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Golden State Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase is counting on her team's championship experience to compete early on when the franchise tips off in May.

Within the past year, Paige Bueckers has expanded the scope of what it means to be a college athlete. She played in a Final Four but also became an equity partner in Unrivaled, designed her own player-edition sneaker for Nike and appeared courtside throughout the country at various sporting events. In the new name, image and likeness age of college athletics, Bueckers has exerted unprecedented agency in her career and in building a brand for herself. What the budding superstar still can’t contro

Former Iowa coach Lisa Bluder disagreed after Mystics co-owner Sheila Johnson said the entire WNBA deserved Caitlin Clark's Time magazine honor.

Dan Patrick simply can't understand and is driven crazy by the fact that some people refuse to admit or believe that Caitlin Clark changed the WNBA.

Ticket sales to Indiana Fever games were up 182% in 2024 from the previous season. The Fever also shattered the attendance record of 13,398 set by the Liberty in 1998 with around 16,084 tickets sold per game.

The Indiana Fever will play two preseason games ahead of the 2025 season: one vs. Washington, and one at Atlanta

The game, which will take place in August at Rogers Arena, will be the fifth WNBA Game played outside of the U.S.

The WNBA will stage its first regular season game outside the U.S. when Atlanta and Seattle play in Vancouver on Aug. 15, the league announced Monday. The league has had two exhibition games in Canada, including one played by Seattle in Edmonton this past season. The Toronto Tempo will begin play in 2026 as the first international team in league history.

Women’s pro basketball history will be made on Aug. 15 when the Atlanta Dream and the Seattle Storm play a regular-season game in Vancouver, B.C., marking the first regular-season WNBA game outside of the United States. “As we prepare to establish permanent roots in Canada with a Toronto franchise, this game and our year-round engagement efforts are a nod to the incredible momentum around women’s basketball in Canada,” WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert said in a statement Tuesday. The WNBA award

Washington Mystics co-owner Sheila Johnson has garnered backlash after she gave her two cents on the magazine naming Clark its “Athlete of the Year.”

“These parents were like, ‘We can’t let a girl be the MVP of the boys basketball league,” Clark said at a Dec. 12 conference

Sheila Johnson, billionaire co-owner of WNBA franchise Washington Mystics, has criticized Time for their awarding of “Athlete of the Year” to Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark. She’s been speaking to World Sport’s Amanda Davies

CHICAGO — The primary calling card for new Chicago Sky coach Tyler Marsh is a depth of experience learning from the best in the business. Before landing the job in Chicago, Marsh was best known as an integral part of Becky Hammon’s two-time WNBA champion staff in Las Vegas. Before that, Marsh learned under two of the most respected coaches in the NBA: Philadelphia 76ers coach Nick Nurse and ...

The primary calling card for new Chicago Sky coach Tyler Marsh is a depth of experience learning from the best in the business. Before landing the job in Chicago, Marsh was best known as an integral part of Becky Hammon’s two-time WNBA champion staff in Las Vegas. Before that, Marsh learned under two of the most respected coaches in the NBA: Philadelphia 76ers coach Nick Nurse and Indiana ...

The WNBA star has since expertly responded to the remarks made by the former Fox News personality.

Sheila Johnson, billionaire co-owner of WNBA franchise Washington Mystics, has criticized Time for their awarding of “Athlete of the Year” to Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark.

Washington Mystics co-owner Sheila Johnson told CNN she thinks Caitlin Clark should not have been singled out as TIME's Athlete of the Year.

Caitlin Clark doubles down on recognition of her white privilege, stands up for the Black women who were foundation of WNBA.

Caitlin Clark is TIME's 2024 Athlete of the Year.

“We’re just scratching the surface,” said the basketball star, who hinted that she may pursue team ownership later in her career, at the “A Year in TIME” event featuring the leaders of 2024.

The WNBA and the league's players union met in person Wednesday to discuss a new collective bargaining agreement. “Today’s meeting included preliminary conversations and constructive dialogue, with a mutual agreement to continue discussions for a transformational, new CBA,” the two sides said in a joint statement. The WNBA players union opted out of the current collective bargaining agreement, two years before its expiration in October.

WNBA sensation Caitlin Clark was named Time's 2024 Athlete of the Year. The Athletic women's basketball staff writer Sabreena Merchant joins "The Daily Report" to discuss her impact on the game and women's sports.

The expansion draft was a single step in the journey, providing a baseline for Golden State to build upward alongside the rest of the league’s 12 teams in the coming months.

Yahoo Sports women basketball writer Cassandra Negley is joined by Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase and General Manager Ohemaa Nyanin to discuss the Valkyries mindset behind building a competitive WNBA expansion team from scratch.

