Washington Mystics

If there needed to be more evidence that defense will define these WNBA Finals, the 2026 WNBA All-Defensive Teams provided it, as three members of the Atlanta Dream and three members of the Golden...

Two seasons into their existence, the Golden State Valkyries are in the WNBA Finals. Standing across from them is the Atlanta Dream, the team they swept in all three regular-season meetings. Those...

This would be a welcome offensive boost.

History will be made in the 2026 WNBA Finals. Either the Atlanta Dream or Golden State Valkyries (including former Dream star Tiffany Hayes) will win the first title in franchise history. If...

The Dallas Wings have struggled to find their footing in the WNBA. Since the franchise moved to Dallas in 2016, they’d had just one winning season. Now they’ve had two. The 2026 campaign ended...

 Detroit Lions running back Jahmyr Gibbs, Minnesota Vikings cornerback Byron Murphy and San Francisco 49ers punter Corliss Waitman are the NFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the...

Chicago Sky guard Sydney Taylor was named to the 2026 WNBA All-Rookie Team, the league announced today. Taylor averaged 13.6 points and 2.0 assists in 37 games (26 starts this season), becoming...

Toronto Tempo guard Kiki Rice has been named to the 2026 WNBA All-Rookie team, as announced by the league on Wednesday. Rice was selected sixth overall in the 2026 WNBA Draft, becoming the first...

Ahead of the 2026 WNBA Finals, the second-ever best-of-seven final series that will crown a first-time WNBA champion in the Golden Valkyries or Atlanta Dream, the league has announced all the...

The 2026 Washington Mystics made the playoffs as the youngest team in WNBA history, in addition to setting a franchise record with 28 total wins. The overwhelming reaction to the Mystics is that...

Los Angeles Rams offensive lineman Alaric Jackson has been suspended without pay for two games for an act of unsportsmanlike conduct following Monday’s game against the Buffalo Bills. After the...

As Edwin Garcia documented, the close of Nneka Ogwumike’s 15th and final WNBA season was not the end she imagined. But throughout her swan-song season back with the Los Angeles Sparks, Nneka...

Games 3 and 4 of the WNBA Finals between the Golden State Valkyries and Atlanta Dream will be played at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, the WNBA announced today. Game 3, originally scheduled for...

Tiffany Hayes was the Robin to Angel McCoughtry’s Batman.  For years, the duo was synonymous with the Atlanta Dream. Hayes played 10 seasons in the ATL, from 2012 to 2022 (skipping 2020 in the...

Retrospectively, Napheesa Collier’s absence, presence and future defined the 2026 WNBA season for the Minnesota Lynx. Maybe, had the Lynx not experienced another early and underwhelming playoff...

The Indiana Fever last won a WNBA title in 2012, but they’re definitely in win-now mode. They have an über-talent in Caitlin Clark. Kelsey Mitchell is a star in her own right. And with Aliyah...

Angel Reese is on top of the world.  Her trade from Chicago Sky to the Atlanta Dream has been a godsend. Both for her and the Dream. Not only is she a World Cup gold medalist, but also the AP and...

Dynasties are defined by dominance. The Las Vegas Aces have won three of the last four titles and were chasing another in 2026. While Las Vegas flashed brilliance all season, they never felt like...

The New York Liberty’s 2024 WNBA season was an unqualified success, as the franchise finally won it’s long-sought first championship. The repeat bid in the 2025 season was deemed a failure, as an...

“One of the reasons that I’m most passionate about covering the WNBA is because when I was a kid, I saw what the WNBA was like…” Sports creator and former collegiate basketball player Rachel...

A 5-foot-9 guard from Florida who played collegiately at Florida International (2021-23) and Stony Brook (2023-25), Zaida Gonzalez has established herself as a key contributor for the Puerto Rican...

Veronica Burton has found a home in the Bay Area. She is one of the best players on the Golden State Valkyries and has truly started to shed the “underrated” label. The 2025 WNBA Most Improved...

Peyton Woodring kicked a 23-yard field goal with 5:25 remaining and Georgia beat Alabama 20-17 on Saturday night at Bryant-Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa. Alabama’s last chance to get the ball back...

Kenny Minchey ran in a two-point conversion in overtime and Kentucky beat LSU 35-34 on Saturday night at Kroger Field in Lexington. LSU had the ball first in the extra period and scored in two...

