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 […]
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 […]
Washington Mystics forward Emma Meesseman says she sees life “as a big adventure.” That’s part of why the Belgian native decided to play in the 2020 WNBA season in Bradenton, Florida. “I just want to do as much different stuff as possible in my career, and this is one of them.” This adventure for Meesseman […]
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. […]
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 […]