Expansion WNBA team brings back original Portland Fire name
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Olivia Miles might have been playing this weekend along with WNBA rookie Paige Bueckers at the league’s All-Star Game. But Miles decided to return to college this year instead of going to the
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Axios on MSNFrom backwater to hot ticket: The WNBA's explosive growth is a win for expansion teamsWhen Cleveland's WNBA team takes the court in 2028, it will enter a league vastly different from the one the Rockers unceremoniously exited in 2003. Why it matters: This time around, the yet-to-be-named team — along with forthcoming expansion teams in Toronto,
Houston wasn't chosen for a WNBA expansion team Monday, but commissioner Cathy Engelbert pointed out Houston as a market the league still has its eye on.
The WNBA players union and league officials have much to discuss when they sit down this week for their first in-person talks as a group since December about the new collective bargaining
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever took on the Connecticut Sun at TD Garden in Boston. Is Boston ready for a WNBA team?
Houston Rockets guard Fred VanVleet has been elected as the new President of the National Basketball Players Association, succeeding CJ McCollum, sources tell ESPN. VanVleet begins a four-year term as the next NBPA leader.
The 2025 WNBA All-Star Game is scheduled for Saturday, July 19, airing at 5:30 p.m. ET on ABC. The game will take place at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, home of the Indiana Fever. Captains Caitlin Clark and Napheesa Collier will draft their teams on Tuesday, July 8 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN.
Houston guard Kateri Poole was excited for her former LSU teammate, Angel Reese, who celebrated two major wins after getting a signature Reebok shoe and a spot on the cover of NBA 2K26.
The Liberty stars were taken off the board early by separate captains during Tuesday’s 2025 WNBA All-Star draft on ESPN’s pregame show ahead of the Liberty-Aces matchup. All-Star captain Napheesa Collier picked her former UConn teammate and fellow Unrivaled co-founder, Stewart, with the No. 2 pick.
Lindsey Harding is entering her eighth season as an NBA coach. She's leading the Lakers as the second woman to be a summer league head coach.