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Two-time defending champion Aces become the 1st WNBA team to sell out allotted season tickets
HENDERSON, Nev. (AP) — The two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces became the first WNBA team to sell out its allotted season tickets, the club said Thursday. Las Vegas, which sold out its approximately 8,600 season tickets, led the league in attendance last season with 9,551...
WNBA to use optical tracking to enhance player analysis
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA will become the first women's professional sports league in the U.S. to have league-wide optical tracking after entering a multi-year deal with Second Spectrum, a Genius Sports technology solution. With this deal, the WNBA will have access to 3D tracking...
WNBA teams see increase in ticket sales after Caitlin Clark announces plans to enter draft
NEW YORK (AP) — Soon after Caitlin Clark announced her plans to enter the WNBA draft, the Indiana Fever's ticket offices got noticeably busier. “We've seen a lot of enthusiasm online and on social media,” Pacers Sports and Entertainment said in a statement to The Associated...
Iowa superstar Caitlin Clark says she will enter the WNBA draft and forego her final season of college eligibility
WNBA champion A'ja Wilson, Aces to play exhibition against Puerto Rico at her college arena
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — WNBA champion A'ja Wilson is coming back to the South Carolina Gamecocks arena where her statue sits when the Las Vegas Aces play Puerto Rico's national team in an exhibition game on May 11. Wilson played at South Carolina from 2015-18, helping the team to two...
WNBA Draft moves to Brooklyn and will have space for 1,000 fans to attend
NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA Draft will have a new home this year and for the first time in eight seasons have the space for 1,000 fans to attend. The league will hold the annual event at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on April 15. Recent drafts, which were held in Manhattan, were in...
Reigning WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart re-signs with New York Liberty
NEW YORK (AP) — Reigning WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart re-signed with the New York Liberty, the team announced Monday. The Liberty now have their entire starting lineup back from last season's team that lost in the WNBA Finals to the Las Vegas Aces. “It’s a monumental...
Wings forward Sabally has shoulder procedure after getting hurt with Germany in Olympic qualifier
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dallas Wings forward Satou Sabally had what the team called a shoulder procedure after she got hurt playing for Germany in an Olympic qualifying tournament earlier this month. The Wings didn't elaborate on what procedure she had Tuesday, and said no...
Diggins-Smith finds a fresh start with the Storm. She'll get to play with Ogwumike and Loyd
SEATTLE (AP) — Skylar Diggins-Smith knew she needed a fresh start. Now, she will get to have it while playing alongside WNBA scoring champion Jewell Loyd, former MVP Nneka Ogwumike and All-Defensive second-team rising star Ezi Magbegor in her first season with the Seattle Storm. ...
WNBA posts A grades in racial and gender hiring in diversity report card
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — The WNBA continues to post top-tier grades in an annual report studying diversity hiring throughout the league, though there was a dip when it came to the racial score for head-coach hiring. The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the...