Tate Sandell hit a 47-yard field goal as time expired Saturday at the Cotton Bowl, and Oklahoma knocked off No. 1 Texas 27-24 in the Red River Rivalry in front of 92,100. Texas led by 10 at...

The Atlanta Dream didn’t lose a game to the the New York Liberty in the WNBA semifinals, sweeping to advance to the WNBA Finals. But the series wasn’t a breeze. Game 2 went to overtime and ended...

A Golden Statement. The Golden State Valkyries, in just their second season as WNBA team, are headed to the WNBA Finals. And on top of that already audacious achievement, they swept the...

The Golden State Valkyries defeated the Las Vegas Aces 87-77 in overtime Friday night at Michelob ULTRA Arena, completing a three-game sweep of the defending champions and advancing to the WNBA...

Carrollton defeated Douglas County 62–24 on Friday night, scoring the final 31 points of the game after the Tigers closed within seven at halftime. Nick Archer rushed for four touchdowns, and CJ...

The fourth-seeded Atlanta Dream defeated the eighth-seeded New York Liberty 85-83 on Friday night at Barclays Center, completing a three-game sweep of the semifinal series and advancing to the...

Starr’s Mill earned its first win of the season Friday night, defeating Griffin 27-3 behind two rushing touchdowns from running back Spencer Ukleja and a defense that turned Griffin mistakes into...

The Atlanta Dream can reach the WNBA Finals for the first time since 2013 with a win Friday night, when they visit the New York Liberty for Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal series at...

The Golden State Valkyries can reach the WNBA Finals in their second season with a win Friday night, when they visit the Las Vegas Aces for Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal series at...

The first round of the 2026 WNBA Playoffs is over, and for the four teams headed home, the offseason starts with a different question.  Each team has reasons for optimism, but each exit exposed...

On the broadcast of Wednesday night’s Game 2 of the WNBA semifinal series between the Atlanta Dream and New York Liberty, ESPN showed Dream head coach Karl Smesko working with Angel Reese on her...

The teams that have won four of the last five WNBA championships could have their dreams of claiming another end on Friday night. Both the New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces find themselves down...

A’ja Wilson is undeniable. Already the only four-time WNBA MVP, she became the first five-time MVP, while also becoming the first player to capture three-straight MVPs. Delineating the dominance...

Carolina Panthers wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan, New York Giants cornerback Deonte Banks and Minnesota Vikings kicker Will Reichard are the NFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of...

New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye, Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Foyesade Oluokun and Kansas City Chiefs punter Matt Araiza are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players...

With just over 90 seconds left in Game 2 of the WNBA semifinal series between the No. 2-seed Golden State Valkyries and No. 3-seed Las Vegas Aces, the Aces, once down 17 points, took their first...

Game 2 of the WNBA semifinal series between the No. 4-seed Atlanta Dream and No. 8-seed New York Liberty was a bloodbath. A contest saw 17 lead changes couldn’t be decided in regulation, ending...

Naz Hillmon scored on a layup with 20.8 seconds left in overtime, and the Atlanta Dream defeated the New York Liberty 101-98 on Wednesday night at State Farm Arena to take a 2-0 lead in the...

In the fourth and final international match of the fall window, the U.S. Men’s National Team defeated Canada 1-0 in a physical and intense contest to earn the team’s fourth-consecutive win and...

 Football is the greatest game in the world. NFL players are admired by millions of fans, including young people competing at every level of the sport. The passion, emotion, and personality...

Playoff series are a chess match. Each game is a move. One team comes out on top, and the next game is the counter to that initial action. The Atlanta Dream and the Golden State Valkyries lead...

Will a season in which WNBA offenses exploded, with the league reaching new offensive heights behind a combination of officiating emphases, modernized strategies and more skilled players, end up...

The Golden State Valkyries are marching on in the 2026 WNBA Playoffs, prevailing over the Dallas Wings in the first-round before taking Game 1 of their semifinal series against the Las Vegas Aces....

Fresh off three consecutive victories to open the new Mauricio Pochettino era, the U.S. Men’s National Team will close out its fall international window against northern neighbor Canada on October...

New salary-cap mechanism gives every MLV team an optional tool to attract and retain elite professional talent globally while maintaining competitive balance across the league Major League...

Angel Reese played in her third-career WNBA playoff game on Sunday afternoon in State Farm Arena. She also earned her third-career WNBA playoff win. While Jordin Canada and DeWanna Bonner were the...