They're called head fakes in the cutthroat world of high-stakes sports betting, and on an innocuous Wednesday in July, one syndicate unleashed an all-timer. A team of bettors, with associates around the country, had been preparing for the release…
Aug 23, 2021Kelly CohenESPN The 2021 WNBA season is back after its monthlong Olympic break. And as the season wraps up, it promises to be a thrilling one, as teams step up their game to get into the…
6:53 PM ETKelly CohenESPN Washington Mystics coach Mike Thibault said it was "like Christmas" less than two hours before two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne returned to play in her first WNBA game since October 2019 on Sunday.…
5:36 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.Los Angeles forward Chiney Ogwumike returned to…
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- What David Stern did for the sport of basketball transcended any gender bias and opened a whole new world for women in the game. NBA commissioner from 1984 to 2014, Stern was the key figure in…
4:59 PM ETKelly CohenESPN Former two-time WNBA MVP Elena Delle Donne will likely return to the court Sunday in what would be her first game since October 2019. Delle Donne, who was named MVP in 2015 and 2019,…
NEW YORK -- The Seattle Storm are heading to the White House to celebrate their 2020 WNBA championship. The team was formally invited by President Joe Biden to visit Monday afternoon. The Storm play at the Washington Mystics on…
The Dallas Mavericks are hiring two-time WNBA champion Kristi Toliver as an assistant coach, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Toliver has previous NBA coaching experience. She spent parts of two seasons as an assistant on the Washington Wizards' staff.…
When last we saw Elena Delle Donne on court, the two-time WNBA MVP had led the Washington Mystics to the 2019 championship, despite three bulging discs in her back. She hasn't played since, undergoing two back surgeries and sitting…
11:24 AM ETKelly CohenESPN Seattle Storm star and new Olympic gold medalist Breanna Stewart announced Monday that she and her wife, Marta Xargay Casademont, are now moms. In identical Instagram posts, Stewart and Xargay Casademont revealed that their…