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Cool, calm, collected Collier key for Lynx success

By Katie Davidson / September 23, 2020

The Minnesota Lynx will need to match Napheesa Collier’s unfazed demeanor and play to challenge the Seattle Storm in the semifinals

Alyssa Thomas went down. Now what?

By Natalie Heavren / September 23, 2020

How the Connecticut Sun move forward without their star forward

What’s next for the Dallas Wings: Who stays, who goes?

By Drew Ivery / September 23, 2020

Decisions to make with a critical 2021 season looming

She Got Next, Episode 7: Pepper Persley talks to Kelsey Plum, Las Vegas Aces

By Howard Megdal / September 23, 2020

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What can the Seattle Storm learn from Game 1?

By Derek James / September 23, 2020

A thriller provides some lessons for the rest of the series

“Every day’s a new day in COVID world”: WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks to media

By Bela Kirpalani / September 22, 2020

Commissioner Cathy Engelbert spoke to the media on Tuesday ahead of the semifinal game between the Seattle Storm and Minnesota Lynx

Stanford’s Maya Dodson opts out of 2020-21 season

By Kim Doss / September 22, 2020

The forward is entering her senior season for the Cardinal

What is Candace Parker’s future in Los Angeles?

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / September 22, 2020

The 13-year veteran is set to become a free agent

Aces ‘outworked’ in Game 1 loss to Sun

By Ben Dull / September 22, 2020

Las Vegas looks to even up the series with a Game 2 win on Tuesday

Big 12 recruiting: Oklahoma State adds UT-Arlington transfer; Kansas State gets a 2022 commit, Oklahoma gets a 2021 commit

By Spencer Nusbaum / September 21, 2020

The Cowgirls add an in-state talent for 2020, the Wildcats and Sooners bolster up for the future