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FILE - Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier competes in the skills challenge during the WNBA All-Star festivities Friday, July 26, 2019, in Las Vegas. March Madness may have been the last time for fans to see many of the talented college women players compete. Players' options for professional basketball careers are limited, whether in the U.S. or overseas — the jobs just aren't there. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)
WNBA adding charter flights for playoffs, back-to-back games

By Doug Feinberg Apr. 10, 2023 11:51 AM EDT

FILE - Dallas Wings guard Allisha Gray handles the ball during a WNBA basketball game against the New York Liberty in Arlington, Texas, on Aug. 10, 2022. In a deal announced Saturday, Jan. 21, 2023, the Atlanta Dream have acquired Olympic gold-medalist Gray in a trade that sent a pair of first-round picks to the Dallas Wings. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez, File)
Dream acquires G Allisha Gray from Wings for 1st-round picks

Jan. 21, 2023 02:41 PM EST

FILE - Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve calls out to players during the team's WNBA basketball game against the Las Vegas Aces in Las Vegas, Thursday, May 19, 2022. The Minnesota Lynx signed coach Cheryl Reeve to a multi-year contract extension Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, and elevated her front office title from general manager to president of basketball operations. (Steve Marcus/Las Vegas Sun via AP, File)
Lynx extend coach Cheryl Reeve, bump GM title to president

Nov. 03, 2022 02:02 PM EDT

United States' Breanna Stewart gestures during a team practice session ahead of the women's Basketball World Cup in Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
No Bird, Griner, Taurasi: US still favorite to win World Cup

By Doug Feinberg Sep. 20, 2022 10:50 AM EDT

FILE - USA National Basketball Team's Breanna Stewart during a spring training practice session, Friday, April 1, 2022, in Minneapolis. Seattle Storm's Breanna Stewart became the first player to repeat as The Associated Press WNBA Player of the Year, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)
US invites 29 players to women's hoops World Cup camp

By Doug Feinberg Aug. 16, 2022 09:29 PM EDT

FILE - Seattle Storm's Lauren Jackson waits to be photographed during the team's media day event, Friday, May 27, 2011, in Seattle. Jackson is set to rejoin the national team at the age of 41 in a bid for another world championship medal Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Lauren Jackson set to return for Australia's Opals at age 41

Jun. 21, 2022 08:35 AM EDT

FILE - Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird (10) plays during the first half of the Commissioner's Cup WNBA basketball game against the Connecticut Sun, on Aug. 12, 2021, in Phoenix. The Seattle Storm star and five-time Olympic gold medalist announced Thursday, June 16, 2022, that the 2022 season will be her last playing in the WNBA. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
Storm star Sue Bird says 2022 will be her final WNBA season

By Tim Booth Jun. 16, 2022 12:16 PM EDT

Ginobili, Chambers, Whalen among 1st-time hoop hall nominees

Dec. 21, 2021 05:08 PM EST
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) — Former San Antonio Spurs star Manu Ginobili, SuperSonics and Suns forward Tom Chambers and Olympic and WNBA champion Lindsay Whalen are...

Members of team United States Kelsey Plum, left, and Jacquelyn Young pose with their gold medals during the awards ceremony for women's 3-on-3 basketball at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Durant, Stewart, members of hoops Achilles Comeback Club

By Tim Reynolds And Doug Feinberg Aug. 01, 2021 12:49 PM EDT

WNBA to play 32-game schedule, has month break for Olympics

By Doug Feinberg Apr. 13, 2021 02:31 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA will play a 32-game schedule that includes mini two-game series in the same city to reduce travel amid the coronavirus pandemic, the...

FILE - In this March 23, 2020, file photo, Gov. Jay Inslee prepares to speak about additional plans to slow the spread of the coronavirus before a televised address from his office in Olympia, Wash. Inslee's election to a third term as governor was among Washington state's top stories for 2020. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Pandemic, protests and 'Murder Hornets' top state stories

Dec. 30, 2020 12:01 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2020, file photo, Naomi Osaka, of Japan, holds up the championship trophy after defeating Victoria Azarenka, of Belarus, in the women's singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament in New York. Osaka has been selected by The Associated Press as the Female Athlete of the Year.(AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Activist, champion: Naomi Osaka is AP Female Athlete of Year

By Howard Fendrich Dec. 27, 2020 11:43 AM EST

Las Vegas Aces' Liz Cambage, of Australia, plays against the Washington Mystics during the first half of Game 4 of a WNBA playoff basketball series Sept. 24, 2019, in Las Vegas. The Australian Women's National Basketball League says, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, because of restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the eight teams will relocate to Queensland state and operate in a bio-security bubble for the duration of the regular season. (AP Photo/John Locher)
Liz Cambage's Southside Flyers win Australia's WNBL

Dec. 20, 2020 01:28 AM EST

Stewart, Bird return; Storm beat Liberty in Ionescu's debut

Jul. 25, 2020 03:00 PM EDT
BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — Breanna Stewart had 18 points, eight rebounds and four steals in her first WNBA game since helping Seattle win the 2018 championship,...

Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials

By The Associated Press Jul. 13, 2020 10:00 AM EDT
Minneapolis Star Tribune, July 10 Maya Moore is a hero on (and in) the court Lynx star’s social justice assist...

FILE - In this Aug. 13, 2019, file photo, New York Liberty center Tina Charles shoots a free throw during the first half of a WNBA basketball game in White Plains, N.Y. Charles, now with the Washington Mystics, is waiting to have her case heard by the league's independent panel of doctors to see if she'll be medically excused for the season. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Delle Donne waiting to hear from WNBA medical review panel

By Doug Feinberg Jul. 08, 2020 06:28 PM EDT

Sun star to sit out WNBA season due to COVID-19 concerns

By Pat Eaton-Robb Jun. 22, 2020 04:01 PM EDT
UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Jonquel Jones, the star center for the Connecticut Sun, has decided not to play in the WNBA this season because of concerns about the...

FILE - In this Nov. 24, 2019, file photo, Seattle Seahawks' Russell Wilson speaks during a news conference after an NFL football game against the Philadelphia Eagles in Philadelphia. Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson, soccer star Megan Rapinoe and three-time WNBA champion Sue Bird will preside over The ESPYS two-hour broadcast airing June 21 on ESPN. All three live in the Seattle area. Rapinoe and Bird are partners who share a household, which conveniently eases some logistics. Wilson’s singer-wife, Ciara, is likely to make an appearance, too. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
Wilson, Rapinoe, Bird to host remote ESPYS feting heroism

By Beth Harris May. 26, 2020 10:56 AM EDT