Washington Mystics

Washington returns tied with New York and Dallas, but three games against eliminated teams could send the young Mystics flying up the WNBA playoff bracket.

The SEC put together another dominant Saturday, going 13-3 in Week 2 as most of its ranked and unranked programs alike handled business against overmatched opponents. But two results stood out for...

A head coach’s job seems pretty clear, but it can quickly become complicated. On the surface, the goal is to win as many games as possible. So, the team with the most wins should must have the...

Olivia Miles is going to be the 2026 WNBA Rookie of Year. And it’s going to be unanimous. Already, both Beckett Harrison and Zack Ward have touted Miles’ compelling MVP case, an affirmation of how...

Facing a very strong French team, the USA (6-0) turned to its veteran leadership to capture the gold medal with a 97-79 victory over France (5-1) on Sunday night in Berlin. Chelsea Gray and Jackie...

Five members of the USA Basketball Women’s National Team that competed in the 2026 FIBA World Cup helped win the United States an eighth-straight gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. Those...

The 2026 FIBA World Cup will conclude with the United States trying to win a fifth-straight gold against France, striving for their first World Cup gold (2 p.m. ET, TNT). To reach this final...

There was Sophia Witherspoon in 2000, averaging 16.8 points per game and shooting 36.8 percent from 3. There was Jackie Stiles in 2001, averaging 14.9 points per game and shooting 43.1 percent...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas erased a 20-point fourth-quarter deficit Saturday night, rallying to defeat No. 1 Ohio State 24-23 at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium. The Longhorns trailed 23-3...

KENNESAW, Ga. — Georgia State defeated Kennesaw State 31-17 Saturday night at Walens Family Field at Fifth Third Stadium in the second meeting between the two in-state programs. Georgia State...

The United States is headed back to the World Cup gold medal game after battling past Spain 76-66 in Saturday night’s semifinal in Berlin. The victory improved the USA to 5-0 in the tournament and...

Panthers and Owls enter Week 2 unbeaten after dominant season openers KENNESAW, Ga. — Two undefeated programs separated by roughly 25 miles will meet Saturday night as Georgia State travels to...

The SEC has accomplished something it hasn’t done since 1997: the conference entered Week 2 of the college football season with every team undefeated. All 16 SEC teams won their season openers,...

The 2026 FIBA World Cup features an almost perfect final four. There’s Germany, the host nation that turned in a quarter-final performance that left head coach Olaf Lange “speechless,” but surely...

Friday, Sept. 11 marks a quarter of a century since the 9/11 attacks. Four hijacked planes. Two trade towers were destroyed in New York City by Flights 11 and 175. A part of the Pentagon was...

Well, that was anticlimactic. The quarter-finals of the 2026 FIBA World Cup left little suspense, as all four games ended in blowouts. Now the semi-finals are set, and we have Team USA taking on...

The United States put together a balanced offensive performance, scoring 108 points behind a highly efficient shooting night and contributions from throughout the lineup. Napheesa Collier led the...

Week 1 of the SEC football season is in the books, and the extended statistics through games played September 3 through September 8 paint a clear early picture of which offenses are humming, which...

As Georgia high school football heads into Week 4, here is a full breakdown of where every classification stands heading into this week’s action. Class 7A Class 6A Class 5A Class 4A Class 3A Class...

As the 2026 FIBA World Cup has reached the knockout rounds, the number of teams still playing shrinks by the day. This will ultimately lead to one country winning gold, but another prize is on the...

The 2026 NFL Kickoff Weekend presented by YouTube TV begins Wednesday, September 9, with the Super Bowl LX champion Seattle Seahawks hosting the New England Patriots in a Super Bowl rematch at...

ATLANTA – The Atlanta Hawks have signed forward Keyshawn Bryant, the team announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed. In a related move, the Hawks also announced...

Multi-Year Partnership Kicks Off With a New Campaign Starring New York Giants Running Back Cam Skattebo and His Senior Rescue Dog, Duke. The Farmer’s Dog®, the leader in real, human-grade dog...

By the end of the day on Thursday, only four teams will remain in the FIBA World Cup. Among all the talent that will take the floor in Berlin, these four players will have a significant say in...

As other teams fight for a quarter-final spot in the FIBA World Cup, Team USA, France and Belgium are all unbeaten and ready for the next phase. It’s not a shock that this trio made it out of the...

