Shakira Austin

Team USA center Brittney Griner shoots a right-handed fadeaway shot over a male practice player.

‘She’s so dope’: Team USA players react to Brittney Griner’s return to camp

By Scott Mammoser / April 6, 2024

This month’s camp was only Griner’s second time training with Team USA since her release from a Russian prison

Team USA camp photo features Cleveland sign pictured in front of Rocket Morgage Arena and Final Four logo

Sights and sounds: USA Basketball holds minicamp in Cleveland

By Tee Baker / April 5, 2024

Kelsey Plum: ‘It’s like the pinnacle for an athlete … to be one of the 12 representing the team’

Washington Mystics center Stefanie Dolson attempts a shot through contact from Connecticut Sun guard Kelly Faris.

Stefanie Dolson returns to Washington Mystics, seven years after being traded

By Jenn Hatfield / March 13, 2024

Dolson will give Mystics a different look in the paint — and outside it, too

Los Angeles Sparks guard Karlie Samuelson leaps off the bench and smiles as she's introduced in the starting lineup.

Washington Mystics fill holes but don’t land a superstar on Day 1 of free agency

By Jenn Hatfield / February 2, 2024

Samuelson, Richards, Vanloo and Engstler can’t replace Mystics legend Cloud

Shakira Austin celebrates a teammates' made shot from the bench, holding her hand in the air and giving the hand signal for three. Text below reads "Shakira Austin Tells Her Story". Locked On Women's Basketball logo at top right. Headshots of host Jackie Powell and Shakira Austin at lower right.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Shakira Austin discusses Player Marketing Agreements, fashion and her own story

By The Next / January 11, 2024

‘I just want to be able to tell my story … to get people to actually know who I am’

Jewell Loyd, Rhyne Howard, Arike Ogunbowale, Shakira Austin, Aliyah Boston and Brionna Jones sit at the WNBA league office.

A day with Aliyah Boston, Rhyne Howard and WNBA’s 2024 PMA cohort

By Jackie Powell / January 11, 2024

Inside how the WNBA’s PMA program has evolved since its inception

A photo taken from below looking into the Washington Mystics huddle, where Elena Delle Donne is addressing her teammates.

2024 WNBA free agency preview: Washington Mystics

By Jenn Hatfield / January 10, 2024

Is Elena Delle Donne done in D.C.?

Shakira Austin undergoes successful surgery on left hip

By Aya Abdeen / December 2, 2023

Mystics center expected to recover fully within four to six months

Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne and center Queen Egbo clap and center Shakira Austin yells and raises her right arm in celebration on the Mystics' bench. Delle Donne and Austin are in street clothes.

Answering the Washington Mystics’ offseason injury questions

By Jenn Hatfield / October 2, 2023

Shakira Austin, Queen Egbo and Kristi Toliver are all rehabbing injuries

Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes side shuffles to high five a line of teammates before a game.Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes side shuffles to high five a line of teammates before a game.

Washington Mystics are excited, confident about ‘ideal’ playoff matchup with New York Liberty

By Jenn Hatfield / September 14, 2023

Mystics know they’re better than their record — and they intend to prove it against a superteam