Washington Mystics

On paper, the No. 4-seed Atlanta Dream cruised to a Game 1 win over the No. 8-seed New York Liberty, 92-82, in front of a sold-out home crowd at State Farm Arena. The game was anything but a...

Identity beat experience in both Game 1s of the WNBA semifinals. First, the No. 4-seed Atlanta Dream, in the semifinals for the first time since 2018, defeated the No. 8-seed New York Liberty, a...

The Golden State Valkyries defeated the Las Vegas Aces 71-60 on Sunday at Chase Center in Game 1 of the WNBA Semifinals, outrebounding the Aces 52-25 and holding them to their lowest point total...

The Atlanta Dream defeated the New York Liberty 92-82 on Sunday at State Farm Arena in Game 1 of the WNBA Semifinals, turning 21 New York turnovers into 32 points and outscoring the Liberty 32-15...

The 2025 WNBA Coach of the Year. The 2025 WNBA Most Improved Player. Two WNBA All-Stars, including one starter. And now, the first-ever unanimous WNBA Sixth Player of the Year. Janelle Salaün’s...

The Golden State Valkyries and Las Vegas Aces open their best-of-five WNBA semifinal series Sunday at Chase Center in San Francisco. Tipoff is set for 4 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock. Golden State,...

Golden State Valkyries forward Janelle Salaün was unanimously selected as the Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year, the league announced today. Salaün received all 74 votes from a national panel of...

In the Dallas Wings’ 22nd game of 2025, Arike Ogunbowale was held to two points on 0-for-10 shooting from the floor. It was the exact halfway point of the season; the Wings lost at the Indiana...

The Atlanta Dream and New York Liberty open their best-of-five WNBA semifinal series Sunday at State Farm Arena. Tipoff is set for 2 p.m. EDT on ABC. Both teams enter unbeaten in the postseason....

The Chicago Sky finished the 2026 season near the bottom. But one player did rise towards the top. That was 25-year-old Sydney Taylor. Her quickness, sharp shooting, explosiveness and clutch play...

Basketball is a game of runs. This truth was perfectly illustrated in Game 3 of the first-round WNBA playoff series between the Golden State Valkyries and Dallas Wings. A 20-0 sprint by Wings,...

 The U.S. Men’s National Team will take on its longtime rival, Mexico, tomorrow in Glendale, Arizona, in the penultimate match of the team’s fall international schedule. The matchup renews one of...

“Tyler Marsh will be the head coach of the Chicago Sky next year.” That was the first answer Chicago Sky general manager Jeff Pagliocca gave when his exit interview opened. It was also the...

Who could forget Dre’una Edwards’ dramatic 3 with 4.2 seconds left to lift Kentucky past eventual national champion South Carolina in the 2022 SEC Tournament championship game? The Wildcats...

The Creekside Seminoles are preparing for another important Friday night matchup as Coach Maurice Dixon and his 4–1 squad get set to take on McIntosh High School. It’s expected to be a physical...

In Game 1, the Golden State Valkyries’ defense was the star of the show. In Game 2, it was Arike Ogunbowale for the Dallas Wings. However, in both the Golden State and Dallas wins, key vets...

Last season, the No. 2-seed Las Vegas Aces and No. 6-seed Indiana Fever met in the semifinals of the WNBA Playoffs, with the series not only going five games but also requiring an overtime period...

The Las Vegas Aces defeated the Indiana Fever 94-83 in Game 3 on Thursday night, winning the first-round series 2-1 and advancing to the WNBA semifinals. A’ja Wilson led all scorers with 36 points...

What’s Angel Reese’s greatest achievement? Is it her latest one, winning 2026 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year? Is it both making and then thriving with the gold medal-winning USA Basketball...

The Toronto Tempo never saw their full roster in their inaugural season. At exit interviews, the players and staff kept coming back to the same question. Laura Juškaitė did not need long to sum up...

A month into the season, the Southeastern Conference has players and teams at the top of the national statistics, along with others still searching for answers. Here is who is leading and who is...

Alabama and Mississippi State put matching 4-0 records on the line Saturday when the Crimson Tide visit Davis Wade Stadium to open a seven-game Southeastern Conference slate on Oct. 3. Both teams...

Reese understandably was excited about her first playoff series win.

