The Mystics on Sunday traded two-time All-Star guard Ariel Atkins to the Sky in exchange for the No. 3 pick in the 2025 WNBA draft and two other 2027 selections.
Unrivaled co-founder and player Napheesa Collier is giving half of her prize money for winning the league's first 1-on-1 tournament to her training and performance staff and assistant coaches working with her team, sources told ESPN.
UConn's Paige Bueckers, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo, UCLA's Lauren Betts and USC's JuJu Watkins headline the women's Wooden Award late midseason top 20 list announced Tuesday night.
Despite "unlimited resources," including a state-of-the-art practice facility unveiled Wednesday, the Golden State Valkyries have struggled to attract major free agents. "It is challenging," team owner Joe Lacob said, adding, "We are a startup."
As A'ja Wilson's No. 22 jersey was retired by the Gamecocks, coach Dawn Staley made it clear that no South Carolina women's player would ever wear the number again.
The Phoenix Mercury are acquiring star forward Satou Sabally from the Dallas Wings in a three-team trade, sources told ESPN's Kendra Andrews and Alexa Philippou.
Angel Reese will make her return to Louisiana State University on May 2 when the Chicago Sky play a preseason game against the Brazilian National Team at the Pete Maravich Assembly Center.
The opening night of Unrivaled -- the new 3-on-3 women's basketball league founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier -- left players and fans impressed. "It was everything we were hoping for," Collier said.
Liberty star Sabrina Ionescu says she isn't 100% after undergoing surgery last month to repair a torn UCL in her right thumb but is cleared to participate in Unrivaled.
WNBA star Sabrina Ionescu has signed a deal with Unrivaled that "puts her in a category of her own" among those playing in the 3-on-3 league, sources told ESPN.