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The Seattle Storm have dropped their last two games and will look to right the ship against the New York Liberty, who beat Seattle two days ago. The Dallas Wings are in the hunt for the playoffs as they come down the last stretch of the regular season. They face the last-place Indiana Fever.

Betnijah Laney scored the go-ahead basket with 17.6 seconds to play and forced a turnover on the ensuing possession to lift the New York Liberty to an 83-79 vic

It’s time to take a look at the Top 4 teams in the WNBA and what they need to do to make a championship push in the second half of the season. Here’s what the Seattle Storm, Las Vegas Aces, Connecticut Sun and Minnesota Lynx should be focusing on.

PHOENIX (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 15 of her 17 points in the first quarter and the Seattle Storm routed the Connecticut Sun 79-57 on Thursday night to win the inaugural WNBA Commissioner’s Cup. Fellow U.S. Olympic gold medalists Jewell Loyd added 16 points and Sue Bird had 10 to help lead Seattle. The trio […]

Jonquel Jones appreciates when the WNBA is the first to do something. It gives her a sense of pride...

Jonquel Jones, DeWanna Bonner, Brionna Jones and Curt Miller explain why the Connecticut Sun have a good shot at beating the Seattle Storm and winning the first-ever Commissioner’s Cup.

Dolson and company help U.S. clinch gold in womens 3-on-3 Associated Press TOKYO - Their scrapbooks and trophy cases are filled with memories from Final Fours, national titles, All-America honors and even some impressive showings in the pros. Now, they have Olympic gold medals to go with all that. The U.S. team of Stefanie Dolson, Allisha Gray, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young took an early lead against the team from Russia, then held on for an 18-15 victory Wednesday to win the title in the deb...

Estados Unidos se coronó como primera campeona Olímpica de baloncesto 3x3 tras imponerse en la final a ROC por 18-15. El bronce fue para la República Popular de China, que superó a Francia por 16-14. El baloncesto 3x3, es una de las novedades del programa Olímpico para Tokio 2020, que debutó con ocho equipos peleando por las seis plazas del podio. Los disparos valen 1 y 2 puntos en lugar de 2 y 3, y un equipo puede ganar si alcanza los 21 puntos incluso antes de que expire el reloj de...

5 Athletes Whose Olympic Dreams Got Dashed by COVID-19 Kara Eaker, one of five U.S. athletes who must sit out the Olympics, looks pleased after her dismount from the balance beam June 25 during the womens competition of the U.S. Gymnastics Olympic Trials at America’s Center 1 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo: Jamie Squire/Getty Images) Five U.S. athletes have tested positive for COVID-19 before the start of the Tokyo Olympics, crushing their dreams of competing in the world’s largest sporting...

Olympics doctor from Minnesota urges elite athletes to get shots July 25, 2021 — 8:44pm Text size Copy shortlink: "We loved it," he said. He left Mayo in January 2020 for his dream job and daunting circumstances, becoming chief medical officer of the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee on the cusp of a pandemic that would postpone the 2020 Games. On Friday, after participating in a USOPC news conferen...