WNBA

sports Apr. 18, 2024

Reporter Apologizes for Being Creepy to Caitlin ClarkGreg Doyel’s choice to make heart hands at Clark during a press conference didn’t go over well.

By Tariro Mzezewa

sports Apr. 17, 2024

How Much Will Caitlin Clark Make in the WNBA?A lot less than the NBA first pick, that’s for sure.

By Danielle Cohen

keep it moving Apr. 15, 2024

Caitlin Clark Is the First Overall Pick at the 2024 WNBA DraftAnd Angel Reese is headed to the Chicago Sky as the seventh pick.

By Emily Leibert

keep it moving Apr. 15, 2024

The 2024 WNBA Draft’s Best Fashion LooksSee Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese, and Kamilla Cardoso.

By Katja Vujić

celebrity Apr. 10, 2024

For Sue Bird, the WNBA Has Always Been CoolThe retired superstar’s latest venture is a documentary celebrating her legacy in the league.

By Brooke LaMantia

keep it moving Apr. 7, 2024

NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament - National Championship

The South Carolina Gamecocks Are Your 2024 NCAA ChampsThe future of women’s basketball has never looked brighter.

By Emily Leibert

keep it moving Apr. 3, 2024

NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament - Albany Regional

Angel Reese Is Entering the WNBA Draft“I want to be a rookie again,” the LSU basketball star told Vogue.

By Bindu Bansinath

sports Mar. 27, 2024

The NBA’s DJ Shawna Spins to Make People Happy“This is about adding value to the players’ days, but it’s also for everybody that is walking through those doors as a fan.”

By Samantha Leal

sports Mar. 7, 2024

Meet the Dancers Keeping It Old-School in the WNBA“We don’t need to worry about getting older. We can still be hot and sexy and expressive, playful, and fun.”

By Sarah Wheeler

sports Feb. 1, 2024

So You Want to Get Into Women’s SportsA few tips from people whose jobs are getting folks hyped about women’s sports.

By Olivia Craighead

the group portrait Sept. 22, 2023

Give the Liberty Their CrownHow New York’s WNBA team became the hottest ticket — with the rowdiest crowd — in town.

By Emma Carmichael

power Feb. 19, 2023

Brittney Griner Is Returning to the WNBAShe reportedly signed a one-year contract with the Phoenix Mercury.

By Olivia Truffaut-Wong and Bindu Bansinath

vulture sports! Aug. 24, 2022

Ziwe Had an Iconic Time at the WNBA Playoffs … As Sam JayThe Jumbotron at a New York Liberty game caught the wrong fabulous Black comedian on-camera.

By Jason P. Frank

brittney griner July 11, 2022

WNBA All-Stars Pay Tribute to Brittney GrinerPlayers wore jerseys with the detained basketball star’s name and number.

By Bindu Bansinath

sports June 27, 2022

Brittney Griner Seen in Handcuffs in Russian CourtThe WNBA star’s trial for allegedly possessing hashish oil begins July 1. If convicted, she could face ten years in prison.

By Matt Stieb

foreign interests June 20, 2022

U.S. Botched Brittney Griner’s First Chance to Speak to Wife in 4 MonthsThey were set to talk by phone for the first time since the WNBA star was detained in Russia, but the U.S. embassy failed to patch the call.

By Chas Danner

sports May 13, 2022

Brittney Griner’s Detention in Russia Extended Another MonthThe WNBA star has been detained in Moscow since February. The State Department has classified her as “wrongfully detained.”

By Nia Prater

games May 10, 2022

Why Athletes Are Ignoring Roe v. WadeA short time ago, politics in sports was inescapable. But at this moment of profound crisis, there is mostly silence.

By Will Leitch

sports Mar. 17, 2022

Russian Court Extends Brittney Griner’s Detention to MayThe WNBA star has been in Russian custody since February when customs officials claimed to have found hashish oil in her luggage at the airport.

By Nia Prater

games Mar. 8, 2022

Why Isn’t Brittney Griner the Biggest Sports Story in the Country?One of the WNBA’s premier players has been detained in Russia for weeks, yet the reaction has been curiously muted.

By Will Leitch

5 questions with… Dec. 7, 2021

Chatting With WNBA Player Dearica HambyOn why she sometimes needs to just go into a room by herself and close the door.

By Asia Milia Ware

women in sports Dec. 1, 2021

Puma Has Its First Women’s Basketball CollectionDesigned by creative director June Ambrose, it can be worn both on and off the court.

By Devine Blacksher

women in sports June 21, 2021

Strength, Fragility, and Beauty in the WNBAA new photo project from Nike’s Jordan Brand captures what makes the players special.

By Devine Blacksher

georgia election Jan. 6, 2021

How the Atlanta Dream Helped Warnock WinMany have credited activism by WNBA’s Atlanta team with helping elect Reverend Raphael Warnock to the Senate.

By Katie Heaney

why is your skin so good Dec. 22, 2020

How This WNBA Player Gets Her Skin So GoodLexie Brown has different routines for different parts of her day.

By Daise Bedolla

2021 Dec. 16, 2020

It Sucks to Be Kelly LoefflerGeorgia’s governor made her senator. Now Trump is demanding she stab him in the back.

By Ed Kilgore

documentaries Dec. 13, 2020

With Drawn Arms Resurrects the Story of Tommie Smith for TodayInformally screened for players in both the NBA and the WNBA bubble, it chronicles the Olympian’s singular path from athleticism to activism

By Chris Lee

glossy glossier glossiest Oct. 15, 2020

Glossier Has New Stuff for Your BodyAnd the WNBA is showing it off.

By Kathleen Hou

2020 elections Sept. 21, 2020

Loeffler Ad Boasts She’s More Conservative Than Attila the HunIn a relentless Trumpier-than-thou competition with Doug Collins, the appointed senator’s extremism could cost her in a general-election runoff.

By Ed Kilgore

culture Sept. 16, 2020

A WNBA Star Fell in Love With the Man She Helped Free From PrisonA love story for the ages.

By Madeleine Aggeler

June 16, 2017

This WNBA Team Is Raising Money for Planned ParenthoodAnother example of women’s sports getting political.

By Dayna Evans

how i get it done Oct. 25, 2016

How Newly Retired WNBA Superstar Forward Swin Cash Gets Things DoneOn learning how to enjoy downtime, the importance of compartmentalizing, and Oprah as an inspiration.

By Dayna Evans

black lives matter July 24, 2016