Belgium Cats will play Paris Games without point guard Julie Allemand

VILLENEUVE-D'ASCQ, France (AP) — Belgium will be without point guard Julie Allemand as the Cats try to get past the quarterfinals in the 2024 Paris Games. The Cats announced Thursday night on social media that Allemand will miss her second Olympics with what they called an...

WNBA announces landmark 11-year media rights deal with Disney, Amazon Prime and NBC

More than 100 WNBA regular-season games will be broadcast each season through an 11-year media rights deal with Disney, Amazon Prime and NBC that the league announced Wednesday. While the league didn't reveal the value, a person familiar with the deal confirmed to The Associated...

WNBA All-Star Game has record 3.44 million viewers, the league's 3rd most watched event ever

NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA All-Star Game drew a record number of viewers with 3.44 million people watching the contest in Phoenix on Saturday night. The game, which saw the WNBA All-Stars beat the U.S. Olympic team 117-109, easily topped the 1.44 million that viewed the 2003 contest....

US women's Olympic basketball knows it has work to do after loss to WNBA team

PHOENIX (AP) — There is no panic in the U.S. women's Olympic team. The Americans have been in this spot before. The U.S. lost to the WNBA All-Star team on Saturday night 117-109 and are headed on a flight to London to continue their prep for the Paris Olympics. Breanna Stewart said...

Clark, Reese provide highlights for the WNBA All-Stars. Someday soon, it might be for the U.S.

PHOENIX (AP) — Caitlin Clark delivered the pinpoint passes. Angel Reese supplied the hustle and rebounding. The two WNBA rookies made life difficult for the U.S. Olympic team on Saturday night. Someday soon, the duo might be the ones providing the highlights for the red, white and...

Arike Ogunbowale and Caitlin Clark lead WNBA All-Stars to 117-109 win over U.S. Olympic team

PHOENIX (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale was the dominant scorer on the floor. Caitlin Clark was the best passer. Angel Reese was her usual double-double machine. The U.S. may still have the best team at the Olympics, but at the All-Star Game, they didn’t have all the best players on...

Arike Ogunbowale heeds coach's advice, dominates second half to earn WNBA All-Star Game MVP

PHOENIX (AP) — Arike Ogunbowale sat in the locker room with the rest of her Team WNBA teammates, waiting for coach Cheryl Miller to break down the first half. Miller instead pointed a finger — at Ogunbowale. Scoreless in the first half, Ogunbowale scored 21 of her...

Dallas Wings guard Arike Ogunbowale is named the MVP with a record 34 points in her 4th WNBA All-Star Game appearance

Arike Ogunbowale sets the WNBA All-Star record with 34 points as the WNBA team beats the U.S. Olympic team 117-109

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert excited about league's new media rights deal

PHOENIX (AP) — The WNBA has the framework in place for a $2.2 billion, 11-year media rights deal as part of the NBA's massive, recently approved deal. WNBA players union executive director Terri Jackson has expressed concerns about the league being undervalued in the NBA's $76...