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…
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…
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…
Alecia “Sug” Sutton was waived by the Washington Mystics on Sunday. She was drafted 36th overall in the 2020 WNBA Draft. | Getty Images
WNBA teams have until May 26 to whittle down their rosters to 12 women apiece. For a league receivin…
Skylar Diggins-Smith signed with the Phoenix Mercury during the WNBA free agency signing period in 2020. She spent the first seven years of her career with the Dallas Wings organization. | BODYARMOR
Amid the landscape of uncertainty caus…
Jesse Owens’ underdog story is iconic. | Getty Images
And other musings about quintessential underdog Jesse Owens, underdog psychology and theories about why underdogs win. Athletic achievement has a way of silencing haters.
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Twelve-year WNBA veteran Renee Montgomery appears to be sowing acting seeds for a post-basketball career. | WNBA
Two-time WNBA champion Renee Montgomery, in her twelfth professional year, has been testing her professional possibilities ou…
Candace Parker with daughter Lailaa Nicole on the Orange Carper prior to the WNBA All-Star Welcome Reception at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on July 27, 2018. | Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images
And the league leads…
Dawn Staley, fashion-forward Hall of Famer, coaches her South Carolina Gamecocks to the program’s first-ever win against the UConn Huskies on Feb. 10, 2020. | Brad Horrigan/Hartford Courant/Tribune News Service via Getty Images
Dawn Stale…
Perhaps the best baller and shot-caller in women’s basketball history, Dawn Staley was a force for Team USA at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. | Photo by Scott Cunningham/NBAE via Getty Images
You asked. The Basketball Gods answered. Four Olym…
South Dakota won the Summit League Tournament championship in sweeping fashion. | Photo by Aaron C Packard/USD
Ciara Duffy, Summit League Player of the Year and Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year, led the South Dakota Coyotes to an…
Sabrina Ionescu (left) and Satou Sabally make a one-two punch in the 2020 WNBA Draft. | Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images
In a shock to exactly no one, Oregon Ducks star Sabrina Ionescu was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 WNBA Draft. …
Any team should feel fortunate to have Miami Hurricanes forward Beatrice Mompremier operating in their paint. Can she pull off a first-round pick? | Jim Dedmon-USA TODAY Sports
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said Friday ahead of the fi…
Chicago Sky guard Allie Quigley owns the record for most points scored in an All-Star Weekend 3-Point Contest in NBA or WNBA history. | Photo by Jeff Bottari/NBAE via Getty Images
Hall of Fame-bound Tamika Catchings and Chicago Sky guard …
The 2019 WNBA champion Washington Mystics will have to wait to defend their title. | Photo by Rich Kessler/NBAE via Getty Images
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced Friday that the league is “[using] this time to conduct scenario-…