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Kelsey Mitchell of the Indiana Fever

Indiana Fever’s Kelsey Mitchell wins Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award

By Tony East / June 5, 2023

Mitchell is being honored for her work with the KelzHoop foundation and more.

Graphic showing the 10 players and two coaches who will be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2023: Yao Ming, Wlamir Marques, Penny Taylor, Carlos Loyzaga, Liem Tjien Siong/Sonny Hendrawan, Yuko Oga, Angelo Monteiro dos Santos Victoriano, Zurab Sakandelidze, Katrina McClain, Amaya Valdemoro, Valerie Garnier and Alessandro Gamba.

FIBA Hall of Fame picks Katrina McClain, Penny Taylor and others for class of 2023

By Caylen Johnson / June 4, 2023

Class of 2023 will be honored in August ahead of the FIBA Basketball World Cup

Notebook: Where do Atlanta Dream stand through five games?

By Hunter Cruse / June 4, 2023

Stats and storylines after 2-3 start to the season

How an adjustment in shooting mechanics helped change Jackie Young’s game

By Matthew Walter / June 4, 2023

Confidence boost from Becky Hammon, workouts with Tyler Marsh turned Young into ‘Silent Assassin’

WNBA Seattle Storm point guard Jade Melbourne dribbles the ball up the court

Sunday Notes, Week 2: Chicago’s defense, Mystics’ offense and Jade Melbourne

By Emily Adler / June 4, 2023

Our weekly look around the WNBA also checks on Tiffany Hayes and Rachel Banham’s shooting and Lexie Hull’s mechanics

Seattle Storm guard Jewell Loyd dribbles with her left hand as New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart defends.

What the New York Liberty learned during a week of reunions

By Jackie Powell / June 3, 2023

Jones, Stewart and Vandersloot all played against their former teams

Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride is greeted by several teammates during a game against the Connecticut Sun.

As losses pile up, Minnesota Lynx ‘have to be desperate’

By Terry Horstman / June 3, 2023

Minnesota has been within single digits in four of six games this season, but it’s still searching for its first win

Side-by-side photos of two South Carolina alumnae in the WNBA: Atlanta's Allisha Gray dribbles the ball with her right hand, and Las Vegas' A'ja Wilson looks for a pass.

In Atlanta, South Carolina Gamecock roots run deep

By Gabriella Lewis / June 3, 2023

‘You’re going to get some sellouts’

Ashley Owusu warms up before Virginia Tech's game at UNC in Chapel Hill on Feb. 23, 2023. (Mitchell Northam / The Next)

Ashley Owusu heads to Penn State. Can she help turn the Nittany Lions around?

By Eric Rynston-Lobel / June 3, 2023

The guard joins the Nittany Lions, her third program in as many seasons

Members of the If Not for Them team post for a photograph in front of the Locked on Women's Basketball branded backdrop. Screenshots of Natalie and Brenda on the podcast are pictured to the right side of the If Not for Them photograph.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: If Not For Them docuseries shines a light on decades of history

By The Next / June 2, 2023

Natalie and executive producer Brenda VanLengen discuss the upcoming project that explores the history of women’s basketball