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In many ways, 2024 was a characteristic Connecticut Sun season. The team exceeded expectations, propelled by their toughness, tenacity and just enough timely shotmaking to finish with a 28-12 record and at No. 3 in the league standings. Alyssa Thomas bullied her way to triple-doubles. DeWanna Bonner played with ageless energy. DiJonai Carrington established herself

Everyone’s going to focus on Courtney Williams’ iconic four-point play or Napheesa Collier’s overtime game winner as the reason for the No. 2-seed Minnesota Lynx’s 95-93 comeback win over the No. 1-seed New York Liberty, and for valid reasons. But the moment that turned the tide for the Lynx was at the 4:03 mark of

On Thursday, the Golden State Valkyries named the franchise’s first head coach, 44-year old Natalie Nakase. Nakase arrives from the Las Vegas Aces, where she served for three years as an assistant coach, helping the team win back-to-back championships in 2022 and 2023. The California native who played at UCLA (1998-2003), has accumulated tons of

The No. 1-seed New York Liberty are waiting. Will the No. 2-seed Minnesota Lynx or No. 3-seed Connecticut Sun earn the right to challenge them in the 2024 WNBA Finals? Game 5 of Lynx-Sun, the first decisive game of the 2024 WNBA Playoffs, tips off at 8 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Oct. 8 at the

On Friday night, the No. 2-seed Minnesota Lynx established some separation from the No. 3-seed Connecticut Sun, winning Game 3 of their semifinal series, 90-81. Across the three regular-season games between the two teams, the Sun had outscored the Lynx by a mere four points. Through the first two playoff games, the Lynx had just

Congratulations to the Las Vegas Aces’ Tiffany Hayes, the 2024 Kia WNBA Sixth Player of the Year. After announcing her retirement from the WNBA following the 2023 season, Hayes was induced to return to the league by Aces’ head coach Becky Hammon. A career starter, Hayes excelled as a reserve for her new squad, averaging

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Sparks’ Dearica Hamby, winner of the 2024 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award. Named after the late Kim Perrot, who helped the Houston Comets win their first two WNBA championships (1997-98) before losing her battle with cancer in Aug. 1999, the award honors a player who exemplifies the ideals of on-court sportsmanship,

The Indiana Fever set numerous attendance and viewership records during the 2024 WNBA season, mostly thanks to a particular young player who excelled at her job. More importantly, Caitlin Clark, the expected 2024 Rookie of the Year, took her team to the playoffs for the first time since 2016. Prior to the season, a playoff

The WNBA season might be over for Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever, but that doesn’t mean that her impact on women’s basketball lessens. According to the data collected by PSA (Professional Sports Authenticator), her cards were graded 18x more than the next women’s basketball players in 2024: a true representation of Clark’s popularity among

The Phoenix Mercury will try to stay alive in their first-round WNBA playoff series against the Minnesota Lynx this Wednesday, Sept. 25. The Lynx, who won Game 1 of the series last weekend, will once again host the Mercury; tip-off is scheduled for 9:30 p.m. ET, and the game will be broadcast nationally on ESPN.

Four first-round Game 1s. Four wins for the higher-seeded teams. The 2024 WNBA playoffs began with a sweep for the higher-seeded squads: No. 1-seed New York Liberty 83, No. 8-seed Atlanta Dream 69 No. 3 seed Connecticut Sun 93, No. 6-seed Indiana Fever 69 No. 2-seed Minnesota Lynx 102, No. 7-seed Phoenix Mercury 95 No.

The No. 2-seed Minnesota Lynx’s quest for a fifth WNBA championship begins this Sunday, Sept. 22, when they’ll meet the No. 7-seed Phoenix Mercury in the first round of the 2024 WNBA playoffs. The best-of-three series tips-off with two games in Minnesota and will then shift to Phoenix for a third game, if necessary. The