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• Kara Lawson Named USA Women's Basketball Head Coach

Kara Lawson has been named the next head coach of the United States women's basketball team. Lawson was an assistant coach on the 2024 team and won gold as a player in the 2008 Olympics. Lawson is currently also the head coach of Duke. "To win a gold medal as a player was amazing, and one of the earliest goals that I set out when I was young," Lawson told ESPN. "I think that is what drives you bec...2025
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• Minnesota Lynx coach Reeve invests in Aurora FC
Cheryl Reeve and Carley Knox are the newest investors in Minnesota Aurora FC, the community-owned amateur women's soccer team that hopes to join the NWSL....2025
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• Minnesota Lynx coach Reeve invests in Aurora FC
Cheryl Reeve and Carley Knox are the newest investors in Minnesota Aurora FC, the community-owned amateur women's soccer team that hopes to join the NWSL....2025
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• Natalie Nakase Named 2025 WNBA Coach of the Year
Golden State Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase has won the 2025 WNBA Coach of the Year award, the league announced Wednesday. Nakase received 53 of the 72 votes. Atlanta Dream coach Karl Smesko garnered 15 votes, while the Las Vegas Aces’ Becky Hammon and Minnesota Lynx’s Cheryl Reeve each got two. Natalie Nakase Led Valkyries To […] The post Natalie Nakase Named 2025 WNBA Coach of ...2025
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• Valkyries’ Natalie Nakase Rewrites History, Wins WNBA Coach of the Year Award Over Becky Hammon, Cheryl Reeve
Natalie Nakase makes WNBA history in her debut season as the Golden State Valkyries’ head coach. Find out more....2025
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• Natalie Nakase Named WNBA Coach Of The Year

Natalie Nakase of the Golden State Valkyries has won the WNBA's Coach of the Year award. The Valkyries had a 23-21 record, which was five times the number of games the last WNBA expansion team won. Nakase received 53 of the 72 votes. Dream coach Karl Smesko got 15 votes, while the Las Vegas Aces' Becky Hammon and Minnesota Lynx's Cheryl Reeve each got two. Nakase joined the Valkyries as head coach...2025
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• Lynx HC Cheryl Reeve Reveals Concerning Update on DiJonai Carrington’s Injury Ahead of Minnesota’s Playoff Games
Lynx HC Cheryl Reeve shares a concerning update on DiJonai Carrington’s injury, raising questions before Minnesota’s playoff run....2025
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• The New York Liberty signing Emma Meesseman has 1 negative consequence

Photo by FIBA/FIBA via Getty Images The Liberty had to waive Jaylyn Sherrod in order to sign the highly-coveted Belgian star. All 13 WNBA teams likely made the call to try to sign Emma Meesseman, the 2019 Finals MVP who has had an illustrious basketball career both in the WNBA and overseas. But the defending champion New York Liberty won the sweepstakes, and the Belgian center has officia...2025
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• Should there be more time between NCAA Tournament and WNBA season? Star rookie, longtime coach weigh in

Photo by Ellen Schmidt/Getty Images Making a roster as a WNBA rookie has become extremely difficult. Avoiding injuries after playing an entire college season is another hurdle. What’s the solution? MINNEAPOLIS — There are many ways in which the Women’s National Basketball Association is different from other American pro sports leagues. A glaring example is the time and opportunities that i...2025
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• WNBA MVP frontrunner could miss game with injury

Photo by Ellen Schmidt/Getty Images The Minnesota Lynx are 5-0 heading into the weekend but could be missing their MV-Phee with an injury. Injuries in the WNBA are starting to stack up. On top of players who started the season already hurt (Georgia Amoore, Katie Lou Samuelson, Kahleah Copper), more are starting to suffer injuries as the season ramps up. Maybe the biggest injury news of th...2025
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• How one Unrivaled basketball coach went from blogger to first in command

Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images Andrew Wade, currently an assistant coach on the Washington Mystics, will be one of six Unrivaled head coaches this winter. Just a few years ago, Andrew Wade was a sports blogger. In 2018, he published an article debating the pros and cons of the Washington Wizards trading Bradley Beal. In 2019, he dove into his favorite NBA team’s three-poi...2024
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• Bridget Carleton, Lynx beat Liberty at buzzer to force WNBA Finals Game 5 — because of course they did

