Two women's USA Basketball teams seek gold medals at the 2020 Tokyo Games. The U.S. women's national basketball team seeks its seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal, with veteran guards Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi competing in their fifth Games.…
LAS VEGAS -- Nneka Ogwumike and Elizabeth Williams won't be playing for Nigeria in the Tokyo Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected their appeal. The WNBA players had asked the CAS to grant them a provisional…
1:55 PM ETKelly CohenESPN Katie Lou Samuelson, a pivotal member of the first-ever 3x3 U.S. Women's Basketball Team, will not compete in the Tokyo Summer Olympics. Samuelson was placed into COVID-19 health and safety protocols over the weekend…
Jul 18, 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.LAS VEGAS -- Nigerian women's basketball coach…
LAS VEGAS -- The U.S. women's Olympic basketball team was in unfamiliar territory after dropping two exhibition games in a row for the first time in a decade. The Americans rebounded with a strong effort to beat Nigeria 93-62…
9:27 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.LAS VEGAS -- After two consecutive exhibition…
Jul 14, 2021Kelly CohenESPN Playing in the WNBA All-Star Game is one thing, but live tweeting about how you and your teammates are playing from the sideline at the same time? That is quite another accomplishment. First-time All-Star…
LAS VEGAS -- Breanna Stewart and her U.S. Olympic teammates aren't panicking, even though they've lost consecutive games for the first time in a decade. Two days after losing to a team of WNBA All-Stars, the Americans fell to…
Australian Opals star Liz Cambage has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics due to mental health reasons, the Australian Olympic Committee confirmed on Friday [AEST]. It follows news from Friday morning that the Opals were discussing her future with the…
11:24 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.LAS VEGAS -- Dallas Wings guard Arike…