MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Lynx scoring leader Odyssey Sims has been sentenced to house arrest after pleading guilty to a drunken driving charge. A Hennepin County judge issued a one-year sentence, including 10 days of house arrest to be served…
NEW YORK -- The New York Liberty will have a new home next year, playing their games at Barclays Center. Liberty team executives told The Associated Press on Thursday that the franchise will play all its home games at…
NEW YORK -- The Liberty are not renewing the contract of head coach Katie Smith for the 2020 season, the team announced Wednesday. Smith's current contract ends this month. She was elevated to the team's head-coaching position in 2018…
In the 1970s, opportunities for women athletes ranged from nonexistent to bleak. It was difficult to identify with women athletes as role models, since so few prominent women athletes existed, much less appeared in national media at that time.…
Minnesota Lynx coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve has reached a three-year deal with the team through the 2022 season. "I think, for me, this is the franchise that I've kind of put my life into," Reeve told the…
10:53 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.The Washington Mystics won their first WNBA…
2:00 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.WASHINGTON -- Last year, Elena Delle Donne…
WASHINGTON -- Emma Meesseman looked focused as she positioned herself under the basket for teammate Kristi Toliver's free throw attempts. She clapped her hands forcefully as she bent her knees, but the Washington Mystics forward was otherwise stoic. Toliver…
12:45 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 -- It was known that Elena…
Oct 7, 2019Mechelle 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.Editor's note: This story, originally published Oct.…