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Why This Class OF WNBA Second-Rounders Could Be The Best Ever

In a WNBA draft full of surprises, one particularly shocking development was a trio of players projected as top picks falling into the second round. Arella Guirantes out of Rutgers was considered a possible lottery pick but didn’t go until the Los Angeles Sparks selected her at No. 22 overall. Widely expected to go as […]

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It’s Win Or Go Home This Week In The WNBA Playoffs

After a laser-fast WNBA regular season, the 2020 playoffs have arrived. The stakes are high, and almost cruel, this week: single-elimination doubleheaders Tuesday and Thursday ahead of the best-of-five semifinal series, which begin this weekend. On Tuesday night, the sixth-seeded Chicago Sky face the seventh-seeded Connecticut Sun. Then the five seed, the Phoenix Mercury, take […]

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Who To Watch In The 2019 WNBA Playoffs

After more than three months of jockeying for position, four of the eight playoff-bound WNBA teams will begin their postseasons on Wednesday. As the No. 5 through No. 8 seeds, Chicago, Seattle, Minnesota and Phoenix will face off in two single-elimination games. The reward for the winners is another single-elimination game on Sunday against No. […]

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The Rise — And Rise! — Of Nneka Ogwumike

The WNBA is on a break for the Olympics, but when the league picks up play again next month, it will return to an exceptionally top-heavy ledger. The Minnesota Lynx, last year’s champs, rank second in the West with a scorching 21-4 record, and the New York Liberty lead the East at 18-8. No surprises […]

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