South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley accepts the Jimmy V Award for Perseverance at the 2024 ESPY Awards. | Photo by Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Louisville guard Jayda Curry interviews Dawn Staley, speaking with South Carolina’s three-time national championship-winning head coach about her faith, maintaining perspective and her love for the game. Swish Appeal is thrilled to publish the debut of Jayda Curry, the 2021-22 Pac-12 Freshman of the Year at Cal who now is a rising senior guard at Louisville. Dawn Staley doesn’t need an introduction, especially not to fans of women’s basketball. As he ..read more

Gabby Williams will be essential to France’s success at the 2024 Olympics. | Photo by Steve Christo - Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images At home and with a stacked roster, the French will be a factor in the women’s 5x5 basketball competition at the 2024 Olympic Games. The 2024 Paris Olympics will begin on July 26 and end on Aug. 11. During that span, hundreds of medals will be awarded for multiple sports, including women’s 5x5 basketball. Team USA will be heavily favored, given that the country has won nine gold medals and seven-straight since 1996. While the rest of the world may still be behind ..read more

A’ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray celebrate after winning gold at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. | Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images Although Team USA has dominated for decades, new and familiar faces may challenge their spot on the podium in Paris. Yes, Team USA is the best in the world, heavily-favored to win an eighth-straight gold. But, what national teams could credibly challenge the Americans for the spot on the top of the podium? Swish Appeal’s newest contributor Beckett Harrison power ranks the top five teams in the women’s 5x5 basketball competition at the 2024 Olympic Games: 1. Uni ..read more

Jewell Loyd heads to her second Olympic Games as a member of Team USA. | Photo by Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images Twelve teams will be competing in the women’s 5x5 basketball tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In Group C, Germany, the United States, Japan and Belgium will battle to advance to the knockout round. The women’s 5x5 basketball competition begins Sunday, July 28 and concludes Sunday, August 11 with the gold medal game. The field features 12 national teams, divided into three groups of four teams. Group A: Serbia, Spain, China, Puerto Rico Group B: Canada, Nigeria, A ..read more

Will France’s Marine Johannès emerge as a breakout star at the 2024 Olympic Games? | Photo by Catherine Steenkeste/Getty Images Twelve teams will be competing in the women’s 5x5 basketball tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In Group B, Canada, Nigeria, Australia and France will battle to advance to the knockout round. The women’s 5x5 basketball competition begins Sunday, July 28 and concludes Sunday, August 11 with the gold medal game. The field features 12 national teams, divided into three groups of four teams. Group A: Serbia, Spain, China, Puerto Rico Group B: Canada, Nigeria ..read more

At the 2024 Olympic Games, Han Xu and China will aim to earn the country’s first women’s basketball medal since 1992. | Photo by Kelly Defina/Getty Images Twelve teams will be competing in the women’s 5x5 basketball tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. In Group A, Serbia, Spain, China and Puerto Rico will battle to advance to the knockout round. The women’s 5x5 basketball competition begins Sunday, July 28 and concludes Sunday, August 11 with the gold medal game. The field features 12 national teams, divided into three groups of four teams. Group A: Serbia, Spain, China, Puerto Rico ..read more

Napheesa Collier and Fenerbahçe defeated Kennedy Burke and Villeneuve-d’Ascq in last season’s EuroLeague Women championship game. | Photo by Serkan Avci/Anadolu via Getty Images The 2024-25 EuroLeague Women season will look a little different, with a new-look, tiered group phase promising to raise the stakes of regular-season games and diversify the pool of competition. In preparation for the upcoming 2024-25 EuroLeague Women season, FIBA has sorted the competing clubs into four regular-season groups. This highlights the first of several changes that will be made to the competition’s format th ..read more

Napheesa Collier will represent Team USA in her second Olympic Games. | Photo by Juan Ocampo/NBAE via Getty Images In anticipation for the women’s basketball competitions at the 2024 Olympic Games, here’s a look back at how Team USA and the other national teams made it to Paris. The 2024 Olympic Games in Paris officially open on July 26. The women’s 5x5 basketball competition starts July 28, with the women’s 3x3 competition tipping off on July 30. Before the Games begin, here’s a look back at Swish Appeal’s coverage of the preparations for Paris by Team USA, the Canadian national team and the ..read more

The Las Vegas Aces’ A’ja Wilson is interviewed by ESPN before a recent game. | Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images The WNBA’s new media rights deals could be six times more valuable than the league’s current deals. But, is a $2.2 billion media rights package still underselling the value of the league as an exponentially growing entertainment product? While the WNBA’s best showed off their moves at WNBA All-Star 2024, the league also was making a number of big over the past week. Here’s the latest on the WNBA’s next media rights deals and other, new possibilities and partnerships: Should the WNB ..read more

Arike Ogunbowale scored an All-Star Game-record 34 points to lead Team WNBA to victory over Team USA. | Photo by Alex Slitz/Getty Images Arike Ogunbowale was unstoppable in the second half, scoring 34 points and leading Team WNBA to victory at the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game. It was a competitive game between the best women’s basketball players on the planet on Saturday night in Phoenix, AZ, as Team USA faced off against Team WNBA. The game was an even contest up to the halfway mark, but thanks to Arike Ogunbowale going nuclear in the second half, Team WNBA came out on top, winning 117-109. Ogunbo ..read more