Angel Reese won DPOY in a landslide, and critics are loud

Angel Reese is the 2026 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, and not everyone agrees she should be. The Atlanta Dream forward received 46 of 74 votes from a national media panel when the league announced the award Thursday, Oct. 1. Golden State's Gabby Williams finished second with 20 votes, and Las Vegas star A'ja…

ByGesi LloydOctober 2, 20260Comments

Sports

Nneka Ogwumike’s final bow left LA in happy tears

Nneka Ogwumike said goodbye to the WNBA on Thursday night, Sept. 24, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. She did it the only way she knows, with 17 points, 15 rebounds and five assists in front of a sold-out crowd of Sparks fans wearing her name on their chests. The scoreboard went to the Golden…

ByGesi LloydSeptember 25, 20260Comments

Sports

Is A’ja Wilson already the WNBA’s GOAT at 30?

Four MVPs, three titles and a still prime career put her in rare company. A'ja Wilson has a legitimate case as the WNBA's greatest of all time even before turning 30, a milestone she reaches Saturday when her Las Vegas Aces face the Minnesota Lynx. With four MVP awards, three championships and years likely…

ByGesi LloydAugust 8, 20260Comments

LGBTQ+

Inside the queer heartbeat of WNBA All-Star Weekend

A weekend that started as a search for romance became something more lasting. Chicago's 2026 WNBA All-Star Weekend was never just about basketball. For those who showed up, it was a gathering point for queer culture, one built around shared identity as much as shared love of the sport.…

ByGesi LloydJuly 30, 20260Comments

Sports

Gabby Williams Reveals Her WNBA Pregame Routine

Magnesium, music and a mindset trick the Valkyries forward swears by before every game. Gabby Williams turns 30 this September, the same year the WNBA celebrates its own 30th anniversary. The Golden State Valkyries forward grew up in Nevada, where catching a game on television was rare and a ticket in the stands felt like a…

ByGesi LloydJuly 29, 20260Comments

Sports

WNBA’s young stars rewriting what the league looks like

From Caitlin Clark's shooting slump to a French invasion reshaping the league, the WNBA's next generation has fully arrived. The WNBA has never been younger, deeper, or more globally diverse. Rookies are stepping into meaningful roles from day one. Third-round picks are earning regular minutes on playoff contenders. An international pipeline, turbocharged by the…

ByGesi LloydJune 5, 20260Comments

Sports

Dawn Staley gets the apology she deserved

When the University of South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the University of Connecticut Huskies 62-48 on April 3 in the Women's Final Four, it should have been a clean, celebrated moment. Head coach Dawn Staley had guided her team to another defining win, one step closer to what would have been a fourth NCAA championship under…

ByDorcas OnasaApril 8, 20260Comments

Sports

Dawn Staley towers above women’s basketball, 30 years on

Thirty years ago this month, a 67-foot-by-100-foot mural of Dawn Staley went up on the side of a building in Philadelphia, around the corner from where she grew up, across the street from her elementary school and directly facing the recreation center where she first developed her game. She was 26 years old, fresh off…

ByGesi LloydApril 3, 20260Comments