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images In yet another WNBA Finals thriller, it was Carleton who fittingly sunk the game-winning free throws. MINNEAPOLIS — It was destined to go to five games. And, it was probably always going to go to the final possession. That’s just the kind of all-time competitive WNBA Finals series it’s been between the Minnesota Lynx and the New York Liberty, the leagu...2024
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• Betnijah Laney-Hamilton’s big night fueled by unwavering belief from Liberty teammates

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images Laney-Hamilton exploded for 20 points, tied for a season-high, just a few months after undergoing knee surgery. On Saturday afternoon, New York Liberty head coach Sandy Brondello told reporters that Betnijah Laney-Hamilton just wasn’t herself. “She’s giving whatever she can,” Brondello said, per The Next’s Jackie Powell. “I think everyone can see that...2024
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• The definitive guide to the WNBA playoffs

Photo by Michael Hickey/NBAE via Getty Images We’ve got it all — key matchups, predictions, schedules and everything else you need to know ahead of the first round of the WNBA postseason. It’s WNBA playoff time: matchups are set, the schedule is out, and all that’s left is the basketball to be played. This postseason comes on the heels of a regular season that shattered attendance and vie...2024
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• How Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx became WNBA championship contenders

Photo by Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images The Minnesota Lynx were projected to have one of the WNBA’s worst records. Instead, they’re battling for a championship Could the Minnesota Lynx really win it all? After being ranked 9th in ESPN’S preseason rankings after a below .500 season last year, they sit near the top of the WNBA standings, winners of 11 of their last 12 games. Minnesota (29-7) has...2024
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• Team USA women’s Olympic basketball team continues exhibition play vs. Germany today

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images In their second and final exhibition game, Team USA will look to bounce back from a tough Saturday night loss to the WNBA All-Star team. The U.S. Women’s Olympic basketball team is hoping to become the first-ever team to win eight straight gold medals. That lofty pursuit continues today when Team USA takes on Germany in their second and final exhibition ga...2024
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"Bring it on,” said Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve after a long-winded rant in which she laid out her grievances with the refereeing."

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"” But, thanks to the unique connection and camaraderie in the Lynx locker room, and unwavering support from Cheryl Reeve and the coaching staff, Pili has found her footing."

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"By the end of the three-round draft, that’s exactly how things unfolded for Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve and Co."

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"Friday's news comes on the heels of Tuesday's announcement that the Women's National Team named Minnesota Lynx general manager and head coach Cheryl Reeve as the next head coach."

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"PAUL – Minnesota Lynx Head Coach and General Manager Cheryl Reeve announced the hiring of former Lynx great and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Katie Smith as an Assistant Coach."

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"PAUL – The Minnesota Lynx announced the team has signed Head Coach and General Manager Cheryl Reeve to a multi-year contract extension."

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"Lynx coach and GM Cheryl Reeve says no player—including franchise stars Maya Moore and Sylvia Fowles—is untouchable in trade discussions this offseason."

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"The Minnesota Lynx's Cheryl Reeve joins Anthony LaPanta to talk about her team's upcoming season at the Xcel Energy Center"

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"</p><p> South Carolina's Dawn Staley, DePaul's Doug Bruno and Minnesota's Cheryl Reeve will join head coach Geno Auriemma of UConn again as the Americans try to win a sixth consecutive Olympic gold medal."

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"squad are Minnesota Lynx Head Coach Cheryl Reeve, University of South Carolina Head Coach and WNBA All-Decade Team member Dawn Staley, and former Houston Comets and Cleveland Rockers star Jennifer Rizzotti."

