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December 17, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Hayes closes WNBA career
The surprising retirement of Tiffany Hayes from the WNBA highlights last week’s women’s hoops news. We also learned when Athletes Unlimited Pro Basketball will return and that Iowa star Caitlin Clark is a Gatorade athlete.
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December 2, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Maya, Mone lead WBHOF Class of 2024
In April of 2024, Maya Moore and Seimone Augustus will lead a class of seven into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame. Kristi Toliver’s new gig, EuroCup Women playoffs and USA Basketball 3x3 action highlight other news in women’s hoops.
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November 19, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Top recruits make college decisions
Joyce Edwards, Kennedy Smith and Me’arah O’Neal recently announced their college decisions, sparking excitement in Columbia, LA and Gainesville. We look at other recruiting news before sending congrats to Lindsey Harding for her first win as a G-League head coach.
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November 5, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Draft lotto is on, expansion is off
While the 2024 WNBA Draft Lottery is scheduled for December 10, the league’s expansion to Portland is no longer on schedule. However, the W did ink a new venture, partnering with Kim Kardashian and Skims.
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October 29, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Clark, Reese lead preseason All-America team
Notable announcements—the preseason All-America team, Overtime Select and the Seasonlong WNBA Cares Community Assist Award—highlight this week’s women’s basketball news. We also remember the life of Tasha Butts.
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October 14, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Sky hire T-Spoon as head coach
Teresa Weatherspoon grabs this week’s top women’s hoops headline, as the Hall of Famer will be returning to the WNBA as head coach of the Chicago Sky.
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October 7, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: The WNBA is going to Golden State
The WNBA’s official expansion announcement headlines a week of growth-focused news about the W. However, Dearcia Hamby’s EEOC complaint reminds that growth must not come at the expense of players’ rights and integrity.
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September 16, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: WNBA celebrates viewership, attendance growth
While most recent women’s hoops news highlights the celebratory-worthy growth of women’s basketball, other items distressingly remind of the scourge of domestic violence in sports.
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August 27, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Aces visit the White House
A White House visit for Vegas, a Mystics memorial in DC, fan ugliness in Minnesota and a coaching search in Chicago highlight this week’s events and developments in women’s basketball.
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August 12, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Liz’s interview, Paige’s return and more
This week in women’s basketball, we examine what Liz Cambage said, talk WNBA travel (again), praise the return of Paige Bueckers and more.
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July 29, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Aces’ Williams arrested on domestic violence charges
Although the arrest of Riquna Williams is this week’s dominant headline, some good things happened in the world of women’s hoops, including big pay days for college coaches, a gold medal for Team USA and a deserved award for Brittney Griner.
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June 25, 2023
Ruptured Achilles causes Brionna Jones to take rest of season off and other news
Brionna Jones is the latest Connecticut Sun star to miss significant time.
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June 18, 2023
Paige Bueckers nearing return and other news
Paige Bueckers of the UConn Huskies missed all of 2022-23 with an ACL tear. She’s almost back.
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June 12, 2023
Wishing Tiana Mangakahia the best as she retires
A recurrence of breast cancer has moved to stage IV for Tiana Mangakahia, who has decided to retire from basketball. She is a Syracuse Orange legend.
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June 5, 2023
Ashley Owusu on her way to Penn State, plus more WBB news
Ashley Owusu will look to raise her WNBA Draft stock in State College with the Penn State Nittany Lions. Plus, news related to Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark.
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May 28, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Michael Winger now president of Mystics
The Washington Wizards and Washington Mystics will now be run by former Los Angeles Clippers general manager Michael Winger.
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May 21, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Becky Hammon suspended two games without pay
Las Vegas Aces head coach Becky Hammon has been suspended over the Dearica Hamby controversy.
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May 14, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Shoe news with Breanna Stewart and Aliyah Boston
This week, it’s all about the shoes. While PUMA and Breanna Stewart introduced the Stewie 2 Ruby, Adidas and Aliyah Boston announced their endorsement partnership. Catch up on what else happened.
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May 7, 2023
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Morrow commits to LSU, WNBA announces rule changes
The former DePaul forward announced her commitment to the LSU Tigers, choosing the reigning NCAA champions over South Carolina and USC.