Latest Alyssa Thomas News

Unrivaled set to crown 1-on-1 champion with $250,000 given to winner

Jan. 29, 2025 06:12 AM EST

Unrivaled will crown its first one-on-one champion on Feb. 14. The new 3-on-3 women's basketball league announced the rules for the tournament that will be played over three days. Thirty players will be divided into four pods with the eventual champion winning $250,000. The runner-up...

Brittney Griner plans to sign with the Atlanta Dream, ending her 11-year run with Phoenix

Jan. 28, 2025 22:17 PM EST

Brittney Griner plans to sign with the Atlanta Dream, marking the end of her 11-year career with the Phoenix Mercury. Griner announced the move in a video posted to Instagram on Tuesday night, and her agent, Lindsay Kagawa Colas, confirmed to The Associated Press that the star...

Alyssa Thomas heading to Mercury from Sun in trade, AP source says

Jan. 28, 2025 21:40 PM EST

The Phoenix Mercury were finalizing a deal to acquire Alyssa Thomas from the Connecticut Sun, a person familiar with the trade told The Associated Press on Tuesday night. The Sun also will send Ty Harris to Phoenix, while Connecticut will receive Natasha Cloud, Rebecca Allen and the...

Brittney Griner to test the market for the first time in career as WNBA free agency opens

Jan. 21, 2025 11:23 AM EST

MIAMI (AP) — Brittney Griner is testing the free agent market for the first time in her career. The All-Star center is taking meetings starting Tuesday with multiple teams, according to her agent. WNBA executives were in Miami for the opening of Unrivaled to talk with Griner and...

Unrivaled 3-on-3 women's basketball league rules, where games will be played and how to watch

Jan. 16, 2025 17:55 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — Unrivaled is a new 3-on-3 women's professional basketball league that debuts on Friday. Six teams will compete for the title. Here's a guide on how the games will be played, where they will be played and where to watch them: How to watch Unrivaled games ...

Breanna Stewart given franchise tag by New York Liberty for second straight year

Jan. 14, 2025 17:58 PM EST

New York's Breanna Stewart was one of a handful of players given the franchise tag by their WNBA teams, meaning they can't sign a contract directly with anyone else. Other players receiving the franchise player designation include Kelsey Plum (Las Vegas), Satou Sabally (Dallas) and...

The darker side of the rise of women’s sports: With more visibility comes more online harassment

Dec. 18, 2024 06:17 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — For Djaniele Taylor, attending WNBA games was the perfect way to rediscover a sense of community coming out of the long slog of pandemic-era lockdowns. The 38-year-old Evanston, Illinois, resident has regularly attended Chicago Sky games for the last three seasons,...