WNBA free agency is underway, and Friday provided our first big surprise: Nneka Ogwumike is leaving the Seattle Storm to return to the Los Angeles Sparks, according to ESPN. The Sparks selected Ogwumike No. 1 overall in the 2012 WNBA Draft, and in 2016, she was named the MVP while helping the Sparks win the…
Mark Jones has been an on-air staple on ESPN since the first Bush administration — as in George H.W. Bush, who served from 1989 to 1992. So, yeah, it’s been a long time. And now, Jones says, “it’s time to move on.” Jones’ final ESPN broadcast will be Sunday, when he will serve as the…
Alyssa Thomas fell just short of winning the first WNBA championship of her career in her first season with the Phoenix Mercury, but Thomas is ready to run it back with coach Nate Tibbetts & Co. A person familiar with the negotiations told USA TODAY Sports the 33-year-old who led the WNBA in assists last…
Angel Reese has a message for Atlanta Dream fans: ATL Barbie is here to stay. The two-time WNBA All-Star told People on Tuesday that she was excited when she learned she had been traded to the organization after spending her first two seasons with the Chicago Sky. “The team has welcomed me so much, the…
Angel Reese has a new WNBA home. After spending her first two seasons with the Chicago Sky, the two-time All Star has been traded to the Atlanta Dream in exchange for first-round picks in 2027 and 2028, the teams announced Monday morning. Atlanta also receives the option to swap second-round picks with Chicago in 2028….
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sue Bird, a Basketball Hall of Famer and WNBA legend, dismissed the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) assertion that its policy change was to protect women’s sports. Bird agreed with American Olympic runner Nikki Hiltz, who identifies as transgender nonbinary and wrote that the IOC was “not solving…
The Fertitta family has agreed to a deal to purchase the Connecticut Sun for a record-breaking $300 million and move the WNBA franchise to Houston, according to reports from Paper City Magazine and ESPN. A sale would be subject to approval by the WNBA’s Board of Governors, and it was not official as of Friday…
The lineup for the 2026 WNBA expansion draft has been set. The Portland Fire, one of two new teams set to join the league this season, will pick first in the expansion draft, while the Toronto Tempo will pick second, the WNBA announced Friday. A coin toss on Friday gave the Tempo the choice to…
In less than two months, six UCLA women’s basketball players might be working out with WNBA teams. The draft is April 13, a week after the NCAA national championship game, and the season starts less than a month later. One of the most consequential pieces of the new WNBA collective bargaining agreement for current college…
The WNBA and the Women’s National Basketball Players Association have agreed to terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, according to Front Office Sports. The agreement, reached in the early morning hours on Wednesday, ends a bitter labor fight that lasted for more than a year and ensures that the 2026 season will take place…
