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Five Los Angeles Sparks players wrap their arms around each other's waists as they huddle.

Fatigue may be a factor as Los Angeles Sparks continue push for playoffs

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / September 3, 2023

‘The games are going to keep coming’

Chicago Sky guard Dana Evans dribbles downhill in a WNBA game while looking across the court past her defender, Washington Mystics wing Shatori Walker-Kimbrough, side-stepping alongside

Sunday Notes, Week 14: Point guard growth, from Dana Evans to Sabrina Ionescu

By Emily Adler / September 3, 2023

The Next’s weekly journey into trends and analysis from around the WNBA

Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes extends her right arm to steal a lateral pass from a Connecticut Sun player.

Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes is chasing 100 steals — and WNBA history

By Jenn Hatfield / September 2, 2023

Sykes, the two-time reigning steals champion, has been even more dangerous defensively this season

Stanford head coach Tara VanDerveer sits at the podium and speaks at a press conference. Two of her players are on either side of her, and a backdrop of Stanford and Pac-12 logos is displayed behind them.

Institutional Knowledge: Stanford’s Tara VanDerveer talks about grief and excitement in move to ACC

By Michelle Smith / September 2, 2023

‘You invest 40 years into something, and to watch it unravel in 40 minutes, it’s sad’

Los Angeles Sparks guard Alana Beard shoots a left-handed jump shot. The phrases "WNBA Retrospect" and "The Great Utility Wing" are overlaid at the bottom in all caps, and the orange Locked on Women's Basketball logo is in the upper right corner.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Scouting Alana Beard, the greatest perimeter defender in WNBA history

By The Next / September 2, 2023

‘She’s able to make these impact plays in spaces where you don’t really see it coming’

Wearing a seafoam green jersey, New York Liberty forward Kayla Thornton walks down the court toward the camera.

Kayla Thornton signs two-year extension with New York Liberty

By Jackie Powell / September 2, 2023

‘To even have that offer, that’s just something I couldn’t turn down’

A black and white photograph of the WBL team Chicago Hustle shows the players piled on the floor smiling and laughing.

The story of the first Women’s Professional Basketball League draft

By Kiri Oler / September 2, 2023

Ann Meyers, Rita Easterling, Lusia Harris and other women’s basketball legends were selected in a groundbreaking draft in 1978

White text on an orange background that reads "Playoff streaks snapped"

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Playoff streaks snapped for Phoenix and Seattle, what’s next?

By The Next / September 1, 2023

Jackie and Rowan discuss what lies ahead for the Storm and Mercury

Indiana Fever GM Lin Dunn and Washington Mystics GM Mike Thibault

Indiana Fever general manager Lin Dunn talks progress and the future

By Tony East / September 1, 2023

‘This time next year, when we’re in close [games] with New York and Vegas, I expect us to win’

Strategic growth opportunities for the WNBA are plentiful

By Rob Knox / September 1, 2023

What do WNBA players think about the league’s business potential?