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Head coach Stephanie White is excited by the prospect of running it back for a second season with the Connecticut Sun. White, who was named Coach of the Year in her first year in Connecticut, said that the team is eager to build upon last year’s 27-13 season. Last year, the Sun’s season ended at

The 2024 WNBA season begins in 10 days, and there’s tons to look forward to. Swish Appeal’s staff has highlighted 24 things we’re hoping to see during the 2024 season. Here are thoughts from Cat Ariail, Noa Dalzell, Łukasz Muniowski, Eric Nemchock and Edwin Garcia: More championship contenders Last season, only four WNBA teams won

Los Angeles Sparks players are taking over TikTok. 5/1/2024 Cameron Brink Rickea Jackson Zia Cooke Rae Burrell

The Phoenix Mercury had just a handful of wins last season, going 9-31 on the year. With an aging star in Diana Taurasi and a 10-year vet in Brittney Griner, the Mercury appear to be a team embracing their legends, taking whatever wins that brings them. Rebuild and rebirth The Mercury may not be aiming

All eyes will be on the Fever this season because of one highly-popular rookie. But there is way more to talk about when discussing the Hoosier State team. Caitlin Clark seems to be blending in nicely with the team, with Erica Wheeler serving as her tutor, and the rookie playing what is called “the right

On Sunday, Candace Parker announced her retirement from professional basketball after 16 years. On Instagram, she wrote: I’m retiring. I promised I’d never cheat the game & that I’d leave it in a better place than I came into it. The competitor in me always wants 1 more, but it’s time. My HEART & body

The ACC now stretches from sea to shining sea, with 18 women’s basketball programs set to belong to the conference beginning in the 2024-25 season. In February, the conference released the conference matchups for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 seasons, determining all teams’ home and away opponents for the next two seasons. Additional changes, however, could

The home of the last three national champions, the SEC, best conference in women’s college basketball, looks to be even better in 2024-25. Texas and Oklahoma arrive from the Big 12, prepared to challenge South Carolina’s supremacy. With new head coaches, Kentucky and Tennessee also will be rising threats. And even after three SEC players

Nike has officially begun to push the boundaries again, relying on artificial intelligence for assistance in the lab as they continue to break ground with some of the most hot and interesting kicks in basketball. Sneaker icon and enthusiast Nick DePaula took to X/Twitter last week to announce prototypes for athletes, including A’ja Wilson and

After Monday night’s record-breaking WNBA Draft, this edition of “This Week in Women’s Basketball” will catch up on the new and developments that have been burbling around the W over the past week. Time for the WNBA The WNBA, Tissot and Wilson have partnered to create a one of a kind wrist watch to celebrate

The 2024 WNBA Draft is in the books, and now that the dust has settled, let’s take a moment to look at things team-by-team. Every WNBA team has its own strategy with respect to drafting, which is influenced by rosters, the salary cap and how competitive the team expects to be in the near future,

To nobody’s surprise, the Indiana Fever selected the most popular women’s basketball player in the country with the No. 1 pick in Monday night’s 2024 WNBA Draft, Iowa’s Caitlin Clark. Indiana got lucky last year with Aliyah Boston and they got lucky again, earning a shot at picking the back-to-back Naismith College Player of the

During the Final Four in Cleveland, Sue Bird and Megan Rapinoe revived their hit pandemic-era social media series, “A Touch More,” with a live taping of “A Touch More Live.” [embedded content] Bird and Rapinoe provided their perspective on this moment in women’s basketball before chatting with the ESPN’s iconic “BIG 3,” Elle Duncan, Andraya

The Minnesota Lynx were active in the 2024 WNBA free agency period, adding Courtney Williams, Alanna Smith and Natisha Hiedeman to a core that, after starting the 2023 season 0-6, rebounded to finish 19-21 and earn the No. 6 seed in the WNBA playoffs. In the first round, Minnesota managed to steal one game from

Last season, the Fever had the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft for the first time in team history and hit the jackpot with Aliyah Boston, the 2023 Rookie of the Year. In 2022, they had the No. 2 pick and took NaLyssa Smith, who made the All-Rookie Team and technically finished third in