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Neil PaineSep 18, 2024, 07:15 AM ET CloseNeil Paine writes about sports using data and analytics. Previously, he was Sports Editor at FiveThirtyEight.Editor's note: Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark was a near-unanimous pick for WNBA Rookie of the Year,…

Two days after Curt Miller and the Los Angeles Sparks parted ways, the Chicago Sky fired Teresa Weatherspoon. Miller had just completed his second season as coach in L.A., Weatherspoon her first. Both were surprising moves. Neither team was…

The expansion draft for the Golden State Valkyries will be held on Dec. 6 and air on ESPN, the WNBA announced Monday. The league unveiled additional details for how the expansion draft, the league's first since 2008, will work…

NEW YORK -- Sabrina Ionescu's relationship with Spike Lee goes back to when she was drafted by the New York Liberty. Editor's Picks1 Related The basketball superfan was one of the first people to welcome her to New York…

BREANNA STEWART JUMPED to grab the inbounds pass from Sabrina Ionescu. There were 8.8 seconds left in Game 4 of the 2023 WNBA Finals, and the New York Liberty trailed the Las Vegas Aces by one. Even worse, they…

Four sweeps. Little drama. Every series in the first round of the 2024 WNBA playoffs was over in two games. But as the semifinals extend to a best-of-five format, all four remaining teams are legitimate title contenders. The New…

Surprises in the first round of the 2024 WNBA playoffs? Try sweeps. The top four seeds each advanced to what should be two blockbuster semifinal series, which tip off Sunday. What the first round lacked in drama with four…

UNCASVILLE, Conn. -- Connecticut Sun guard DiJonai Carrington won the WNBA's Most Improved Player award, the league announced Wednesday. Carrington received 28 of the 67 votes from a national media panel. Los Angeles Sparks forward Dearica Hamby finished second…

Can A'ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces three-peat? How long will rookie Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever -- back in the WNBA playoffs for the first time since 2016 -- stick around this postseason? Is this finally…

The Seattle Storm opened their first-round playoff series against the two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces -- a 78-67 loss -- without starting center Ezi Magbegor. Magbegor was ruled out of Game 1 on Sunday because of a concussion…