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What to know about the WNBA expansion draft as Golden State starts filling out its roster

Dec. 06, 2024 11:00 AM EST

The Golden State Valkyries will finally begin selecting players to fill out their roster as the WNBA holds its first expansion draft in 16 years on Friday. It will be the league's first expansion draft since the Atlanta Dream entered the league in 2008. The Valkyries can pick one...

Connecticut Sun hire Belgium national team coach Rachid Meziane

Dec. 04, 2024 14:49 PM EST

The Connecticut Sun hired Belgium national team coach Rachid Meziane to replace Stephanie White, the team announced Wednesday. Meziane led Belgium to a fourth-place finish at the Paris Olympics in August. “We are thrilled to welcome Rachid as the new head coach of...

Napheesa Collier, the unassuming and unflappable superstar, has led the Lynx back to the WNBA Finals

Oct. 09, 2024 17:51 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — After the Minnesota Lynx soundly defeated the Connecticut Sun in a winner-take-all game to advance to the WNBA Finals, Napheesa Collier carried her 2-year-old daughter with her to the podium for the postgame interview. The session was only a few seconds old when...

Lynx return to finals with 88-77 win over Sun in Game 5 behind Collier's 27 points, 11 rebounds

Oct. 08, 2024 23:56 PM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx are three wins from a fifth championship, chasing a league record with an entirely different core from the previous dynasty. Napheesa Collier is fully in charge of this group. Collier had 27 points on 10-for-16 shooting and 11...

Sun visit the Lynx as teams square off in decisive Game 5 with trip to the WNBA Finals on the line

Oct. 07, 2024 10:51 AM EDT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — The Connecticut Sun are no strangers to needing a win in Minnesota to advance in the playoffs. The Sun eliminated the Lynx in the first round last season with a victory at Minnesota in the decisive Game 3. They're in a similar position one year later. The...

Lynx top Sun 77-70 in Game 2 to even WNBA semifinals behind Collier's supporting cast

Oct. 02, 2024 00:53 AM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Courtney Williams scored 17 points and Alanna Smith had 15 points to help the Lynx offset an off night for star Napheesa Collier and beat the Connecticut Sun 77-70 to even the best-of-five WNBA semifinal series at one game apiece on Tuesday. Collier, who scored...

Marina Mabrey's six 3s lift Sun to 73-70 win over Lynx in Game 1 of WNBA playoffs semifinal

Sep. 30, 2024 08:23 AM EDT

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Marina Mabrey scored 20 points and Alyssa Thomas added 17 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and the Connecticut Sun defeated the Minnesota Lynx 73-70 on Sunday night in Game 1 of their semifinals series. DiJonai Carrington had 13 points and DeWanna Bonner had...

Alyssa Thomas helps the Connecticut Sun eliminate Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever from playoffs

Sep. 26, 2024 08:16 AM EDT

UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Alyssa Thomas and the Connecticut Sun were happy to finally close out an opening round series at home in two games. Thomas had 19 points and 13 assists to help the Sun sweep rookie sensation Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever out of the playoffs with an...