Megan and Sue engaged
If this can happen, maybe the rest of 2020 won’t suck so bad afterall. Still... there are questions about their timing.
By Dawn Ennis | October 30, 2020Sen. Kelly Loeffler’s rocky relationship with the WNBA Atlanta Dream
Players across the league, not just on the team she partly owns, have sent a clear message to Kelly Loeffler: Get out.
By Dawn Ennis | September 23, 2020Gay WNBA coach Curt Miller opens up about bubble life: ‘It feels like Groundhog Day’
The Connecticut Sun head coach is back in the playoffs, and attempting to lead his team through the most challenging season in memory, all while trying to maintain sanity.
By Alex Reimer | September 10, 2020Courtney Vandersloot sets WNBA assists record after wife Allie Quigley nails 3-pointer
Vandersloot recorded 18 assists Monday in the Sky’s victory over the Fever, with Quigley hitting the deciding three-pointer.
By Alex Reimer | September 1, 2020The Huddle is on strike
Today is Friday, August 28, 2020. This Huddle is published in support of all the athletes who decided not to play pro sports to protest the shooting of Jacob Blake and racial injustice.
By Dawn Ennis | August 28, 2020Natasha Cloud celebrates Mystics’ call for justice for Jacob Blake
After the Mystics participated in Wednesday’s WNBA wildcat strike for racial justice, Cloud applauded their activism on social media.
By Ken Schultz | August 27, 2020How Megan Rapinoe, and other LGBT sports stars, helped set stage for current moment in athlete activism
Rapinoe and players on the Minnesota Lynx weren’t championed by their leagues when they took social stands four years ago.
By Alex Reimer | August 27, 2020Sue Bird: ‘Our lives are political’
WNBA superstar Sue Bird spoke to MSNBC about why she spearheaded an effort to support the political opponent of the part owner of the Atlanta Dream, Sen. Kelly Loeffler.
By Dawn Ennis | August 9, 2020Winners, losers and Stanley Cup Qualifiers
The NHL is skating closer to the Stanley Cup playoffs as we look back at the big stories we’ve covered in the past 7 days.
By Dawn Ennis | August 8, 2020Sue Bird came up with idea for WNBA players to wear shirts supporting Kelly Loeffler’s opponent
WNBA players are wearing shirts this week to support the Democratic challenger to Loeffler’s senate seat.
By Alex Reimer | August 4, 2020Mystics’ Aerial Powers demands Andre Iguodola ‘put some respect’ on her name after tweets
Powers’ teammate Natasha Cloud and other WNBA players stood in solidarity against Number 28 from the Miami Heat’s reductive comments.
By Brian C. Bell | July 30, 2020Kyrie Irving sets up $1.5 million fund for WNBA players, with assist from Natasha Cloud
Irving is committing $1.5 million to subsidize the incomes of WNBA players who have opted out of their season.
By Alex Reimer | July 28, 2020Sue Bird explains why she’s dedicating season to social justice in powerful essay
Bird co-authored the social justice essay with Nneka Ogwumike.
By Alex Reimer | July 27, 2020Are you ready for the WNBA? Tipoff is today!
Swish Appeal has a preview of the shortened season set to begin today.
By Outsports | July 24, 2020What if the WNBA redesigned uniforms for The Bubble?
SB Nation and Pete Rogers from the Fake Teams site dream-up new unis for the WNBA’s shortened season.
By Outsports | July 22, 2020Kelly Loeffler: WNBA’s support of Black Lives Matter doesn’t represent ‘American values’
Loeffler says she won’t sell her ownership stake in the Atlanta Dream, despite pressure from some of the WNBA’s biggest stars.
By Alex Reimer | July 22, 2020Elena Delle Donne: WNBA doctors rejected my medical opt-out request
Washington Mystics forward Elena Delle Donne, who led her team to its first championship in 2019 with three herniated discs in her back and suffers from chronic Lyme disease, says doctors denied her application to opt-out.
By Dawn Ennis | July 14, 2020WNBA favorite Connecticut Sun have two players test positive for coronavirus
Briann January and Natisha Hiedeman tested positive for the COVID-19 virus and will miss at least some of training camp.
By Karleigh Webb | July 13, 2020WNBA’s Atlanta Dream counter part-owner Kelly Loeffler with ‘Black lives matter’ tweet
“Our team is united in the Movement for Black Lives,” reads the tweet, signed by the players and tweeted on the team’s official account Friday.
By Dawn Ennis | July 13, 2020Nikki Haley applauds Kelly Loeffler for ‘standing up to mob’ of WNBA players
WNBA players have been calling for Loeffler to be ousted from the league after her statement condemning Black Lives Matter.
By Alex Reimer | July 9, 2020