LAS VEGAS — Letdown? What letdown? Not a chance. Not when it’s the playoffs and there’s still work to be accomplished. The fact the Las Vegas Aces came rolling into the WNBA Playoffs having won a franchise-record 16 straight games seemed irrelevant Sunday. Because as Seattle Storm coach Noelle Quinn pointed out, everyone starts 0-0 when it’s the postseason. Still, the second-seeded Aces kept the mojo going at Michelob ... Read more
From Napheesa Collier to Kelsey Mitchell the WNBA semifinal stars most deserving of their first championship ring.BT
So far, the WNBA playoffs have delivered spades, and Aces. With all the chips on the table, Las Vegas survived the relentless Seattle Storm in the final seconds of Thursday’s elimination action. It one of three tense Game 3s that set the opening round off right. Now we’re on to the final four, which commences Sunday afternoon when Vegas hosts the Indiana Fever at Mandalay Bay. Later in the day, the Phoenix Mercury visit ... Read more
The WNBA finds its timely leader in Napheesa Collier whose rise feels bigger than the game itself.BT
MINNEAPOLIS — A photograph hung in Napheesa Collier’s childhood home, serving as both inspiration and expectation. In it, President John F. Kennedy is sitting at the White House with her grandfather Gershon, one of the men responsible for negotiating Sierra Leone’s independence in 1961 after more than 150 years of British rule. Collier’s father, Gamal, shared so much about his dad, the company he kept and the dignified ... Read more
The top-seeded Lynx collide with the red-hot Mercury in a semifinal showdown built on defense and grit.BT
MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Lynx soared last season past the consensus external expectations for their ceiling, surging into the WNBA Finals where they suffered an oh-so-close loss in the winner-take-all fifth game. This year, they've been the clear team to beat. After cruising to the No. 1 seed with a franchise-record 34 wins, the Lynx used a fierce rally from a 17-point deficit in the third quarter to beat the Golden ... Read more
WNBA referee suspended after Caitlin Clark injury as leaked footage reveals what fans were never supposed to witness.BT
WNBA referee suspended after Caitlin Clark injury as leaked footage reveals what fans were never supposed to witness Caitlin Clark’s injury leads to referee suspension and the leaked video leaves the basketball world in shock A WNBA referee is suspended in the wake of Caitlin Clark’s injury and hidden footage changes the entire story Leaked clip of Caitlin Clark’s injury surfaces as WNBA referee faces suspension ... Read more