• The New York Liberty signing Emma Meesseman has 1 negative consequence
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• The StudBudz took over WNBA All-Star Weekend

Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images BUH-LEAVE IT, TWIN! We are recapping our favorite moments from the iconic StudBudz livestream. WNBA All-Star weekend in Indianapolis was lit for many reasons, but one of the best was the StudBudz 72-hour livestream. Lynx players Courtney Williams and Natisha Hiedeman — the StudBudz, as they call themselves — went live on Twitch from 10 am on Thursday to...2025
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• Should there be more time between NCAA Tournament and WNBA season? Star rookie, longtime coach weigh in
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• It’s unclear who the next coach of the U.S. women’s national basketball team will be

Photo by Garrett Ellwood/NBAE via Getty Images With the next FIBA World Cup about a year away, and an Olympics on U.S. soil in 2028, it’s uncertain if Cheryl Reeve will remain the head coach of the national team as Sue Bird takes the reins as Managing Director. MINNEAPOLIS — When Sue Bird was appointed as the Managing Director for the U.S. women’s national basketball team earlier this mont...2025
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• The Lynx’s Competitive Camp Highlights Their Championship Ambitions This Year
Following the WNBA draft on April 14, a reporter asked Cheryl Reeve about the Minnesota Lynx going all-in this season. “Why would we not. That’s what mode we are in, right?” Reeve said with a smirk before answering her own question. “[In] 2023, we were saying, not too long ago, we’re going to develop some young talent....2025
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• 2025 may be one WNBA championship contender’s last chance with their current core

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images With the impending WNBA free agency chaos of 2026, could this be this team’s last shot to win it it all? Since the 2022 WNBA season, the Minnesota Lynx have gone from a playoff team, to the lottery, then back to a playoff franchise — and even a WNBA Championship contender. In rebuilding years, that is fast (trust me, I am a Toronto Raptors fan). So ...2025
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• Former Minnesota Lynx standout signs with Golden State Valkyries

Photo by David Dow/NBAE via Getty Images Cecilia Zandalasini signed a contract with the Valkyries on Friday after being selected in the Expansion Draft. The Golden State Valkyries have officially signed Cecilia Zandalasini, the 28-year-old forward they selected in their expansion draft in December. Zandalasini played for the Minnesota Lynx for three seasons — 2017, 2018, and 2024 — and av...2025
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• Recently-fired WNBA head coach will coach Angel Reese, Kamilla Cardoso in Chicago

Photo by Catalina Fragoso/NBAE via Getty Images Tanisha Wright, formerly the head coach of the Atlanta Dream, joins Tyler Marsh’s Chicago Sky coaching staff. The Chicago Sky announced on Saturday the hiring of a new assistant head coach to join Tyler Marsh’s staff, and it’s a familiar name: Tanisha Wright. Wright was the head coach of the Atlanta Dream from 2021 to 2024 before being dismi...2025
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• How WNBA referees are scouted, trained, and held accountable, explained

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The experts overseeing WNBA officiating explain everything you’ve ever wondered about the job in an exclusive sitdown with SB Nation. Regardless of the sport, the gender, and the moment in time, one thing has always been true: referees are inherently some of the most unpopular characters in sports. Reeling fans blame officials when calls go against their favori...2025
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• Most WNBA teams changed head coaches: let’s get to know the new hires

Mykal McEldowney/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images The Fever, Sun, Mystics, Wings, Dream, Sky, Sparks, and Valkyries all hired new head coaches this WNBA offseason. It’s been an offseason of dramatic change in the WNBA coaching landscape. Seven head coaches departed the organization they previously led, and eight new head coach hirings were made. None of the head coaches who ...2024
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• The New York Liberty signing Emma Meesseman has 1 negative consequence
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• Lynx Coach Cheryl Reeve On Minnesota Political Shooting: ‘It’s Sickening’
The Minnesota Lynx defeated the Los Angeles Sparks 101-78 on Saturday in a game played despite the shooting of two Democratic state legislators. Napheesa Collier had 32 points, eight rebounds and six assists but it all rang hollow in the wake of the tragedy. Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were killed in Minnesota’s Twin […] The post Lynx Coach Cheryl Reeve On Minnesota Politica...2025
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• WNBA MVP frontrunner could miss game with injury
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• WNBA GMs fired off some hot takes before the season gets started