Yahoo Sports senior NBA reporter Vincent Goodwill and basketball analyst Isis "Ice" Young discuss the Indiana Fever guard’s feature in TIME Magazine - earning its Athlete of the Year honor - and what stood out from her comments. Hear the full conversation on “Good Word with Goodwill” and subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube or wherever you listen.

Keith Porter was the player development coach on Stephanie White's staff from 2023-24. He will now serve the same role on the Fever.

Yahoo Sports women basketball writer Cassandra Negley is joined by Golden State Valkyries head coach Natalie Nakase and General Manager Ohemaa Nyanin to discuss what they expect to see from the inaugural Bay Area team’s fandom this WNBA season.

Clark took the WNBA—and basketball—to a new level

The trailblazing Fever rookie was given TIME's highest athlete honor on Tuesday morning as she was named the Athlete of the Year.

Caitlin Clark – who helped draw crowds to arenas around the country and drive up viewership numbers in her final year of college and then in her rookie year in the WNBA – has been named Time’s Athlete of the Year.

After breaking the NCAA career scoring record and leading Iowa to the title game, Caitlin Clark helped lift the WNBA to new heights in popularity.

You won’t find the title of chief hype officer as part of Teresa Resch’s impressive basketball resume, but it’s a big part of her current role. Resch is the president of the WNBA’s Toronto Tempo franchise, a position that makes her arguably the most important figure in women’s basketball for an entire country. As she helps build the Tempo from the ground up — she says she is still months away from hiring their first general manager — Resch is the front-facing voice of the franchise. Last week wa

Golden State Valkyries took Veronica Burton from the Connecticut Sun in the WNBA's expansion draft. What to know about the WNBA's newest team.

The Liberty guard and WNBA Champion sustained a UCL injury in her thumb during the WNBA Finals.

Golden State Valkyries general manager Ohemaa Nyanin and coach Natalie Nakase used the WNBA expansion draft to select 11 players with chips on their shoulders.

Golden State Valkyries select El Paso's Kayla Thornton in WNBA expansion draft. Thornton helped win the WNBA champion with the New York Liberty.

Valkyries coach Natalie Nakase speaks to reporters after Golden State’s WNBA expansion draft on Friday.Nakase ‘excited' for Valkyries' WNBA expansion draft picks originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

Valkyries general manager Ohemaa Nyanin addresses the media after Golden State’s WNBA expansion draft on Friday.Valkyries GM Nyanin discusses WNBA expansion draft, roster plans originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The Golden State Valkyries are ready to make waves in the WNBA with team selections like Kate Martin from the Aces and Temi Fagbenle from the Fever.

The Golden State Valkyries built their roster in the WNBA expansion draft on Friday. Here are the players they picked for their 2025 season.Aces' Kate Martin, Liberty's Kayla Thornton headline Valkyries' inaugural roster for 2025 WNBA season originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

The Golden State Valkyries now have a roster after selecting 11 players in the 2024 WNBA expansion draft.

The WNBA expansion draft was held Friday for the league's new team: the Golden State Valkyries.

Yahoo Sports women basketball writer Cassandra Negley reacts to the Valkyries' 2025 expansion draft and highlights some of the big players who have been added to the inaugural team.

At last, the Golden State Valkyries have an inaugural roster. On Friday, the franchise announced player selections for its upcoming debut season, taking players from 11 of the 12 WNBA previously existing franchises. Their selections are highlighted by former Las Vegas Aces guard Kate Martin, Connecticut Sun guard Veronica Burton and New York Liberty forward Kayla Thornton. Seven of Golden State’s 11 selections — the team elected not to select a player from the Seattle Storm — were of players bor

The Golden State Valkyries finally have a roster, and the countdown until the 2025 season starts is on. On Friday, the WNBA held the Golden State expansion draft to help the league's 13th franchise create its inaugural roster. During the 30-minute ESPN reveal,…

Among the players drafted by the Golden State Valkyries in the WNBA expansion draft was Liberty forward Kayla Thornton.

The WNBA held its first expansion draft since 2008 on Friday night as the Golden State Valkyries prepare to enter the league next season. Everything happened fairly quickly. Prior to the d

The Golden State Valkyries constructed much of their first WNBA roster through Friday night’s expansion draft. Led by general manager Ohemaa Nyanin, appointed by the club in May, the franchise sprinted to identify targets who fit their vision for building a contender. Now, it has put the preparation into practice. The WNBA’s first expansion draft …

Fagbenle was a strong, versatile forward in the games she could play for the Fever this year, working well with Fever rookie Caitlin Clark.