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Women’s sports are on the rise around the globe. In the United States, the WNBA is embarking on a 2022 season that could potentially be the league’s biggest season yet for a number of reasons. Fantasy women’s basketball isn’t the least of them, players and experts told Insider. “I think it’s huge,” New York Liberty star … Read more

Facing one of the WNBA’s top teams for the second time in three days, the Minnesota Lynx knew they had to get better production from their starting five while doing a better job in their own end against Las Vegas. Check and check. Aerial Powers scored a career-high 32 points and Minnesota established a season … Read more

Placeholder while article actions load UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Alyssa Thomas scored 14 of her 23 points after halftime and finished with nine rebounds as the Connecticut Sun rallied from a 17-point second-half deficit Sunday to beat the Washington Mystics 74-72 in overtime. Courtney Williams added 15 points, Natisha Hiedeman scored 14 and Jonquel Jones had … Read more

The detained WNBA star Brittney Griner made a direct appeal to US president Joe Biden for her freedom in a handwritten letter that was delivered to the White House on Monday morning, according to her representatives. “I’m terrified I might be here forever,” an excerpt shared by Griner’s representatives with the Guardian said. “I realize … Read more

Some context before we get to the drama: Plot talent against suffering, and you’ll find eight-time All-Star/zero-time WNBA champion Tina Charles in the same cursed quadrant as Mike Trout. (Sue Bird belongs one quadrant over: high talent, low suffering. Raise a glass to the various Timofey Mozgovs and Matthew Dellavedovas who lucked into the sweet … Read more

In December of last year, the Las Vegas Aces made former WNBA star and eight-year San Antonio Spurs assistant coach, Becky Hammon, the highest-paid coach in the WNBA. The signing looked worthwhile during the first 15 games of the season, as the Aces flaunted the league’s best record at 13-2. Now, although the actual heat … Read more

BROOKLYN — When Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello spoke about her team’s 92-81 home loss against the Atlanta Dream on Thursday, she explained what she thought was missing from the team in their third overtime loss of the season: someone who wasn’t even on the roster at the time. “They played with a sense of … Read more