Reports: Bay Area set to land WNBA team

(Photo credit: Kelley L Cox-USA TODAY Sports) The San Francisco Bay Area is on the verge of getting a WNBA team, with the owners of the Golden State Warriors set to be granted an expansion franchise, multiple media outlets reported Tuesday night....

Wings, Liberty seek to improve playoff positioning

(Photo credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports) The spotlight entering the final week of the WNBA regular season shines on four teams jostling for three playoff spots. The New York Liberty and Dallas Wings, meanwhile, are comfortably perched above...

Sparks take win streak into matchup vs. Mercury

(Photo credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) Coming off a road victory over the WNBA's top team and reigning champion, the Los Angeles Sparks bring a four-game winning streak into a matchup at home Wednesday with the skidding Phoenix...

Sparks take win streak into matchup vs. Mercury

(Photo credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) Coming off a road victory over the WNBA's top team and reigning champion, the Los Angeles Sparks bring a four-game winning streak into a matchup at home Wednesday with the skidding Phoenix...

Sparks take win streak into matchup vs. Mercury

(Photo credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports) Coming off a road victory over the WNBA's top team and reigning champion, the Los Angeles Sparks bring a four-game winning streak into a matchup at home Wednesday with the skidding Phoenix...

Mystics aim to get back to winning ways against Mercury

(Photo credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports) The slumping Washington Mystics will try to pick up some momentum on Tuesday when they visit the Phoenix Mercury for the first of two straight Western Conference road games. Washington (13-14) comes...

Mystics aim to get back to winning ways against Mercury

(Photo credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports) The slumping Washington Mystics will try to pick up some momentum on Tuesday when they visit the Phoenix Mercury for the first of two straight Western Conference road games. Washington (13-14) comes...

Jewell Loyd, Storm eye third straight win vs. Wings

(Photo credit: Stephen Brashear-USA TODAY Sports) The Seattle Storm have won back-to-back games for the first time this season and will ride that momentum into Wednesday night's contest against the visiting Dallas Wings. The Storm (6-19) lost a...

Liberty pour it on in 101-83 rout of Fever

(Photo credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports) Betnijah Laney scored 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting and the New York Liberty set a WNBA record for points in a quarter while rolling to an easy 101-83 victory over the visiting Indiana Fever on Sunday...

Wings hope to keep flying high vs. Lynx

(Photo credit: Lucas Peltier-USA TODAY Sports) The Dallas Wings will look to continue their best stretch of play this season when they battle the surging Minnesota Lynx on Wednesday afternoon in a matinee game in Minneapolis. It's the final game...

Aces' Becky Hammon 'disappointed' by 2-game ban following probe

Las Vegas Aces coach Becky Hammon denied Wednesday that Dearica Hamby was bullied for being pregnant and said the team's subsequent trade was a "business" decision. Hammon also took issue with the WNBA for suspending her for two games without pay...

Washington Mystics sign China's Li Meng to training camp contract

WASHINGTON, March 13 (Xinhua) -- WNBA side Washington Mystics announced on Monday that they have signed China's national team's star guard Li Meng to a training camp contract. Li becomes the third Chinese player to join the WNBA for the upcoming...

Wings acquire Diamond DeShields in four-team deal

The Phoenix Mercury dealt guard Diamond DeShields to the Dallas Wings on Saturday in a four-team trade that also included the New York Liberty and Chicago Sky. Phoenix landed 2021 Rookie of the Year Michaela Onyenwere from the Liberty and Dallas...

Wings acquire Diamond DeShields in four-team deal

The Phoenix Mercury dealt guard Diamond DeShields to the Dallas Wings on Saturday in a four-team trade that also included the New York Liberty and Chicago Sky. Phoenix landed 2021 Rookie of the Year Michaela Onyenwere from the Liberty and Dallas...

Reports: Sparks close to hiring Sun coach Curt Miller

The Los Angeles Sparks are nearing a deal to hire away Connecticut Sun head coach Curt Miller, multiple outlets reported Friday. Miller, 54, signed an extension with the Sun in January 2021 that runs through the 2024 WNBA season. He guided...

WNBA on Brittney Griner's birthday: 'We won't forget you'

WNBA star Brittney Griner spent her 32nd birthday in a Russian prison on Tuesday as friends, family and the league vowed to keep fighting for her release. "We will not forget about you and we will not stop fighting for you," the WNBA posted on...