SAITAMA, Japan -- The Japanese women's basketball team put together a smart and efficient game plan, ran it to such perfection that instructional videos could be made from the edits and showed off a roster in which everyone could…
With a decisive 90-75 victory over Japan, the United States women's basketball team has secured its seventh consecutive gold medal in the Olympic Games. Team USA jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first few seconds of the…
Aug 8, 2021Mechelle 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.As the first basketball players to win…
9:20 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.Dawn Staley was 22 years old, fresh…
3:35 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 United States women's basketball team came…
SAITAMA, Japan -- With smooth execution that has gotten more impressive as the Tokyo Olympics have gone on, the U.S. women's basketball team earned a chance to play for a seventh consecutive gold medal with a 79-59 victory over…
Aug 5, 2021Kelly CohenESPN The Seattle Storm announced today that head coach Noelle Quinn has signed a multiyear extension to remain head coach. Quinn took over as head coach on May 30 after long-time coach Dan Hughes retired.…
Australia women's basketball coach Sandy Brondello hugged Skylar Diggins-Smith, Brittney Griner and Diana Taurasi -- three players she coaches with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA -- after the U.S. women's dominant 79-55 Olympic quarterfinal victory on Wednesday. She…
SAITAMA, Japan -- The U.S. women's basketball team wasn't interested in any drama Wednesday, playing with an all-business approach and not allowing Australia to even think about an upset in a 79-55 Olympic quarterfinal win. Last month in Las…
9:15 AM ETKelly CohenESPN When Muffet McGraw first saw Skylar Diggins-Smith play, she knew the point guard would be the first high school freshman she ever offered a scholarship. "This kid is gonna be special," McGraw, who was…