Latest Women's National Basketball Association News

Stanford star Cameron Brink bypasses extra year, declares for 2024 WNBA draft

Mar. 12, 2024 20:01 PM EDT

STANFORD, Calif. (AP) — Stanford star Cameron Brink will finish her collegiate career this season and enter the WNBA draft. The nation's No. 1-ranked shot blocker announced her decision on social media Tuesday, two days after second-ranked Stanford lost 74-61 to No. 5 Southern...

Two-time defending champion Aces become the 1st WNBA team to sell out allotted season tickets

Mar. 07, 2024 18:09 PM EST

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

Mar. 05, 2024 15:23 PM EST

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...

Two fragile DC neighborhoods hang in the balance as the Wizards and Capitals consider leaving town

Mar. 04, 2024 00:24 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Already struggling to keep his Chinatown bar afloat, Yousef Tellawi felt a sense of impending doom when he learned that the owner of Washington's Capitals and Wizards wanted to move the teams out of the neighborhood and into northern Virginia. The departure of the...

WNBA teams see increase in ticket sales after Caitlin Clark announces plans to enter draft

Mar. 02, 2024 10:02 AM EST

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...

Caitlin Clark eager to enjoy the rest of the ride at Iowa after decision to enter the WNBA draft

Mar. 01, 2024 15:53 PM EST

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark knew with Iowa's final regular-season home game looming, it was time to make her decision about whether to enter the WNBA draft or stay in college for a fifth season. That’s why Clark announced on Thursday that she would go to the WNBA at the...

Iowa star Caitlin Clark declares for WNBA draft, will skip final season of college eligibility

Feb. 29, 2024 19:15 PM EST

Iowa star Caitlin Clark, who is on the verge of becoming the all-time NCAA scoring leader in college basketball, announced Thursday she will leave the Hawkeyes after this season and enter the WNBA draft. “While this season is far from over and we have a lot more goals to achieve,...

WNBA champion A'ja Wilson, Aces to play exhibition against Puerto Rico at her college arena

Feb. 29, 2024 12:42 PM EST

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

Feb. 28, 2024 14:49 PM EST

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...

UConn's Aaliyah Edwards signs NIL deal in Canada, but can't talk about it in the US

Feb. 27, 2024 17:39 PM EST

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — UConn forward Aaliyah Edwards signed a big name, image and likeness contract this week with adidas Canada, but wasn't allowed to speak with reporters in Connecticut about it on Tuesday, for fear that promoting the deal might jeopardize her student visa. Under...