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WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert answers questions about a postponed game between the Seattle Storm and the Minnesota Lynx after Game 1 of a WNBA basketball semifinal round playoff game between the Connecticut Sun and the Las Vegas Aces, Sunday, Sept. 20, 2020, in Bradenton, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
Game on! Seattle, Minnesota set to start WNBA playoff series

By Doug Feinberg Sep. 22, 2020 01:41 PM EDT

In this Aug. 28, 2018, photo, Seattle Storm head coach Dan Hughes, center, directs his team during a timeout against the Phoenix Mercury in a WNBA basketball playoff semifinal in Seattle. Hughes announced in June 2020 that he won’t coach after he was determined to be at higher risk for severe illness if he contracted the coronavirus. The 65-year-old coach missed nine games in 2019 after having a cancerous tumor in his appendix. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Most of WNBA's older coaches OK with Florida virus risk

By Doug Feinberg Jul. 06, 2020 02:40 AM EDT

Seattle Storm coach Dan Hughes to sit out 2020 season

Jun. 29, 2020 07:56 PM EDT
SEATTLE (AP) — Dan Hughes will not coach the Seattle Storm during the 2020 WNBA season over concerns about his risk for severe illness if he were to contract...

FILE - In this July 28, 2015, file photo, fans at a Wrigley Rooftops' building down the right-field line outside Wrigley Field watch players during the first inning of a baseball game between the Colorado Rockies and Chicago Cubs in Chicago. This week, Major League Baseball players and owners reached an agreement to play an abbreviated, 60-game season that would start July 23 or 24 in teams’ home ballparks. But the seats will be empty. Instead, fans hoping to see a game in person will be have to settle for pressing their faces up against hotel windows, squinting through metal grates or climb to rooftops when baseball returns this month in otherwise empty stadiums. (AP Photo/Andrew A. Nelles, File)
The Latest: Nets' DeAndre Jordan says he has coronavirus

Jun. 29, 2020 02:42 PM EDT