We’re now a week into women’s college basketball season, and there are many ways to consume the virtually infinite number of Division I games. You can do it as a fan, as a neutral observer, as a player stan or even as a skeptic, if your idea of fun is to look side-eyed at endless […]
Game 5 of the WNBA Finals was defined by a battle of injured stars and a flurry of controversial calls. But the Washington Mystics were unfazed in the final few minutes of the fourth quarter as they pulled away to secure an 89-78 victory over the Connecticut Sun. For the first time in franchise history, […]
As Elena Delle Donne played through the searing pain of a herniated disk on Sunday, she clearly wasn’t her usual, multi-dimensional star self for the Washington Mystics. In Game 3 of the WNBA Finals, she took just six shots all afternoon, making a single, labored drive to the basket. But by the time that one […]
It is easy to get lost in the individual and team-wide offensive brilliance of the Connecticut Sun. There’s Jonquel Jones, currently fourth in WNBA history in true shooting percentage, who just enjoyed a 32-point outing in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals. There’s Courtney Williams, who scored 26 in Game 1, with a signature midrange […]
After the Washington Mystics beat the Chicago Sky on Sept. 8 to close out the regular season, Natasha Cloud still had some work to do. The Mystics point guard had appointed herself the “campaign manager” for teammate Elena Delle Donne’s push to win the WNBA Most Valuable Player award. (Her sworn duties include making goat […]