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• Minnesota Lynx vs. Seattle Storm Live Stream: Watch WNBA Season 2026 on YouTube TV

The 2026 WNBA regular season heats up with a highly anticipated Western Conference rematch tonight as the surging Minnesota Lynx (7-2) host the Phoenix Mercury (2-8) at the Target Center. These two teams recently crossed paths in early June, where Minnesota put on an absolute offensive clinic in a decisive 111-77 victory over Phoenix. Now back on their home floor in the Twin Cities, the Lynx look ...2026
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• Lynx vs. Phoenix Mercury Live Stream: Watch WNBA Season 2026 on YouTube TV

The 2026 WNBA season shifts its focus to high-stakes tournament play tonight, Monday, June 1, as the Minnesota Lynx (6-2) travel to Arizona to face off against the Phoenix Mercury (2-7) at the Footprint Center, officially tipping off the WNBA Commissioner's Cup. Minnesota enters tonight's Western Conference clash riding an impressive wave of momentum after a dominant 21-point blowout win over Chic...2026
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• Atlanta Dream vs. Minnesota Lynx Live Stream: Watch WNBA Season 2026 on YouTube TV

The 2026 WNBA regular season brings a thrilling Eastern-Western conference matchup to the Twin Cities tonight, Wednesday, May 27, as the Atlanta Dream travel to face the Minnesota Lynx at the Target Center. Both teams look to climb the standings as early-season positioning intensifies. With star power across both rosters, tonight's showdown in Minneapolis promises to be a fast-paced battle. Watch ...2026
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• How To Watch Lynx Vs Mercury WNBA: Live Stream, TV Channel, Predictions

The 2026 WNBA season brings a high-octane Western Conference showdown this Tuesday, May 12, as the Minnesota Lynx travel to the desert to face the Phoenix Mercury. It is the Fry's Food Stores Home Opener for the Mercury, who are looking to bounce back after a split on their season-opening road trip. Meanwhile, the Lynx are eager to find the win column after a narrow season-opening loss to Atlanta....2026
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• WNBA GMs Choose Paige Bueckers Over Caitlin Clark, A'ja Wilson As Franchise Building Block

Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers received the most votes from WNBA general managers as the player they would select first if starting a franchise today, the league's annual GM survey revealed Tuesday, with Las Vegas Aces star A'ja Wilson and Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark each drawing 20% support compared to Bueckers' 33%. The result mirrors last year's survey, when Clark earned the same disti...2026
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• Napheesa Collier Out Until Early June

Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier will be out until early June after undergoing ankle surgery on March 24, the team announced on Tuesday. Collier also had surgery on her right ankle in January. Collier, who signed a one-year supermax contract to return to the Lynx, will be an unrestricted free agent next season. "I'm so focused on, right now, with my injury and this year and winning a champions...2026
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• Lynx vs. Phoenix Mercury Live Stream: Watch WNBA Season 2026 on YouTube TV
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• WNBA GMs Choose Paige Bueckers Over Caitlin Clark, A'ja Wilson As Franchise Building Block
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• Napheesa Collier Out Until Early June
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• Napheesa Collier, Lynx Sign One-Year, $1.4M Supermax

Napheesa Collier has agreed to sign a one-year, $1.4 million supermax contract with the Minnesota Lynx. Collier joins Kelsey Mitchell and A'ja Wilson on supermax contracts. Collier was the runner-up in WNBA MVP voting in 2025 for a second consecutive season. Collier averaged 22.9 points and 7.3 rebounds last season. In January, Unrivaled announced Collier would be sidelined for four to six months ...2026
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• The WNBA needs to change it from MVP to MVPhee with how Napheesa Collier is playing

Photo by Matt Krohn/Getty Images Napheesa Collier is leading the WNBA on and off the court this year with poise and pride. Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series from SB Nation profiling the 2025 WNBA All-Star teams. Today, let’s get to know Napheesa Collier. Napheesa Collier has long been recognized as one of the next great players in the WNBA, but in the past year, she has changed...2025
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• Los Angeles Sparks waive newly-signed guard after three days

Photo by Meg Oliphant/Getty Images Grace Berger, who the Sparks signed on Tuesday, has been released. Players on the fringe of making it in the WNBA are often waived multiple times a season, and Grace Berger is the latest such example. Berger signed with the Los Angeles Sparks on a hardship contract on Tuesday and was subsequently waived on Friday, with Kelsey Plum returning to the lineu...2025
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• The WNBA MVP has a clear favorite, according to stats and odds

Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Let’s compare the stats between three MVP candidates to determine who is most deserving of the league’s highest honor so far. While it’s very early to be making sweeping decisions about WNBA MVP candidates, there are a few players who have separated themselves in the larger conversations around the league. Napheesa Collier, Allisha Gray, and Caitlin Clark s...2025
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• Indiana Fever provide disappointing update on Caitlin Clark’s status ahead of big game

Photo by Daniel Bartel/Getty Images Fans will have to wait a little longer for Caitlin Clark’s return to the court, says head coach Steph White. Two weeks ago, Caitlin Clark was sidelined from her Indiana Fever team to rest a strained quadricep. The Fever said she would be out at least two weeks, and then re-evaluated. In the time she has been out of the lineup, the Fever have gone 2-2 in...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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• Connecticut Sun star blasts practice arrangement: “Ultimate disrespect”

Photo by Chris Marion/NBAE via Getty Images Alyssa Thomas revealed that just a day before their playoff game against the Fever, the Connecticut Sun had to share a practice court with a two-year-olds birthday part. With the WNBA playoffs just 24 hours away, the Connecticut Sun made headlines for holding their practice just a half of a basketball court — as the Mohegan Tribe that owns the t...2024
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"Free agency was agonizing for Minnesota Lynx fans."

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"The Indiana Fever secured the 2025 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Championship Tuesday night in Minnesota, the first in franchise history, pulling out a 74-59 win over the 2024 reigning Finals champs, the Minnesota Lynx."

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"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."

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"Nevertheless, there are still plenty of storylines to follow in this draft, especially from the perspectives of the Minnesota Lynx and Seattle Storm, who will in all likelihood be rebuilding during the 2023 WNBA season."

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"When Sylvia Fowles takes the floor for the Minnesota Lynx on Friday night in Seattle for the 15th and final WNBA opening night of her career, she will be, as she so poetically put it, “writing my own ending."

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"The NBA board of governors approved Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez as limited partners with the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx in a vote on Tuesday, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski."

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"Kurt Streeter of the New York Times reports that Maya Moore will not play for the Minnesota Lynx in 2020."

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"League Champion: Minnesota Lynx (Third title in franchise history) Top Draft Pick: Jewell Loyd (SEA, University of Notre Dame) Awards Most Valuable Player: Elena Delle Donne (CHI), 1st MVP Rookie of the Year: Jewell Loyd (SEA) Defensive Player of the Year: Brittney Griner (PHX), 2nd DPOY Sixth Woman of the Year: Allie Quigley (CHI), […] The post WNBA Decade In Review: 2015 appeared first on WNBA."

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" WNBA Power Rankings: Connecticut Sun at the top; Minnesota Lynx continue to struggle "

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"The post Minnesota Lynx Win 2017 WNBA Finals appeared first on SLAMonline."

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"The Minnesota Lynx's captains, Seimone Augustus, Maya Moore, Rebekkah Brunson and Lindsay Whalen, wore T-shirts supporting the Black Lives Matter movement: Brunson released a statement about what she and her teammates hoped to accomplish, per the Star Tribune's Jim Paulsen and Catherine E."

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"takes on the Minnesota Lynx."

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"Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore has been named the 2014 WNBA MVP, the WNBA announced on Thursday."

• Napheesa Collier Out Until Early June
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• Napheesa Collier, Lynx Sign One-Year, $1.4M Supermax
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• The Lynx End of the “Power of Friendship” Era
Free agency was agonizing for Minnesota Lynx fans. It started with all the hope in the world after a local Minnesota balloon company accidentally leaked a free agency visit from former MVP Nneka Ogwumike, sparking rumors that she may be signing with the Lynx. Lynx News: Looks like the lovely people at Amazing Balloons MN helped the Lynx welcome a free agent visit today....2026
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• Arike Ogunbowale Takes Below-Supermax Deal To Stay With Wings
Arike Ogunbowale is returning to the Dallas Wings on a multiyear, seven-figure contract, sources told ESPN Friday. The four-time WNBA All-Star opted for below the available $1.4 million supermax to allow the franchise flexibility in building a competitive roster around her. The Wings had extended Ogunbowale a core qualifying offer earlier this week. She was selected by Dallas with the fifth overal...2026
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• Nneka Ogwumike Chooses Sparks Over Lynx In Free Agency

