Basketball Page 189 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Back on track, Aces out for 'composure' in Game 3 vs. Fever
The Las Vegas Aces are now the team with plenty of momentum going into pivotal Game 3 of their WNBA semifinal series with the Indiana Fever on Friday.,After the teams each won a game at Las Vegas, the best-of-five series now shifts to Indianapolis.,The Aces responded from a Game 1 loss to dominate 9...
Sparks to build $150M practice facility
The Los Angeles Sparks are building a $150 million training and practice center in suburban El Segundo.,In its announcement on Wednesday, the franchise said the facility is the largest investment to date by one team in the history of women's sports.,The 55,000-square-foot center will include two WNB...
Liberty GM: Parting with coach Sandy Brondello a 'proactive' move
Not retaining New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello was necessary for the team to keep growing, general manager Jonathan Kolb said Thursday.,"These decisions mark fork-in-the-road moments for organizations," Kolb told reporters in his first public comments since Brondello's firing on Tuesday. ...
Report: Sixers, Quentin Grimes 'far apart' in contract talks
The Philadelphia 76ers and restricted free agent guard Quentin Grimes are "very far apart" in their contract discussions, ESPN reported Wednesday.,According to Grimes' agent, he was only approached with his first contract offer Wednesday. He does not plan to attend the team's media day event on Frid...
Report: Heat signing Precious Achiuwa to 1-year deal
Free agent big man Precious Achiuwa is returning to the Miami Heat on a one-year deal, ESPN reported Wednesday.,A first-round pick (20th overall) by Miami in 2020, Achiuwa was traded to the Toronto Raptors in August 2021 and spent the past season and a half with the New York Knicks.,Achiuwa gives th...
A’ja Wilson, Aces coast to win over Fever to even semifinal series
A'ja Wilson scored 25 points with nine rebounds and five steals and NaLyssa Smith added 18 points as the Las Vegas Aces bounced back for a 90-68 victory over the visiting Indiana Fever in Game 2 of their WNBA semifinal series.,Jackie Young scored 13 points and Chelsea Gray had 10 assists as the Aces...
Mercury rally from 20 down to force overtime, stun Lynx
Satou Sabally scored 24 points and pulled down nine rebounds, and the Phoenix Mercury stormed back for an 89-83 overtime win over the Minnesota Lynx in Game 2 of the WNBA semifinals on Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Alyssa Thomas added 19 points, 13 assists and eight rebounds for Phoenix, which evene...
Dream's Dan Padover WNBA's first 3-time winner as executive of year
The Atlanta Dream's franchise-record 30-win season has helped vault general manager Dan Padover to new heights as the league's first three-time winner of the WNBA Basketball Executive of the Year.,Padover also won the award, which the league announced on Tuesday, when he was with the Las Vegas Aces ...
Cavaliers G Darius Garland (toe) likely to miss start of season
The Cleveland Cavaliers won't have forward Max Strus for the first few months of the 2025-26 season, and All-Star guard Darius Garland will be limited to start training camp, as well.,The updates came from Cavaliers general manager Koby Altman in a press conference ahead of the team's training camp ...
Thomas Bryant, Cavaliers agree to free-agent deal
The Cleveland Cavaliers signed free agent center Thomas Bryant to a one-year deal.,That's according to his agency, Priority Sports, which confirmed the move Tuesday on social media. Financial terms were not revealed.,Bryant, 28, is entering his ninth NBA season after being selected in the second rou...
Celtics' Jayson Tatum (Achilles) still hopes to play this season
Boston Celtics superstar Jayson Tatum has not ruled out playing in 2025-26 as he recovers from a torn Achilles.,Injured during the playoffs in May, Tatum told ESPN's "First Take" on Tuesday not to count him out.,"First thing, I haven't said I'm not playing this season," the six-time All-Star forward...
Liberty fire Sandy Brondello one season after winning title
The New York Liberty are moving on from head coach Sandy Brondello, one season after the team won its first WNBA championship.,The Liberty announced Tuesday that they are not renewing her contract for the 2026 season.,The news comes four days after defending champs were bounced in the first round of...
After Fever's Game 1 upset, Aces out to level semifinal series
Kelsey Mitchell appears to be on a mission to prove that the longer her season lasts, the stronger she gets. On Tuesday, she's out to give the Indiana Fever a commanding lead in the WNBA semifinals., ,A finalist for the MVP award, Mitchell outplayed the actual MVP winner on Sunday to get a jump on A...
Courtney Williams leads Lynx into Game 2 battle with Mercury
The Minnesota Lynx's smallest player might provide their biggest spark.,The Lynx will look to lean on 5-foot-8 Courtney Williams once again when they tip off against the Phoenix Mercury in Game 2 of the best-of-five WNBA semifinals Tuesday night in Minneapolis.,Williams scored a game-high 23 points ...
Report: Rockets' Fred VanVleet has torn ACL
The Houston Rockets' season has taken a turn for the worse before the year has even tipped off.,Rockets star point guard Fred VanVleet has suffered a torn ACL and could potentially miss the entire 2025-26 season, ESPN reported Monday.,VanVleet recently signed a two-year, $50 million extension with t...
Late Lynx run leads to Game 1 win over Mercury
Courtney Williams barely missed a triple-double, and the Minnesota Lynx used a late 12-0 run to take Game 1 of its WNBA semifinal series against the Phoenix Mercury, winning 82-69 in Minneapolis on Sunday.,Williams scored a game-high 23 points while adding eight rebounds, seven assists and five stea...
Kelsey Mitchell leads Fever to stunning Game 1 upset of Aces
Behind Kelsey Mitchell's playoff career-high 34 points, the sixth-seeded Indiana Fever spoiled the celebration for Most Valuable Player A'ja Wilson and the host Las Vegas Aces with an 89-73 Game 1 upset in their WNBA semifinal matchup on Sunday. ,Wilson received her league record fourth MVP before t...
Storm will not renew contract of coach Noelle Quinn
The Seattle Storm are parting ways with head coach Noelle Quinn, as the team announced Sunday it will not renew her contract for 2026.,Quinn was the Storm's head coach since early in the 2021 season, when Dan Hughes retired six games into the campaign.,"On behalf of our organization, I would like to...
A'ja Wilson wins WNBA MVP for record fourth time
A'ja Wilson is the WNBA's first four-time WNBA MVP.,This is the second consecutive win for the Las Vegas Aces star, who also was named MVP in 2020 and 2022.,Wilson received 51 of 72 first-place votes and 21 second-place votes (657 points) from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters, the ...
Caitlin Clark says she was fined $200 for social-media ref criticism
Sidelined Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark says she was fined by the WNBA for a comment she made on Instagram criticizing league referees.,"Got fined $200 for this," Clark posted on her Twitter account Saturday with multiple cry-laughing emojis. The caption accompanied a screengrab of a "refs couldn...