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Indiana Fever head coach Christie Sides walks onto the court to high-five her players after the final buzzer.

‘Pineapple!’ How a fruit keeps the Indiana Fever focused

By Tony East / August 12, 2023

The Indiana Fever stayed composed for an important win on Thursday. A tropical fruit was a big factor.

Tennessee head coach Pat Summitt points out something to forward Tamika Catchings. The phrases "WNBA Retrospect" and "Best Ever Non-No. 1 Pick" 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: Why did Tamika Catchings fall in 2001 WNBA Draft?

By The Next / August 12, 2023

Should the Charlotte Sting have picked Catchings over Georgia’s Kelly Miller?

Wearing a baseball cap commemorating the Las Vegas Aces' 2022 WNBA championship, head coach Becky Hammon sits at the podium and answers questions from reporters.

From Rapid City, S.D., to Springfield, Mass.: Becky Hammon’s journey to the Naismith Hall of Fame

By Matthew Walter / August 12, 2023

A’ja Wilson: ‘She’s just changed the game’

The Phoenix Mercury huddle before tip-off.

Why are the Phoenix Mercury so much better at home than on the road?

By Jesse Morrison / August 12, 2023

The Mercury are 8-7 at the Footprint Center but 1-13 on the road

Monique Billings, Rhyne Howard and Allisha Gray standing under the basket during Atlanta Dream vs. Washington Mystics game in Washington, D.C. (Photo credit: Domenic Allegra, The Next)

Notebook: Atlanta’s offensive woes continue in late collapse at Seattle

By Hunter Cruse / August 11, 2023

Dream are still in contention to host the WNBA Playoffs with one month to go

Graphic with a photo of Diana Taurasi who scored her 10,000th career point for the Phoenix Mercury.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Phoenix Mercury update and Diana Taurasi’s 10,000th career point

By The Next / August 11, 2023

Jesse and Natalie talk about the Mercury and their recent record-breaking performances

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

Sparks inch closer to finding winning combination

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / August 11, 2023

Amid a season full of injuries, the Sparks may have found something that works

Lindsay Allen, Minnesota’s orchestrator of energy and pace

By Terry Horstman / August 11, 2023

Allen holding down a tough position for the Minnesota Lynx

An orange and white Wilson basketball with the WNBA logo on it sits on the blue Connecticut Sun basketball court.

Anticipating the 2023 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup

By Caylen Johnson / August 10, 2023

The third annual WNBA Commissioner’s Cup between the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 15, at 9 pm EST

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Los Angeles Sparks’ Jordin Canada, Most Improved Player candidate, put in the work 

By The Next / August 10, 2023

Howard and Jordin Canada discuss her offseason regimen, leadership role with the Sparks’ and her years in Seattle