OFFENSE: QB BROCK PURDY, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS DEFENSE: S JEVÓN HOLLAND, NEW YORK GIANTS   SPECIAL TEAMS: WR MYLES PRICE, MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Kansas City Chiefs running back Kenneth Walker, Buffalo Bills linebacker Greg Rousseau and Cincinnati Bengals kicker Evan McPherson are the AFC Players of the Month for September (Weeks 1-3)....

Kansas City Chiefs tackle Kahlil Benson and Tennessee Titans linebacker Anthony Hill are the NFL Rookies of the Month for September (Weeks 1-3).  OFFENSE: T KAHLIL BENSON, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS...

The WNBA’s best-of-three first-round playoff format has a way of defusing or igniting drama. For instance, a perfunctory two-game sweep can make the whole series seem rather pointless. In...

On Wednesday night in Washington, DC, the Atlanta Dream defeated the Washington Mystics in Game 2 of their first-round WNBA playoff series, with the 93-75 win giving the Dream the series sweep....

The Dallas Wings’ prayer was answered. Arike Ogunbowale was the deliverer. Ogunbowale scored a WNBA playoff-record 45 points to lead the Wings to the 108-100 overtime victory over the Golden State...

The Golden State Valkyries were one win away from the second round. The Dallas Wings made sure they’ll have to wait one more game. Facing elimination, Dallas beat Golden State to even the...

Allisha Gray scored 22 points, Jordin Canada had 13 of her 19 points in the fourth quarter, and the Dream advanced to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs for the first time since 2018, beating the...

The Atlanta Dream eliminated the Washington Mystics from the WNBA Playoffs with a 93-75 win Wednesday night, completing a 2-0 first-round sweep. Atlanta never trailed, forced 19 turnovers,...

Angel Reese delivered on both ends, Jordin Canada controlled the offense and Atlanta finished its first-round sweep with another double-digit victory.

Does the 2026 WNBA Most Improved Player need to improve even more? If the Dallas Wings are to extend their stay in the 2026 WNBA Playoffs beyond Wednesday, Sept. 30, yes. However, let’s first...

Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers, Denver Broncos safety Talanoa Hufanga and Baltimore Ravens kicker Tyler Loop are the AFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams Players of the Week for...

Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson, Washington Commanders linebacker Sonny Styles and Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Myles Price are the NFC Offensive, Defensive and Special Teams...

With home-court advantage on their side, Washington and Dallas look to stave off elimination in the first round.

The Week 5 Chicago Bears at Green Bay Packers game will move to 1 p.m. ET on FOX, the NFL announced today. The final Week 5 schedule (all times ET): Thursday, Oct. 8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas...

Six of the eight teams that made the 2026 WNBA Playoffs also participated in last postseason. The new entrants? The Washington Mystics and Dallas Wings, both returning to postseason play for the...

Missing the WNBA playoffs for a sixth-consecutive year means the offseason has begun for the Los Angeles Sparks. They’ve wasted no time getting to work. The day after their season ended, they...

This was what we’ve been waiting for. The New York Liberty entered the 2026 WNBA season among the championship favorites before injuries and inconsistencies defined a maddeningly mediocre regular...

The U.S. Men’s National Team rallied from a second-half deficit to defeat Chile 4-2 on Tuesday, Sept. 29 at Energizer Park, getting goals from Sebastian Berhalter, Julian Hall, Chris Richards and...

The Atlanta Hawks held their annual media day on Monday and are now set to open training camp in Nashville with a 21-player roster under head coach Quin Snyder. The roster includes three players...

The Washington Mystics clinched a spot in the 2026 WNBA Playoffs over a month ago. But that didn’t curb their competitiveness during the final stretch of the season. They fought for the best seed...

With non-region play wrapped and region schedules heating up, the latest statewide rankings are in. Carrollton leads Class 7A, defending champion Thomas County Central holds the top spot in 6A,...

Both the Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx can tell themselves that everything went wrong when they suffered blowout losses in their respective Game 1s of the first round of the 2026 WNBA Playoffs....

How much was Olivia Miles’ record-making rookie season attributabe to Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve, with Reeve putting the precocious point guard in position to thrive and, ultimately,...

Backs to the wall, Washington must figure this out.

Breanna Stewart did her thing. So did A’ja Wilson. Rhyne Howard had ever best-ever playoff game. Gabby Williams likewise was excellent. However, the New York Liberty, Las Vegas Aces, Atlanta Dream...

Game 1 of the first-round WNBA playoff series between the No. 4-seed Atlanta Dream and No. 5-seed Washington Mystics began in all-too-typical Atlanta fashion. The Dream team that closed out the...