Latest Women's National Basketball Association News
Mercury hire former WNBA player and NBA assistant Kristi Toliver as associate head coach
PHOENIX (AP) — The Phoenix Mercury have hired three-time WNBA All-Star and former NBA assistant Kristi Toliver as associate head coach. Toliver will join the staff of first-year coach Nate Tibbetts in the hiring announced Friday. Toliver played 14 WNBA seasons with...
Kahleah Copper of WNBA's Chicago Sky returns to Rutgers as assistant coach
Kahleah Copper is heading back to Rutgers as an assistant on the women's basketball team, where she played during her college career. The Chicago Sky's star wing will become the Director of Athletic Culture and Professional Development. Copper averaged 14 points and 5.8 rebounds...
Candace Parker wants to play next season if she can get healthy
NEW YORK (AP) — Candace Parker plans on playing another season if she's healthy enough to do so. The two-time WNBA MVP missed the Las Vegas Aces' run to a second straight league championship after having surgery on her left foot in late July. “I’ll weigh my...
Diana Taurasi in new role as she chases history and 6th Olympic gold medal
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Diana Taurasi is settling into a new role with USA Basketball. She is trying to earn a spot on the U.S. Olympic roster for the 2024 Paris Games, which would be her sixth. But this one feels like her first. Ignore that she turns 42 before the...
Potential WNBA expansion team for Portland shelved for now
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert says a potential expansion team in Portland has been shelved because of uncertainty about the scope of renovations needed at the Moda Center, where the team would have played. Englebert's comments came in a letter to U.S....
Chicago Sky promote Jeff Pagliocca to general manager
CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Sky promoted Jeff Pagliocca to general manager Tuesday after hiring Naismith Hall of Famer Teresa Weatherspoon as coach nearly three weeks ago. Pagliocca spent the past four seasons assisting with player development and advising the head coach. He was the...
Brittney Griner, 5-time Olympian Diana Taurasi head up US national women's roster for November
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Five-time Olympic gold medalist Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner head up the USA Basketball Women’s National Team roster announced Thursday for a pair of November exhibition games and training camp in Atlanta. The national team will play the...
Aces celebrate 2nd WNBA championship and promise more are on the way
LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Las Vegas Aces celebrated their second consecutive WNBA championship Monday night on the Strip and said they aren't done. “We coming back,” WNBA Finals MVP A'ja Wilson said. “We’re going to do this (expletive) again.” The Aces became...
Che Flores becomes NBA's first out nonbinary and transgender ref, revealing identity in GQ article
Che Flores is the NBA’s first out nonbinary and transgender referee, making that revelation in a story published by GQ on Monday. Flores, who uses the pronoun they, is entering their second season as an NBA staff referee, after working 35 games last season. They also worked 12...
Georgetown coach Tasha Butts dies after 2-year battle with breast cancer
Georgetown women's basketball coach Tasha Butts died Monday after a two-year battle with breast cancer, the school's athletic director said. The 41-year-old coach was diagnosed with advanced stage breast cancer in 2021. She stepped away from coaching Georgetown last month. Her...