Nneka Ogwumike has agreed to rejoin the Los Angeles Sparks after two seasons with the Seattle Storm. The news was first reported by her sister, Chiney Ogwumike, an ESPN analyst. Ogwumike also visited the Minnesota Lynx before settling on a return to Los Angeles as she enters her 15th professional season. Ogwumike is a 10-time All-Star. The veteran forward spent her first 12 seasons with the Spark...2026
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• Azzi Fudd Slides To No. 4 In Final WNBA Mock Draft; Awa Fam Holds Top Spot

Azzi Fudd falls two spots to fourth overall in the final 2026 WNBA Draft mock ahead of Monday's draft, while Valencia center Awa Fam remains entrenched at No. 1, according to The Athletic. Fudd's slide follows a challenging NCAA Tournament in which she struggled to generate offense when her jump shot wasn't working, particularly against South Carolina. The Washington Mystics still select her four...2026
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• Fire Select Bridget Carleton With No. 1 Pick In Expansion Draft
The Portland Fire selected unrestricted free agent Bridget Carleton with the No. 1 pick in the 2026 WNBA expansion draft on Friday. Carleton averaged 6.5 points and 3.6 rebounds for the Lynx last season. The Tempo selected point guard Julie Allemand with their top pick in the draft. With Carleton and Tempo draft pick Marina Mabrey both unrestricted free agents, they could still not sign for their...2026
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• The WNBA needs to change it from MVP to MVPhee with how Napheesa Collier is playing
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• Courtney Williams defied the odds to earn her second career WNBA All-Star nomination

Photo by Matt Krohn/Getty Images Queen of the mid-range, StudBud, and Odds-Defier — Courtney Williams has a story you can’t help but love. Editor’s Note: This story is part of a series from SB Nation profiling the 2025 WNBA All-Star teams. Today, let’s get to know Courtney Williams. Making it as a professional athlete is all about defying the odds, and no one knows that better than Courtne...2025
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• Minnesota Lynx waive former Top 10 pick after loss to Chicago Sky

Photo by Kate Frese/NBAE via Getty Images Allisa Pili’s two-year tenure with the Lynx has come to an end. The Minnesota Lynx have waived second-year forward Alissa Pili, per the WNBA’s transactions page. Pili, who was drafted with the 8th pick in 2024, wasn’t able to crack the rotation in her first two seasons in Minnesota. Now, her tenure comes to an end. Pili appeared in 36 games across...2025
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• WNBA GMs Choose Paige Bueckers Over Caitlin Clark, A'ja Wilson As Franchise Building Block
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• Napheesa Collier, Lynx Sign One-Year, $1.4M Supermax
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• Arike Ogunbowale Takes Below-Supermax Deal To Stay With Wings
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• Nneka Ogwumike Chooses Sparks Over Lynx In Free Agency
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• Azzi Fudd Slides To No. 4 In Final WNBA Mock Draft; Awa Fam Holds Top Spot
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• Fire Select Bridget Carleton With No. 1 Pick In Expansion Draft
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• The WNBA needs to change it from MVP to MVPhee with how Napheesa Collier is playing
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• Minnesota Lynx vs. Seattle Storm Live Stream: Watch WNBA Season 2026 on YouTube TV
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• Lynx vs. Phoenix Mercury Live Stream: Watch WNBA Season 2026 on YouTube TV
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• Atlanta Dream vs. Minnesota Lynx Live Stream: Watch WNBA Season 2026 on YouTube TV
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• The WNBA needs to change it from MVP to MVPhee with how Napheesa Collier is playing
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• Courtney Williams defied the odds to earn her second career WNBA All-Star nomination
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• Minnesota Lynx waive former Top 10 pick after loss to Chicago Sky
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• In her return to Minnesota, victory eludes Paige Bueckers as she reaches a WNBA milestone

Dallas Wings rookie Paige Bueckers sits on the bench at the Target Center on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, before warming up to play the Minnesota Lynx. | Mitchell Northam / SB Nation The No. 1 overall WNBA Draft pick notched her first career double-double, but more defeats could be coming for the former UConn star. MINNEAPOLIS — Less than a minute remained on the clock as Paige Bueckers held t...2025
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• Police body cam video is a terrible look for Big Ten women’s basketball coach

Photo by Kirk Irwin/Getty Images Ohio State coach Kevin McGuff was arrested for operating a vehicle while impaired on May 6. Footage of the incident released by police is troubling. Ohio State women’s basketball head coach Kevin McGuff was arrested outside of his home on May 6 and charged with operating a vehicle while impaired. In Ohio, an OVI charge is essentially the same as a DUI or DW...2025
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• Most WNBA Draft picks won’t make their opening day rosters. Here’s why.

