WNBA

Graphic with a photo of WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert and the ownership group of the new Golden State expansion team at the team's announcement press conference. Text below reads "The Portland Problem: Part 2"

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Is WNBA expansion in jeopardy? The Portland Problem, Part 2

By The Next / November 12, 2023

‘Whatever it is, they’re never gonna find … a better market to expand to than Portland.’

Tennessee's Rickea Jackson shields the ball from Team USA's Rhyne Howard and scans the court.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Rickea Jackson, other top WNBA prospect performances this week

By The Next / November 11, 2023

How did Jackson, Caitlin Clark, Kamilla Cardoso and others do in college basketball’s opening week?

Graphic with photo of WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert at a press conference for the 2023 WNBA Finals. Text below reads "The Portland Problem: Part 1"

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Is WNBA expansion in jeopardy? The Portland Problem, Part 1

By The Next / November 10, 2023

‘Portland [would’ve been] a logical fit’

Candace Parker is pictured in a sky blue suit jacket holding a basketball against the backdrop of a promotional title for the film 'Unapologetic'

Review: ‘Unapologetic’ shows Candace Parker at her most vulnerable on her journey to self-acceptance

By Jackie Powell / November 10, 2023

Joie Jacoby’s film struggled balancing more memorable emotional scenes and set pieces alongside chronicling Candace Parker’s career

Graphic with a photo of Chicago Sky GM Jeff Pagliocca. Text below reads "The Sky's the limit."

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Chicago Sky GM Jeff Pagliocca lays out his vision for 2024 

By The Next / November 8, 2023

Pagliocca discussed Sky returners and his development strategy with host Howard Megdal

Tennessee big wing Rickea Jackson stands holding the ball out while surveying the off-screen court, as Jackie Young defends her from a couple steps away

2024 WNBA Draft film room: Rickea Jackson edition

By Emily Adler / November 7, 2023

Why Rickea Jackson just had the most important game of any 2024 WNBA draft prospect

Three photos of top 2024 WNBA draft prospects are shown side-by-side: Iowa's Caitlin Clark, UConn's Paige Bueckers and UConn's Aaliyah Edwards. The text "WNBA draft board 1.0" is overlaid at the bottom in all caps, and the orange Locked on Women's Basketball logo is in the top right corner.

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Discussing The Next’s 2024 WNBA draft board

By The Next / November 4, 2023

‘One of my favorite parts of this is trying to see the different perspectives on different players’

A collage of the top nine 2024 WNBA draft prospects in college, including South Carolina point guard Te-Hina Paopao, UConn big Aaliyah Edwards, Kentucky wing Maddie Scherr, UConn point guard Paige Bueckers, Iowa point guard Caitlin Clark, Algers (France) combo guard Leïla Lacan, Ohio State off-ball guard Jacy Sheldon, Stanford big Cameron Brink, and Wazzu combo guard Charlisse Leger-Walker

Who’s Next — The Next’s 2024 WNBA Draft Board, V1.0

By Emily Adler / November 3, 2023

The most detailed 2024 WNBA draft resource available outside a team’s actual war room

How Azurá Stevens became a Pan-American Games gold medalist

By Scott Mammoser / November 2, 2023

‘It’s always a special opportunity, not to be taken for granted.’

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert stands at a wooden podium and speaks with the media ahead of a 2023 playoff game. An orange backdrop featuring the WNBA playoffs and Google logos is behind her.

Portland WNBA expansion plans halted

By Cameron Ruby / November 1, 2023

Commissioner Engelbert cites impending Moda Center renovations in letter to senator