Basketball Page 18 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Rhyne Howard, Dream stay hot vs. Caitlin Clark, Fever
Rhyne Howard scored 24 points and the Atlanta Dream defeated the visiting Fever 113-96 on Saturday afternoon, claiming a victory for the second time in three days against Indiana.,Allisha Gray racked up 22 points, Naz Hillmon tallied 19, Angel Reese posted 18 and Jordin Canada supplied 12 points and...
WNBA-best Lynx take on Mystics squad on a roll
There's been little that has slowed down the league-best Minnesota Lynx through six weeks of the regular season. ,The Washington Mystics will hope to provide a challenge, though, as the teams square off for the first of two straight meetings on Sunday in Minneapolis.,Minnesota (13-3) has won at leas...
Liberty eager to start new streak against injury-plagued Sparks
The New York Liberty are looking to begin a new streak.,The Liberty (11-5) had their eight-game winning streak snapped on Friday night against the Washington Mystics. Despite the three-point loss, the group has worked through some early struggles and grown into one of the WNBA's best teams this seas...
Report: Kentavious Caldwell-Pope exercising option to stay in Memphis
After missing out on nearly half of last season, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope reportedly is giving it another go in Memphis.,The two-time NBA champion swingman will exercise his $21.6 million player option for next season and remain with the Grizzlies, ESPN reported Friday.,Caldwell-Pope, 33, missed 31 ...
Lynx rally past Valkyries, stay perfect in all-time series
Nia Coffey missed her career-high by one with 22 points, Courtney Williams added 21 as part of a double-double and the Minnesota Lynx continued their lifetime winning streak over the Golden State Valkyries with an 81-75 victory Friday night in San Francisco.,Kayla McBride chipped in with 17 points a...
Kiki Iriafen, Mystics rally to end Liberty's 8-game winning streak
Kiki Iriafen scored nine of her 20 points in the final four minutes as the Washington Mystics roared back from an eight-point deficit to stun the host New York Liberty 86-83 on Friday.,The Mystics snapped the Liberty's eight-game winning streak and earned their first victory over New York since the ...
Marina Mabrey drops career-high 37 as Tempo rally past Sun
Marina Mabrey scored 21 of her career-best 37 points in the fourth quarter Friday night and the Toronto Tempo came back to defeat the Connecticut Sun 101-97 at Uncasville, Conn.,Mabrey, a former Sun, also made a career-best nine 3-pointers in 12 attempts, helping Toronto (8-8) snap a three-game losi...
Sky vying to snap four-game skid against Wings
The Chicago Sky look to snap a four-game losing streak when they travel to play the enigmatic Dallas Wings on Saturday in Arlington, Texas.,Chicago (4-10) heads to the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex after a 96-95 home loss to the New York Liberty on Wednesday. Sydney Taylor led the Sky with 24 points b...
Struggling Storm, Mercury attempt to turn things around
Two of the WNBA teams struggling the most -- the Seattle Storm and Phoenix Mercury -- will battle to be the one to end an extended losing streak on Saturday in Phoenix.,Seattle (3-13) has lost nine consecutive games. Phoenix (4-12) has been defeated four straight times and fallen in 10 of its last 1...
Dream, Fever meet again after high-scoring showdown
The Indiana Fever must do a better job of containing Dream star Angel Reese when they visit Atlanta for a rematch on Saturday afternoon.,Reese delivered a double-double in Atlanta's 108-101 victory against the Fever on Thursday night in Indianapolis.,"Same type of game, same physicality, same aggres...
Azzi Fudd chooses Project B over Unrivaled
Azzi Fudd, the No. 1 pick of the 2026 WNBA Draft, has chosen to play her offseason basketball with Project B instead of Unrivaled, she confirmed Friday.,Fudd, selected by the Dallas Wings, is the most prominent player to sign with Project B, a global basketball startup that organizers plan to debut ...
Tempo Gs Brittney Sykes, Kiki Rice to miss extended time
Toronto Tempo guards Brittney Sykes and Kiki Rice will be out of the lineup for the foreseeable future with their respective injuries, the expansion team announced Friday.,Rice, a rookie, sustained a Grade 3 ankle sprain on June 3, and Sykes suffered a plantar fascia injury on Tuesday. The players w...
Torrid Olivia Miles leads Lynx into battle vs. Valkyries
Two hot teams that barely missed representing the Western Conference in the Commissioner's Cup get an opportunity to take out some frustration on the other when the Minnesota Lynx visit the Golden State Valkyries on Friday night in San Francisco.,The pairing is a rematch of an 87-84 home win by the ...
Angel Reese's double-double drives Dream to win over Fever
Angel Reese scored 21 points and grabbed 11 rebounds on Thursday, leading the Atlanta Dream to a 108-101 victory over the Indiana Fever in Indianapolis.,Jordin Canada added 18 points while Naz Hillmon and Allisha Gray each scored 17 points for the Dream (10-4), who won their fourth game in five trie...
Liberty, hottest team in WNBA, aim to extend dominance over Mystics
The New York Liberty will put multiple streaks on the line Friday night when they host the Washington Mystics.,New York (11-4) has the longest active win streak in the WNBA at eight games and has also beaten the Mystics in 10 straight regular-season meetings, last losing to Washington in the regular...
Tempo, Sun clash, both seeking return to win column
One losing streak will end Friday night when the Toronto Tempo visit the Connecticut Sun in Uncasville, Conn.,The Sun (2-14) have dropped six straight after an 88-81 home loss to the Washington Mystics on Wednesday.,The Tempo (7-8) lost their third in a row, 113-91, to the host Indiana Fever on Tues...
Valkyries F Gabby Williams to make debut in Unrivaled next season
Forward Gabby Williams of the Golden State Valkyries has signed a multi-year contract with Unrivaled, which tips off its third season in January.,Williams, 29, will be making her debut in the 3-on-3 league based in Miami. Players' team assignments will be announced at a later date.,"The opportunity ...
53 years of waiting ends in glory at Knicks' championship parade
A sometimes-raucous crowd estimated at more than 1 million people lined the streets of Manhattan on Thursday for an event 53 years in the making: a championship parade honoring the New York Knicks.,Past franchise legends such as Patrick Ewing rode in convertibles through the Canyon of Heroes and wav...
James Dolan: Knicks accept invitation to White House
The New York Knicks accepted an offer to visit the White House to celebrate the franchise's first NBA championship since 1973, owner James Dolan said.,The Knicks will be the first NBA title-winning team to visit President Donald Trump at the White House during either of his terms in office.,Dolan, 7...
Fire reel off last 10 points, send Storm to ninth consecutive loss
Emily Engstler's basket with 1:17 left snapped a tie and the Portland Fire scored the final 10 points Wednesday night to rally past the visiting Seattle Storm 94-89.,Engstler's fadeaway jumper put Portland (8-9, 2-5 Commissioner's Cup) ahead 91-89. Engstler then drove the lane on the Fire's next pos...