get released from prison, and on Monday, Irons'…