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Reports: Sun inking Brittney Griner to $1 million+ deal
The Connecticut Sun are finalizing a seven-figure deal with nine-time All-Star Brittney Griner, per the Sun's sideline reporter and ESPN.,The news broke Friday evening that Griner, coming off a down year statistically with the Atlanta Dream, will command the massive deal with Dream, who are schedule...
Five players to watch as 2025 WNBA season gets set to tip off
Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese took the WNBA by storm in 2024. Paige Bueckers is preparing to do the same as the Dallas Wings' No. 1 overall draft pick this spring.,And they're all chasing A'ja Wilson, whose three league MVP awards in the past five seasons have established her as the best player in w...
Report: Brittney Griner lands free agent deal with Dream
Brittney Griner, who has played for only the Phoenix Mercury in her WNBA career, reportedly is joining a new team.,The 34-year-old center agreed to a one-year free agent deal with the Atlanta Dream, ESPN reported on Tuesday.,The news broke on the same day as reports that the Mercury were acquiring f...
Brittney Griner joins Unrivaled 3-on-3 offseason league
Unrivaled Basketball, a new 3-on-3 league for WNBA players in their offseason, announced Wednesday that All-Star center Brittney Griner is the 24th player in the fold.,The 30-player league is starting in January, with all games played in Miami over a 10-week span on a 60-foot court. The women will b...
Brittney Griner goes for third gold, far removed from Russian prison
PARIS -- When she was in a Russian penal colony, Brittney Griner was not sure she would ever play basketball again, let alone play in her third Olympic gold-medal game at the Paris Games.,The 33-year-old Griner, who had played professionally in Russia in addition to playing in the WNBA, was detained...
Brittney Griner welcomes release of Americans in prisoner swap
LILLE, France -- U.S. basketball player Brittney Griner, who was released from detention in Russia in a prisoner swap in 2022, has welcomed the return of Americans Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan in a similar deal on Thursday.,Journalist Gershkovich and former U.S. Marine Whelan were released by Ru...
Mercury C Brittney Griner lands in WNBA Skills Challenge
Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner will be among those participating in the WNBA Skills Challenge on Friday night. ,Griner will get to show off her skills in front of a friendly crowd, with this year's All-Star festivities being held in Phoenix. She will go up against teammate Sophie Cunningham,...
Kim Mulkey’s response to the LSU-South Carolina fight was trashy
When Michelle Obama said, “When they go low, we go high,” she wasn’t talking about Kim Mulkey. Class and decorum have never been her thing. On Sunday, No. 1 South Carolina remained undefeated and won its eighth SEC tournament title after defeating LSU, 79-72. It was a rematch of their January showdo...
Top 12 March Madness performances by current and ex-WNBA stars
As the women’s March Madness tournament approaches, there will be tons of talented players looking to make history. Whether it is in scoring a lot of points, or winning the title, there are countless players who set the standard of postseason women’s college basketball and went on to continue their ...
15 most memorable women's March Madness moments
As the women’s sports movement grows, the March Madness tournament grows with it. Things like fan attendance and viewership are all growing because people want to watch these exciting athletes compete in some of the biggest moments of their careers. Each year of the tournament seemingly gets more ex...
Caitlin Clark and Patrick Mahomes have caused us to lose perspective
We are simultaneously living in an age where the best to ever play are on their way out and the best who ever lived are authoring their geneses. Recency bias is running rampant in the early stages of 2020. This month, we’ve simultaneously witnessed the crowning of Patrick Mahomes and Caitlin Clark a...
Kim Mulkey needs to do right by Brittney Griner; Ben Simmons a hero?; Klay Thompson being traded?
Anyone who dresses the way Kim Mulkey does loves attention. And since the ultra-competitive and always controversial head coach has never shied away from the camera, she might as well show up in Waco next month for a photo-op on Brittney Griner’s big night — even if the two can’t stand each other. -...
Caitlin Clark is the NCAA's all-time scoring leader. Who did she pass?
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark surpassed Pete Maravich as the NCAA’s all-time leading scorer in college basketball — and continues to add to her legacy in her final collegiate season before entering the WNBA Draft. ...
Kim Mulkey needs to show up for Brittney Griner’s jersey retirement at Baylor
Anyone who dresses the way Kim Mulkey does loves attention. And since the ultra-competitive and always controversial head coach has never shied away from the camera, she might as well show up in Waco next month for a photo-op on Brittney Griner’s big night — even if the two can’t stand each other....
Blame Michael Jordan for Krause widow disgrace; Rudy Gobert trade finally paying off; Lakers need Zach LaVine
Michael Jordan won a widow getting booed. My colleague Stephen Knox covered this yesterday, the booing of Jerry Krause’s widow Thelma during the Chicago Bulls’ Ring of Honor ceremony on Friday, and he isn’t wrong. It’s another “feather” in the “cap” of Jerry Reinsdorf, though he wouldn’t have been i...
Caitlin Clark approaching women's — and men's — all-time scoring marks
Caitlin Clark eclipsed another scoring milestone Tuesday night, inching her one step closer to college basketball immortality. The Iowa Hawkeyes took care of business at home against Wisconsin, cruising to a 96-50 victory. Clark put up a game-high 32 points, passing Baylor’s Brittney Griner (3,283 p...
These are the WNBA's top 10 free agents
WNBA’s free agency started this week, and while players can’t sign until Feb. 1, teams are allowed to be in conversation with them. Here are the top 10 players who are eligible free agents and some scenarios around what would happen if they re-sign or go somewhere else....
Kim Mulkey must be questioned about LSU’s recent diversity scrub
Kim Mulkey has consistently shown us where she stands on social matters. She leans to The Right, which is her right. But when 83 percent of your team are women of color, it’s on you to answer for how your employer’s decisions will affect them....
IDIOT OF THE YEAR: More dumbasses (Nos. 20-11)
WHY? Why must professional athletics function as such a powerful magnet for stupid, impetuous people? Ugh....
Kim Mulkey has made the Angel Reese situation a total disaster
Nobody knows what the hell is going on at LSU right now. ...