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Marina Mabrey torches ex-team for 24 points as Sun edge Sky
Alyssa Thomas canned two foul shots with 4.1 seconds left Friday night and the Connecticut Sun rallied to beat the Chicago Sky 82-80 in Uncasville, Conn.,Thomas, who finished with 12 points, 11 assists, nine rebounds and four steals, drew Chennedy Carter's sixth foul and delivered the points that en...
Napheesa Collier, Lynx down Aces for second straight game
Napheesa Collier outdueled A'ja Wilson in a battle of Most Valuable Player candidates as the Minnesota Lynx held off the Las Vegas Aces 87-74 on Friday night in Minneapolis.,Collier extended her red-hot return from the Olympic break by scoring 27 points on 11-for-15 shooting from the floor and colle...
Marina Mabrey torches former team for 24 points as Sun edge Sky
Alyssa Thomas canned two foul shots with 4.1 seconds left Friday night and the Connecticut Sun rallied to beat the Chicago Sky 82-80 in Uncasville, Conn.,Thomas, who finished with 12 points, 11 assists, nine rebounds and four steals, drew Chennedy Carter's sixth foul and delivered the points that en...
Balanced effort helps Mercury hold off Dream
Brittney Griner scored 22 points and Diana Taurasi made two critical baskets down the stretch as the visiting Phoenix Mercury held off the Atlanta Dream 82-80 on Friday night., ,Taurasi finished with 18 points and Kahleah Copper scored 16 for the Mercury (16-14)., ,Allisha Gray scored 22 points, Rhy...
Brittney Sykes scores season-high 28 to lead Mystics past Sparks
Brittney Sykes scored 28 points as the Washington Mystics defeated the visiting Los Angeles Sparks 80-74 to end a five-game losing streak.,Sykes, who missed 12 games with a sprained left foot and didn't return until after the Olympics break, hit 12 of 20 shots from the floor and added six rebounds a...
Diamond Sports Group reaches NBA, NHL broadcast deals
Diamond Sports Group will continue to carry local game broadcasts for 20 NBA and NHL teams in the 2024-25 season.,Diamond reached agreements with the NBA and NHL that were disclosed Friday in filings with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.,The subsidiary of Sinclair Broadc...
Report: Pelicans set to waive F Matt Ryan
The New Orleans Pelicans are expected to waive forward Matt Ryan, The Athletic reported Friday.,Ryan, 27, played in 28 games (one start) with the Pelicans last season and averaged 5.4 points with 1.4 rebounds while shooting 45.1 percent from 3-point range. He was claimed off waivers in October and s...
Sparks, Mystics look to end five-game skids
The Washington Mystics and Los Angeles Sparks could hardly be much more similar heading into their matchup Friday evening in Washington, D.C.,Unfortunately, what the teams share isn't pretty. Each is 6-22 with 12 games left, each is hoping to end a five-game losing streak, and each coach is eager fo...
Wings make it tough, but Liberty win eighth straight game
After soundly beating Dallas by 20 points earlier in the week, the New York Liberty were pushed right to the end in a rematch with the visiting Wings.,In the end, New York was able to fend off Dallas 79-71 to earn its eighth straight victory on Thursday night in Brooklyn, N.Y.,Leonie Fiebich, who ex...
Lynx look to get better of Aces once again this season
Does the WNBA have a new favorite on the rise in the West?, ,The Las Vegas Aces may be the two-time defending champions, but the Minnesota Lynx have gotten the better of them in each of their past two meetings. Now the Aces have been dealt double-digit losses in two of their past three games while t...
Cavaliers founder Nick Mileti dies at 93
Nick Mileti, the founder of the Cleveland Cavaliers and former owner of the city's MLB franchise, died Wednesday at the age of 93.,Both the Cavaliers and the Cleveland Guardians confirmed his passing with announcements on social media Thursday.,"The Cleveland Guardians are saddened by the loss of fo...
DiJonai Carrington, Sun aim to topple well-rested Sky
DiJonai Carrington's shots Tuesday night were on target, both on and off the court.,After scoring a game-high 19 points in the Connecticut Sun's 69-61 win over the Los Angeles Sparks, Carrington blasted the WNBA for not doing enough to promote its first game in Boston.,"I feel like Connecticut as a ...
With visions of playoffs, Dream aim to best Mercury again
The Atlanta Dream are getting healthy and making a playoff push. ,The Dream (10-17) lost their final eight games before the break for the Paris Olympics, but they are 3-0 since as they prepare to host the Phoenix Mercury on Friday in College Park, Ga. ,Atlanta beat the visiting Mercury 72-63 on Wedn...
Napheesa Collier guides Lynx past slumping Aces
Napheesa Collier scored 23 points and Courtney Williams produced 22 points and 10 assists to boost the visiting Minnesota Lynx to a 98-87 win against the Las Vegas Aces on Wednesday.,All five starters scored in double figures to help Minnesota (20-8) stretch its winning streak to four games.,Bridget...
Tina Charles rises to No. 2 in WNBA all-time scoring
Atlanta Dream center Tina Charles sank a tiebreaking 3-pointer early in the fourth quarter on Wednesday to become the second-leading scorer in WNBA history.,Charles assisted on two of the Dream's next four baskets and finished with 12 points and 17 rebounds as Atlanta beat the Phoenix Mercury 72-63 ...
Allisha Gray helps surging Dream top Mercury
Allisha Gray had 21 points as the Atlanta Dream added to their recent roll, topping the visiting Phoenix Mercury 72-63 on Wednesday night in College Park, Ga., ,Rhyne Howard provided 19 points, connecting on four 3-pointers, and Tina Charles racked up 12 points and 17 rebounds., ,The Dream (10-17), ...
Liberty, Wings go at each other for second time in 3 days
After colliding on Tuesday, the New York Liberty and Dallas Wings are ready to run it back. ,New York will go for an eighth straight win when it once again plays host to Dallas on Thursday night. ,The Liberty (24-4) were without Sabrina Ionescu (neck) and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton (knee) for the entir...
Al Attles, former Warriors star, coach and GM, dies at 87
Hall of Fame member Al Attles, a physical point guard known as "The Destroyer" who later became an NBA champion coach and general manager of the Golden State Warriors, died Tuesday at 87.,The team announced Wednesday that Attles passed away at his home in East Bay, Calif., surrounded by family.,"Alv...
Aces star A'ja Wilson wins WNBA community award
Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson received the WNBA's Dawn Staley Community Leadership Award on Wednesday.,The two-time MVP and two-time champion was honored for her dedication and positive impact on the community.,Wilson, 28, played for Staley for four seasons at South Carolina before becoming the No...
Nneka Ogwumike, Ezi Magbegor help Storm hold off Mystics
Nneka Ogwumike scored 24 points and Ezi Magbegor had a double-double as the visiting Seattle Storm topped the Washington Mystics 83-77 on Tuesday.,Magbegor bundled 13 points and 14 rebounds for Seattle, which led 44-30 at halftime before allowing Washington to close within a possession multiple time...