Photo by C. Morgan Engel/NCAA Photos via Getty Images Last year, of the 36 WNBA players who were drafted, only 13 made their Opening Day rosters. NEW YORK CITY — Dozens of beloved college basketball players heard their names called on the night of the WNBA Draft. Some, like Harvard’s Harmoni Turner, celebrated from back home, surrounded by family for the momentous occasion. Others, like ...2025
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• LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, More Comment on Police, Race Relations at ESPYs
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• Candace Parker Announces Return After Planning To Sit Out WNBA Season
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• Maya Moore Hits Buzzer-Beating Three To Win Game 3 of WNBA Finals (VIDEO)
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• Elena Delle Donne Wins Duel Against Maya Moore (VIDEO)
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• Minnesota Lynx Win 2017 WNBA Finals

Maya Moore, Sylvia Fowles and the Lynx avenge last year's devastating loss. The post Minnesota Lynx Win 2017 WNBA Finals appeared first on SLAMonline....2017
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• Maya Moore To Skip Second Straight WNBA Season
For the second consecutive year, one of the WNBA’s greats will elect to sit out the season and pursue other interests. Kurt Streeter of the New York Times reports that Maya Moore will not play for the Minnesota Lynx in 2020. Moore hasn’t formally retired but says she is content where she is in her […] The post Maya Moore To Skip Second Straight WNBA Season appeared first on SLAM....2020
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• Minnesota Lynx Players Calling For ‘Blackout’ In Protest of T-Shirt Fines
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• Lynx vs. Phoenix Mercury Live Stream: Watch WNBA Season 2026 on YouTube TV
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• WNBA GMs Choose Paige Bueckers Over Caitlin Clark, A'ja Wilson As Franchise Building Block
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• Arike Ogunbowale Takes Below-Supermax Deal To Stay With Wings
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• Courtney Williams defied the odds to earn her second career WNBA All-Star nomination
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• Indiana Fever Take Home WNBA Commissioner’s Cup for the First Time

The Indiana Fever secured the 2025 WNBA Commissioner’s Cup Championship Tuesday night in Minnesota, the first in franchise history, pulling out a 74-59 win over the 2024 reigning Finals champs, the Minnesota Lynx. Injuries have posed some adversity for the Fever this season. And while they headed into the Cup Final without starting guard Caitlin […] The post Indiana Fever Take Home WNB...2025
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• Los Angeles Sparks waive newly-signed guard after three days
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• The WNBA MVP has a clear favorite, according to stats and odds
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• Most WNBA Draft picks won’t make their opening day rosters. Here’s why.
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• I’ve covered hundreds of pro basketball games. Unrivaled was unlike any other.

Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images The new professional women’s 3-on-3 basketball league — co-founded by WNBA stars Napheesa Collier and Breanna Stewart — is creating a spectacularly unique basketball environment. MEDLEY, FLORIDA – On Monday night, I had the opportunity to attend my first-ever Unrivaled basketball games — back-to-back full-court 3-on-3 games that featured WNBA stars lik...2025
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• Caitlin Clark will not play in Unrivaled — but here’s which WNBA stars will

Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images Unrivaled will pair Arike Ogunbowale with Aliyah Boston, Kelsey Plum with Alyssa Thomas, DiJonai Carrington with Breanna Stewart, Jackie Young with Brittney Griner, and more. After weeks of anticipation, social media buzz, and anticipation, Unrivaled has released its six club rosters and accompanying head coaches. And, on November 20th, perhaps t...2024
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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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• 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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• Stephanie White’s tearful end-of-season presser is a reminder basketball is secondary to life

Photo by David Berding/Getty Images The Connecticut Sun head coach addressed reporters for the first time since her team’s elimination, and revealed she was going through a difficult family matter. Every now and then, basketball has a way of reminding us that it’s really not that important. Connecticut Sun coach Stephanie White’s end-of-season press conference was one such instance. White...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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• Breanna Stewart, Liberty got the last laugh in win against Aces

Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images Liberty players kept ‘receipts’ on Aces’ comments from last WNBA playoffs, according to Breanna Stewart. After the New York Liberty’s defeat of the Las Vegas Aces in Game 4 on Sunday, Breanna Stewart sat at the podium and reflected on the Liberty’s journey to get back to the WNBA Finals. Last October, it was Stewart and her teammates who were ...2024
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• Connecticut Sun star blasts practice arrangement: “Ultimate disrespect”
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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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