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Paige Bueckers not being the best WNBA rookie in five years wasn't the only unexpected result from the league’s annual GM survey. Every year, the WNBA surveys the league’s general managers about the upcoming season, with a mix of fun and serious questions. The rules are pretty simple: the GMs answer 40 questions anonymously, but they are NOT allowed to vote for t...2025
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• Cheryl Reeve blasting Lynx players after training camp is harsh but fair

Photo by Dustin Satloff/Getty Images As training camp winds down, coaches are ensuring their teams are ready for the WNBA season. Is the fatigue already setting in for the Lynx? The countdown to the beginning of the 2025 WNBA season is on, and it’s time for teams to put their feet on the gas. In what may be the most competitive season in WNBA history, teams cannot let up for a single day. ...2025
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• 2025 may be one WNBA championship contender’s last chance with their current core
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• How a WNBA legend found her voice as a coach in the SEC

LSU assistant coach Seimone Augustus points towards a player during the SEC Tournament quarterfinals on March 7, 2025, in Greenville, South Carolina. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation Seimone Augustus is in her first season as a college basketball coach at her alma mater, LSU. The soft-spoken superstar is the latest WNBA great to pivot to coaching. GREENVILLE, S.C. — Bob Starkey always though...2025
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• Former Minnesota Lynx standout signs with Golden State Valkyries
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• The Minnesota Lynx may have just made the best move of the WNBA offseason

Photo by David Sherman/NBAE via Getty Images The Lynx have added to assistant coaches: franchise legend Lindsay Whalen and former Washington Mystics head coach Eric Thibault. Last month, the Minnesota Lynx came a possession short of a WNBA championship. Then, they saw two key personnel depart the franchise in favor of other opportunities — assistant coach Katie Smith took a coaching role...2024
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• The StudBudz took over WNBA All-Star Weekend
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• Lynx Coach Cheryl Reeve On Minnesota Political Shooting: ‘It’s Sickening’
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• How a WNBA legend found her voice as a coach in the SEC
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• Former Minnesota Lynx standout signs with Golden State Valkyries
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• How WNBA referees are scouted, trained, and held accountable, explained
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• The Minnesota Lynx may have just made the best move of the WNBA offseason
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• Napheesa Collier still feels “egregious” call robbed Lynx in WNBA Finals

Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images The Minnesota Lynx superstar sounded off on the referee decisions that she believes cost her team a WNBA championship. It’s been just over two weeks since the conclusion of the WNBA Finals, a back-and-forth series between the New York Liberty and the Minnesota Lynx in which a couple of controversial late-game calls ultimately helped determine t...2024
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• Lexie Hull weighs in on Christie Sides’ firing from Indiana Fever

Photo by Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images The Fever guard spoke on a number of issues on the The Ringer WNBA Show, including her thoughts on Sides’ departure from the organization. Indiana Fever guard Lexie Hull spoke on Christie Sides’ firing in on Monday. “It’s hard. In this profession, things are so fluid,” Hull told the Ringer’s Seerat Sohi on the latest episode of The Ringer WNBA show. “Y...2024
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• Unrivaled’s surprising expansion could pave way for Caitlin Clark, other WNBA stars to join

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The new professional 3-on-3 basketball league, co-founded by Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier, is set to expand in its inaugural year and include 36 WNBA stars. Unrivaled, the new professional 3-on-3 women’s basketball league set to launch on January 17th in Miami, announced major news on Thursday afternoon. Rather than including 30 WNBA players as ...2024
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• The Minnesota Lynx’s youngest player is soaking up the WNBA Finals

Photo by Pamela Costello/NBAE via Getty Images Alissa Pili isn’t used to getting DNPs. Still, she’s found joy as a rookie on a Lynx team that finds itself one game away from a WNBA championship. MINNEAPOLIS — Alissa Pili is used to being a star — the Minnesota Lynx rookie has effectively dominated every level of basketball since she was a kid. As a freshman at the University of Southern ...2024
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• Minnesota Lynx Hire Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer and Two-Time WNBA Champion Katie Smith as Assistant Coach
MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL – Minnesota Lynx Head Coach and General Manager Cheryl Reeve announced the hiring of former Lynx great and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Katie Smith as an Assistant Coach. Per team policy, terms of the deals were not released. “We are so happy that Katie Smith is returning to the Minnesota Lynx,” said Reeve. “Katie is a Lynx legend and will once again be a treme...2020
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• Cheryl Reeve goes nuclear on refs after WNBA Finals: ‘This s--- was stolen from us’

