WNBA

WNBA playoff picture: Standings, schedule as Lynx clinch No. 1 seed, Mercury get huge win over Liberty - CBSSports.com
Elsewhere, the Mystics became the fourth team eliminated from playoff contention

Lynx center Alanna Smith is strong candidate for WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
Lynx center Alanna Smith could be the WNBA's best defensive player this season, writes columnist La Velle E. Neal III. She's undersized, but her toughness makes her powerful in the pivot for the league's winningest team.

After being waived by Sparks, Odyssey Sims helps Fever beat them Friday
Odyssey Sims was waived from the Sparks 12 games into the 2025 season. Now a member of the Fever, she was the one to lead them to a win Friday night.

Dominique Malonga: A Teenager Playing Grown-Up Basketball
Rebounds and Reputation Offensive rebounding is about timing, but Malonga makes it look like stubbornness. She plants, she fights, and she wins position most pl
Women's Sports

The Women's Professional Baseball League wraps up tryouts in DC | AP News
The Women's Professional Baseball League tryouts have wrapped up with a symbolic first pitch. Ninety-eight-year-old Maybelle Blair, a former baseball pitcher, threw the first pitch to 24-year-old Mo'ne Davis at Nationals Park.