WNBA
Liberty brace for busy stretch, beginning with Dream
After a wild 18-point comeback victory against the Seattle Storm on Tuesday, the Liberty began the first half of a back-to-back against the Atlanta Dream Thursday night.
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Jewell Loyd, Storm staying ‘light on our feet’ despite 10-game skid | The Seattle Times
Despite 10-game losing streak, the Storm are seeing signs of improvement on the court and keeping a positive attitude off it.
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Commissioner Cathy Engelbert on WNBA's Record-Breaking Season (Exclusive)
WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks to PEOPLE about growing the league to record numbers through Brittney Griner's wrongful detainment and a global pandemic, and battling NBA-sized expectations
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Age is just a number: Melbourne’s development on display as youngest player in WNBA - Seattle Storm
SEATTLE – Every year, Jade Melbourne and her two younger sisters awaited their highly anticipated Christmas presents from their grandmother. At five years old, Melbourne was gifted the best present yet; a basketball hoop. She didn’t simply take a liking to the gift. She became obsessed. What began as dribbling around and shooting hoops in […]
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Can Unrivaled stop WNBA players being forced to make their money abroad? | WNBA | The Guardian
Brittney Griner’s ordeal in a Russian prison highlighted the risks of pursuing a basketball career overseas. A new league hopes to solve the problem
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WNBA: Clutch Canada snaps Sparks’ skid and more W developments - Swish Appeal
Should the Minnesota Lynx tank? Is Jordin Canada’s improvement as a shooter sustainable? What else will new owner Mat Ishbia do in Phoenix? We address these questions in more in another "WNBA Six Pack."
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NCAA WBB
Addison O'Grady working to play bigger role for Iowa women's basketball team - Hawk Fanatic
By John Bohnenkamp IOWA CITY, Iowa – Addison O’Grady played a role in Iowa’s postseason run last season, and the junior center thinks that experience can help boost her into being a bigger part of the Hawkeyes’ rotation this season. Monika Czinano, the Hawkeyes’ post anchor who scored more than 2,400 points in her career, […]
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Athlete+: Jada Walker on Defense, Passion, Family & More | SicEm365
The Kentucky transfer discussed her experiences at Baylor since arriving in early June, adapting to the Texas weather, and the progress she has seen from the team during the summer.
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FIBA
With daughter Poppy by her side, Canada's Crozon chases Olympic basketball dream | CBC Sports
Paige Crozon is raising four-year-old daughter Poppy as a single mom while also managing the Living Skies Indigenous Basketball League, serving as an assistant coach on the University of Lethbridge’s women’s basketball team and of, course, pursuing her own Olympic basketball dream.
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Women's Sports
Megan Rapinoe is retiring as a legend
The soccer superstar will be remembered as one of the game’s greatest athletes, but also as a fierce fighter for social justice.
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ESPN plans two women-focused SportsCenter takeovers
The latest development from Ally's advertising deal with ESPN that centers on women's sports is a pair of SportsCenter takeovers.
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