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images The Minnesota Lynx head coach lambasted officials for not overturning a foul call on Alanna Smith with five seconds in regulation, and declared the Lynx were robbed out of a WNBA championship in Game 5 against the Liberty. BROOKLYN — Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve emphatically blasted officiating after falling to the New York Liberty in the deciding Game...2024
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• Courtney Williams (and her dad) are ready for the WNBA Finals

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Minnesota Lynx star led the way in a decisive Game 5 victory, clinching her team’s spot in the WNBA Finals. Her father knew it was coming. MINNEAPOLIS — Courtney Williams quite literally couldn’t miss. After each shot, the trademark grin across her face widened. Just a few feet away was her father, Don Williams, well-known at Target Center for being...2024
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• How a WNBA legend found her voice as a coach in the SEC
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• Bridget Carleton, Lynx beat Liberty at buzzer to force WNBA Finals Game 5 — because of course they did
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• Lynx HC Cheryl Reeve Reveals Concerning Update on DiJonai Carrington’s Injury Ahead of Minnesota’s Playoff Games
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• The New York Liberty signing Emma Meesseman has 1 negative consequence
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• Should there be more time between NCAA Tournament and WNBA season? Star rookie, longtime coach weigh in
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• WNBA MVP frontrunner could miss game with injury
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• WNBA GMs fired off some hot takes before the season gets started
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• Cheryl Reeve blasting Lynx players after training camp is harsh but fair
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• 2025 may be one WNBA championship contender’s last chance with their current core
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• ‘We Need To Take Action’ — Lynx HC Cheryl Reeve Sends Stern Message Over WNBA’s Infamous Sex Toy Trend
Cheryl Reeve calls WNBA sex toy incidents sexualization tactics while a cryptocurrency group claims responsibility for coordinated disruptions....2025
• Cheryl Reeve goes nuclear on refs after WNBA Finals: ‘This s--- was stolen from us’
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• Bridget Carleton, Lynx beat Liberty at buzzer to force WNBA Finals Game 5 — because of course they did
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• Courtney Williams, Napheesa Collier spearhead improbable Lynx victory over Liberty: “It defines our team”

Photo by Elsa/Getty Images Thanks to some late game heroics, the Minnesota Lynx became the first WNBA team to ever overcome a Finals deficit of more than 15 points. BROOKLYN — “What up y’all?” Courtney Williams floated into the press conference room in a similar manner as she had two nights prior, in Minneapolis. On Tuesday night, Williams was the hero in a do-or-die win against the Con...2024
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• Courtney Williams (and her dad) are ready for the WNBA Finals
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• How Napheesa Collier and the Minnesota Lynx became WNBA championship contenders
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• Grading the performance of every player on the U.S. women’s Olympic basketball team

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images How did A’ja Wilson, Sabrina Ionescu, Breanna Stewart, and other WNBA stars fare at the Paris Olympics? The U.S. women’s basketball team secured yet another gold medal with a 67-66 defeat of France — and while the final game may have been too close for comfort, USA Basketball was able to cap off another dominant Olympic run with the ultimate prize. It...2024
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• U.S women beat France to secure Olympic gold — but it wasn’t the game we expected

Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images In a back-and-forth matchup few could have predicted, USA Basketball squeezed out a one-point win over France to secure their 8th consecutive gold medal. It wasn’t the dominant victory most anticipated, but Team USA still got it done, pulling out a 67-66 win over France to take home the gold medal. The win marks the U.S. women’s basketball team’s 8t...2024
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• ‘If you show it, they will watch’: The meaning of Year 28 for the WNBA

Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images How big stars, airtime, and fan consciousness are shaping the WNBA in Year 28. When he was arguably America’s most successful football man, when his beloved Bears were defending champs and the NFL’s first dynasty, George Halas stood in his friend’s office and looked upon the technology that maybe, just maybe, held the key to survival for his still-fledgli...2024
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