Seattle Storm guard Jewell Loyd has been named the 2015 WNBA Rookie of the Year, the WNBA announced on Thursday. She???s the first ROY winner in Seattle franchise history. Loyd??received 21 votes from a national panel of 39 sportswriters and broadcasters. New York Liberty center Kiah Stokes … [Read more...]
WNBA Addresses Stereotypes In New ‘Watch Me’ Ad (VIDEO)
With the conference finals set to tip off on Thursday, the WNBA launched a??powerful??commercial that addresses the league???s critics. The 60-second spot acknowledges some of the perceptions surrounding the women???s game: You think I can???t go as hard as you. +ACY-nbsp+ADs Can???t cross you … [Read more...]
Tulsa Shock Owner Planning On Moving Team To Dallas
Tulsa Shock majority owner, Bill Cameron, announced plans to move the Shock to Dallas as early as next season. Cameron, who moved the Shock to Tulsa from Detroit in 2010, said that the team has had consecutive years of operating losses. The Shock had the lowest attendance in the league in 2014, … [Read more...]
Candace Parker Announces Return After Planning To Sit Out WNBA Season
After planning to sit out the??2015 WNBA season, Candace Parker will return to the Sparks on July 29 as L.A. takes on the Minnesota Lynx. The Sparks initially announced that Parker would miss the start of the 2015 season, but Parker recently revealed that she wasn???t planning on playing at … [Read more...]
Brittney Griner Cut In Knife Attack
Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner sustained a one-centimeter cut on her elbow in an attack by a drunken man with a knife in China. Details are still emerging, but Griner was taken to the hospital and did not require stitches. Griner is currently playing with the Beijing Great Wall of the WCBA. … [Read more...]
Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike Launch New Webseries (VIDEOS)
WNBA All-Star sisters Nneka and Chiney Ogwumike are documenting their journeys overseas and uploading the videos onto YouTube. Watch Nneka in Kursk, Russia and Chiney in Schio, Italy in the first two episodes (No. 1 above, and No. 2 below), and look out for subsequent installments every Tuesday on … [Read more...]
NBA and WNBA Photos Of The Week
A compilation of the best images from the past seven days. The last??few weeks+ACYAIw-8217+ADs activities are officially complete. The Phoenix Mercury are your 2014 WNBA Champions, and Team USA??is on top of the world, again. See the best of it all in the WNBA and NBA photos above. Photos via Getty … [Read more...]
Phoenix Mercury Win 2014 WNBA Championship
The Phoenix Mercury won the 2014 WNBA championship on Friday, sweeping??the Chicago Sky 3-0 in the WNBA finals. Diana Taurasi scored 14 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter, including the go-ahead shot in the Mercury+ACYAIw-8217+ADs-s 87-82 win. Mercury center Brittney Griner sat out the final game after … [Read more...]
Photos Of The Week
A compilation of the best images from the past seven days.??WNBA Finals are underway, and Team USA is already prepping??for the final game in Spain+ACE Peep all the action in the basketball photos above. Photos via Getty Images Previously: Week of August 22 ??? August 28 Week of August 15 ??? August … [Read more...]
Skylar Diggins Named 2014 WNBA Most Improved Player
Tulsa Shock point guard??Skylar Diggins has been named the 2014 WNBA Most Improved Player, the WNBA announced on Wednesday. In her second season in the league, Diggins averaged 20.1 ppg en route to setting a Shock franchise record for points in a season. She improved most in her shot selection, … [Read more...]