WNBA

Mystics guard Brittney Sykes drives to the basket during a game against the Seattle Storm at the Entertainment and Sports Arena in Washington, D.C., on July 11, 2023. (Photo credit: Domenic Allegra | The Next)

Inside Gabby Williams’ immediate impact in Seattle

By Rowan Schaberg / August 2, 2023

‘We love Gabby and the skillset that she brings’

Locked on Women’s Basketball: The Minnesota Lynx are the WNBA’s hottest team. How is Cheryl Reeve doing it? 

By The Next / August 1, 2023

The Minnesota Lynx have beaten the top teams as of late and Cheryl Reeve discusses how her team has done it

Atlanta Dream guard Danielle Robinson (3) during the WNBA game between the Atlanta Dream and the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA on July 20, 2023.

How Danielle Robinson’s impact for the Dream goes beyond the box score

By Hunter Cruse / August 1, 2023

Haley Jones: ‘DRob is one of the best leaders I’ve had the opportunity to play with’

Washington Mystics off-ball guard Evina Westbrook jogs

What Evina Westbrook brings the Los Angeles Sparks

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / August 1, 2023

Sparks add Westbrook on hardship contract amid key absences

The Minnesota Lynx mid-victory dance after a 97-92 against the Washington Mystics on July 26 at Target Center in Minneapolis (Photo Credit: John McClellan)

The Minnesota Lynx are turning learning into winning

By Terry Horstman / August 1, 2023

Diamond Miller, Dorka Juhász leveling up fast

Brittney Griner shooting against Mystics

Brittney Griner misses Phoenix Mercury road trip to ‘focus on her mental health’

By Jesse Morrison / July 31, 2023

Griner’s status for Phoenix’s remaining games remains unclear

Atlanta Dream forward Laeticia Amihere (7) warms up before the WNBA game between the Atlanta Dream and the Connecticut Sun at Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, Connecticut, USA on June 15, 2023. Photo Credit: Chris Poss

1-on-1: Laeticia Amihere talks draft process and the joy of basketball

By Hunter Cruse / July 31, 2023

‘You always hear different things about where you’ll get drafted, sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t, and it ended up working out for me’

With the arena dark for pregame introductions, Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes smiles and high-fives her teammates as her name is called.

‘Now look what I can do’: How Brittney Sykes has realized her potential with Washington Mystics

By Jenn Hatfield / July 31, 2023

‘I’m in a place where what I see in the mirror, somebody else sees’

Napheesa Collier of the Minnesota Lynx runs up the court and high-fives teammate Kayla McBride against the Los Angeles Sparks

How WNBA players are reacting to Unrivaled, Stewart and Collier’s new offseason league

By Rob Knox / July 30, 2023

While some WNBA players enjoy going overseas, many have embraced Unrivaled as another offseason option

Washington Mystics wing Brittney Sykes in mid-air holds the ball away from her body while attempting a scoop layup around Indiana Fever center Aliyah Boston, who is meeting Sykes in mid-air with an arm outstretched toward the ball, in a WNBA game

Sunday Notes, Week 9: Aliyah Boston as a defender, New York’s unique PnRs, and more!

By Emily Adler / July 30, 2023

Our weekly look around the WNBA breaks down Aliyah Boston growing as a defender, a deadly wrinkle in the Liberty offense, and more!