Cynthia Cooper celebrates the Houston Comets winning the first-ever WNBA Finals in 1997. It would be the first of four consecutive titles for the dynastic Comets and their Hall of Fame stars. | Photo by Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Im…
Month: May 2020
It seems odd to be posting about basketball when the entire nation is rioting and defying various city curfews, but there is still a little news……WNBA player news:Natasha Cloud: your silence is a knee on my neck.The best draft steals of the last fi…
Aliyah Boston (left) took the country by storm. She and fellow freshmen Brea Beal (center) and Zia Cooke hope to keep the Gamecocks at the top next year. | Photo by John Byrum/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
Aliyah Boston, Brea Beal and …
Sabrina Ionescu leaves Oregon as one of the most decorated players in college basketball history. | Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
The Oregon Ducks were arguably the best team in the country this season. Though the Ducks never got a s…
Kiana Williams helped lead Stanford to the Elite Eight in 2019 and had big plans for her team in 2020. | Photo by Cody Glenn/Getty Images
The duo of Kiana Williams and Lexie Hull led the Stanford Cardinal impressively in 2019-20. Stanford…
WNBA team news:Without the benefit of training camp, the Fever announced their roster.WNBA player news:Sue Bird provides a tour of her fridge.Bird completely changed her diet five years ago and hasn’t looked back.Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis is looking forwa…
Maya Moore has shifted her intense attention from the game of basketball to matters of criminal justice. | Photo by Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images
Maya Moore was announced as a finalist for the Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award,…
Erica Ayala, Jasmine Brown, Arielle Chambers, Laureen Irat and Princess Streeter (L to R) join “Players of the New School” on the latest episode. | Photos courtesy of Ayala, Brown, Chambers, Irat and Streeter via Instagram.
On the latest …
Candice Storey Lee makes history in the SEC. | Photo courtesy of Style Blueprint via Instagram.
When Vanderbilt named Candice Storey Lee its athletic director, she became the first black woman to serve in that role in the SEC, and only th…
WNBA player news:Players and coaches explain what it’s like to prepare for the season through a computer screen.Sabrina Ionescu talks about her deal with Nike and plans for a signature shoe.Crystal Dangerfield and Megan Walker made the cut. What’s next…
Oregon Ducks head coach Kelly Graves in a jovial moment with Katelyn Loper, a former Ducks player turned Eugene, Ore. police officer. | Photo courtesy of Kelly Graves via Twitter.
In April, Oregon Ducks head coach Kelly Graves in a tone-d…
Foreshadowing in March 2013: Tianna Hawkins (left) and Alyssa Thomas playing against each other in the WNBA. | John Woike/Hartford Courant/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
It was the Maryland Terrapins versus the Delaware Blue Hens i…
WNBA news:A start to the season is more about data than dates, but a plan is starting to take shape.Will we see a WNBA season?WNBA team news:How rosters look after final cuts.WNBA player news:Danielle Robinson says there’s no point in doing anything if…
Breanna Stewart’s car for the virtual race. | Photo courtesy of M&C SAATCHI Sport & Entertainment.
Breanna Stewart of the Seattle Storm will compete on Thursday in the Red Bull Homestretch, a virtual car-racing competition. It’s a…
Kaila Charles is a rare second-round pick in the 2020 draft to make an opening-day roster. | Photo by G Fiume/Maryland Terrapins/Getty Images
The WNBA’s 12 teams have whittled their rosters to the league-required maximum of 12 players. In…