Conference matchups for the 2021-22 Pac-12 season are set. League play begins on Dec. 31 and runs through Feb. 26. The first weekend of action includes the reigning national champion Stanford taking on Washington and Washington State over the New…
True to form, defending national champion Stanford will have a competitive non-conference schedule this upcoming 2021-22 season. The Cardinal will compete against eight teams that saw NCAA Tournament action last season. The schedule features a rematch of its Final Four…
Full Transcript President Joe Biden welcomed the Seattle Storm to the White House on Monday to celebrate the team’s record-tying fourth WNBA Championship during the 2020 season. The last time a WNBA team visited the White House was in 2016…
The Connecticut Sun and the Seattle Storm will play in the inaugural WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Championship Game, Thursday, Aug. 12, at the Footprint Center in Phoenix, at 9 p.m. ET. The game pits the top squad from the East and…
The U.S. finishes Olympic competition in customary fashion, with the gold. Tokyo 2020 Women’s Basketball All-Star Five MVP – Breanna Stewart (USA) Rui Machida (Japan) Emma Meesseman (Belgium) A’ja Wilson (USA) Sandrine Gruda (France) After a close game in the…
With a dominant performance and a balanced scoring effort, the U.S. senior women’s national team beat Serbia 79-59 in the semifinals of the Tokyo Games to advance to the gold medal game. The victory marked the team’s 54th straight win…
From the Storm: The Seattle Storm announced today that Head Coach Noelle Quinn has signed a multi-year extension. As per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. “I would like to thank the Storm owners and management for…
TV Schedule The U.S. had little trouble putting away the Australian Opals 79-55 in the quarterfinals of the Tokyo Summer Olympics on Wednesday. The win marked 53 straight victories from the USA in Olympic competition dating from the1992 bronze medal…
From here on out I’ll like to be addressed as “Gold Medal Lish” ? pic.twitter.com/0yGKiWlnJK — Allisha Gray (@Graytness_15) July 28, 2021 In the inaugural 3×3 basketball Olympic competition, the U.S. Olympic 3×3 Women’s Basketball Team (8-1) won the gold…
TV/Streaming Schedule Led by first-time Olympian A’ja Wilson, the U.S. held off a determined Nigerian squad for an 81-72 victory in the first game of the Tokyo Summer Olympics preliminary round for both teams. The victory marked the 50th straight…
The USA Women’s National Team ran past Nigeria 93-62 Sunday afternoon in Las Vegas before heading to Tokyo for the Summer Olympics. The win capped a three-game exhibition schedule for Team USA that included losses to Team WNBA during the league’s…
Ahead of the 2021 WNBA All-Star Game between Team WNBA and Team USA, WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert addressed the media during a Q&A.
2021 All-Star: Team WNBA members answer questions from the media the day before the All-Star Game in Las Vegas.
Chicago Sky guard Allie Quigley, a two-time winner of the WNBA’s 3-Point Contest during the All-Star Game, headlines the list of four players who will vie for the title in Las Vegas on Wednesday, July 14. Quigley will be joined…
In a close game that marked the anniversary of the WNBA’s first-ever matchup in 1997, the New York Liberty defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 76-73 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in front of a sold-out limited capacity crowd. The…
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert spoke to media on Tuesday via Zoom in a press conference hosted by the Dallas Wings. She discussed a variety of league issues. Some excerpts of the interview are below. For the full presser, watch the…
Watch Seimone Augustus talk about the impact of the late Sue Gunter on her career After a stellar playing career, women’s basketball legend Seimone Augustus hung up her sneakers the day before the beginning of the 2021 WNBA season. The…
Opening Night Results New York 90, Indiana 87 Connecticut 78, Atlanta 67 Phoenix 77, Minnesota 75 Dallas 94, Los Angeles 71 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 FINAL LIBERTY 26 21 21 22 90 FEVER 21 21 17 23 87 Twitter Thread…
Sylvia Fowles can’t wait for the 2021 season to begin. The three-time Defensive Player of the Year and the league’s all-time rebounding leader only played seven games last season due to a calf injury, the first time the 6-6 center…
Twitter thread The Pac-12 announced a new commissioner for the conference to replace outgoing leader Larry Scott. MGM executive George Kliavkoff will start his new position on July 1. The conference held a press conference Thursday morning to introduce Kliavkoff.…
USC welcomed its new women’s basketball coach Tuesday afternoon in a Zoom press conference. Lindsay Gottlieb returns to the Pac-12 after serving as an assistant coach in the NBA with the Cleveland Cavaliers. She was the first-ever NCAA women’s head…
Los Angeles starters: Erica Wheeler, Brittney Sykes, Amanda Zahui B, Jasmine Walker, Chiney Ogwumike Las Vegas starters: Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, Liz Cambage, A’ja Wilson, Angel McCoughtry In the second scrimmage of the WNBA preseason, the Los Angeles Sparks beat…
Got the job done ? pic.twitter.com/K6qV83e0dk — Atlanta Dream (@AtlantaDream) May 1, 2021 Regular-season schedule In a preseason scrimmage Saturday afternoon, the Atlanta Dream topped the visiting Minnesota Lynx 69-61 at Gateway Center Arena in College Park. The contest began…
After 21 years and three national championships, Kim Mulkey leaves Baylor to take over the Louisiana State program. The Hall of Fame coach, who led the Lady Bears to unprecedented heights and solidified the program as a perennial national contender,…
The NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee adds three members for 2021-22. Next season, the committee expands to 12 members from 10. The committee extended the terms of two existing members by a year through Aug. 31, 2022: Committee chair:…