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Are we properly understanding USA women’s dominance on the court? Nah, probably not

We’ve gotten two collaborations around 20 years in the making this week: LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony, and Nas and Eminem. Even when they all broke into their respective industries, Team USA’s women’s basketball program had already been winning gold medals. The first came in 1984, and they’ve wo...

Both Team USA Basketball squads looking super stacked [Updated]

Yesterday, the Team USA women’s basketball squad announced its full 12 for next month’s Olympic Games in Tokyo, and the men’s roster, while yet to be finalized, is taking shape....

Blazers-Nuggets briefly bumped to ESPN2, still a far cry from tape-delayed 1981 Finals

The start of Trail Blazers-Nuggets was bumped to ESPN2 as Jose Ramírez and Josh Taylor fought for the undisputed junior welterweight title on ESPN, which is barely fathomable in 2021. Taylor won by unanimous decision, and ESPN switched over to the action in Denver with 6:40 left in the first quarter...

Ionescu continues to live up to the hype, and it’s exactly what the WNBA needs

Avengers: Infinity War, Machu Picchu, and Flex Tape....

WNBA players speak out in support of high school student-athletes after allegations that game cancelled due to BLM t-shirts [Updated]

Update: This story has been updated with statements from American Heritage-Delray School that conflict with initial reports, and with allegations reported in The Palm Beach Post....

WNBA caps off its wildest, most impactful season ever with the founding of a dynasty

Something special is brewing in Seattle....

Breanna Stewart Likely Out For Season After Tearing Her Achilles With Russian Team

Well, this sucks. Seattle Storm forward and reigning WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart is probably going to miss the entirety of the upcoming season, because she tore her Achilles while playing for Russian team Dynamo Kursk in the EuroLeague title game on Sunday....

The Storm Snapped The Mystics In Half To Become WNBA Champs

The Seattle Storm completed their sweep of the Washington Mystics on Wednesday night, outclassing their opponent on the road and winning 98-82 to capture their first WNBA title since 2010 and third championship overall....

Breanna Stewart Writes That She Was Sexually Abused As A Child

Seattle Storm forward and three-time national college player of the year Breanna Stewart said today on the Players’ Tribune that she was molested regularly by an older man when she was 9 years old....

Breanna Stewart Is A Woman Of Her Word

To nobody’s surprise, the UConn women’s basketball team finished its perfect season with an 82-51 victory over Syracuse in last night’s national championship game. If you’re the kind of jerkass who is constantly looking for reasons to slag women’s college basketball, you could point to UConn’s wire-...

If You Don't Much Care About UConn Women's Hoops, The Feeling Is Mutual

Connecticut is about to win its fourth straight women’s basketball title (heretofore unprecedented in all of college hoops) and all the questions facing coach Geno Auriemma seem to amount to: Why doesn’t anyone care?...

What UConn's Breanna Stewart Means To Women's Basketball

Last night, sophomore forward Breanna Stewart led her UConn Huskies to their second-straight NCAA title and ninth overall. Her stat line offered a little of everything: 21 points, nine rebounds, four assists, two blocks. "The first Durantesque player in the women's game," her coach, Geno Auriemma, c...

Old pal Emma Carmichael tells you everything you need to know about UConn's Breanna Stewart, whom Geno Auriemma calls "the first Durantesque player in the women's game." [SI]...