WNBA stars will always draw the biggest crowds at the World Cup, but what would FIBA play be without lesser known players putting on headline performances? Going into the knockout rounds, a...

Kickoff weekend is loaded with history on the line. Here are the milestones to watch across the opening slate. Thursday Night — Rams vs. 49ers (Melbourne, Australia, 8:35 PM ET, Netflix) Sunday...

ATLANTA – The Atlanta Hawks have signed guard Devon Higgs, the team announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Higgs appeared in six games with Atlanta’s summer...

Two more spots remain in the 2026 FIBA World Cup quarter-finals. Hungary and Germany punched their tickets yesterday. Will Puerto Rico or China and Italy or Australia join them? The Puerto Ricans,...

As the 2026 WNBA postseason approaches, I have a feeling that all eight playoff teams will hold their own and make it an interesting first round. Any team could go on to win it all, but some teams...

Now, the 2026 FIBA World Cup starts to get real. Group play is complete, and a quartet of single-elimination quarter-final qualification games are up. On Tuesday, the second- and third-place teams...

Monday was the final day of FIBA World group play, and the action didn’t disappoint. Team USA dominated against Czechia, Belgium best Australia and Mali’s Cinderella story came to an end. The...

The Southeastern Conference did not lose a game in Week 1. All 16 SEC teams that played between Thursday and Sunday won, a sweep that spanned four states, three time zones and every level of...

Spain defeated Japan 79-59 on Monday to improve to 2-1 in Group play at the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup. Spain jumped out to a 23-15 lead before Japan brought its deficit to just three points at...

Ole Miss outlasted Louisville 41-38 in a thriller at the Music City Kickoff on Saturday night at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, with Lucas Carneiro’s 48-yard field goal as time expired sealing the...

Team USA survived what would’ve been a massive upset in its 55-52 win over Italy on Sunday. Italy had a chance to tie the game at 55 with 20 seconds remaining, but their last-second 3-pointer hit...

The 2026 FIBA World Cup completes group play on Monday, Sept. 7, with all 16 teams playing their third and final group game. For some teams, the final group match will be perfunctory. That’s true...

The U.S. women’s national team needed every ounce of experience in its locker room to hold off a determined Italy squad, escaping with a 55-52 win after nearly blowing a first-half lead. Team USA...

Well, Team USA had tons of trouble with Italy. Less than six months ago, Team USA defeated Italy by 34 points in the World Cup Qualifying Tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico. On Sunday in Berlin,...

BATON ROUGE, La. — Lane Kiffin did not need Dae’Quan Wright and Zxavian Harris to make a statement in his LSU debut. He just needed 60 minutes. The Tigers dismantled Clemson 51-10 on Saturday...

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas didn’t waste any time making a statement in its 2026 season opener, burying Texas State under a 59-7 final that was over almost as soon as it started. Arch Manning set the...

LSU opens the Lane Kiffin era on Saturday night against Clemson, hosting the Tigers at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge in a game kicking off at 7:30 p.m. ET on ABC. It will mark the first-ever...

Why should we have expected predictability from the FIBA World Cup? On the second day of the tournament, the results immediately defied any “if-then” logic. In Friday’s Group A action, Japan...

Third-ranked Georgia put on a dominant offensive display in front of 93,033 fans at Sanford Stadium on Saturday, crushing Tennessee State 63-3 in a game that was effectively decided before...

Team USA put on a clinic in their opening World Cup win over China. The dominance was driven by the American youth, or the “Young and Turnt” crew, with head coach Kara Lawson using the game as an...

Sandy Creek pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat North Clayton 28-19 in a back-and-forth battle that saw four lead changes and a game that stretched into extra innings of drama befitting the...

The Spain national women’s basketball team lost to Mali, 82-73 on Saturday in Group A play of the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup. This is the first major upset in the tournament. Mali took a lead in...

Thank you all for voting in our SB Nation Reacts survey this week. It was about when you thought a Washington Wizards player would make the USA Basketball men’s national team as a Wizards player....

After all 16 teams played their opening World Cup game on Friday, half of the teams are back at it today, navigating a tight turnaround as they aim to put themselves in position to advance out of...

Day 1 of FIBA World Cup action saw eight contests take place, and Team USA established themselves as the clear favorite. The Americans made the No. 4-ranked country, China, look pedestrian,...