Americas The finals continued in Brazil on Wednesday and Araraquara needed a win to extend the series and they took a big lead early to defeat Sampaio. It was tougher on Friday, but Araraquara did what they needed to in the second half and forced a deciding game on Tuesday. The semifinals started on Monday in Mexico and San Luis Potosi was looking for another upset early before Chihuahua pulled away at home. Monterrey fended off Xalapa to start the other series. The home teams both won again on Tuesday, leaving the two lower seeds needing wins at home to extend their seasons. Both series conti ..read more

It was an eventful last week in the WNBA before players are either headed to the upcoming WNBA All-Star Game taking place this weekend in Phoenix, going on vacation or headed to Paris for the upcoming Summer Olympics to compete for medals for their countries. Or, some players are going to both the All-Star Game as well as competing in the Olympics. Now, that’s tough and deserves respect. It isn’t easy being a WNBA player, but these players try and compete as hard as they can. Two rookies – Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese are both headed to the All-Star Game as they both were in the top five when ..read more

We have now reached the midway point of the WNBA season. All of the WNBA teams have now played 20 or more games of the regular season and the WNBA only has 40 games in their regular season schedule. Last week, both Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese continue to set records in their rookie season. These two rookies continue to shine and play well and now it’s time to recap how all the other rookies have performed at the midway point in the WNBA season. This recap will be a bit different compared to the weekly rookie watches I compile. It will have all of the the top 5 rookies who have played well at ..read more

The seventh week of the WNBA season saw the annual Commissioner Cup game take place. The Minnesota Lynx defeated the New York Liberty and Lynx forward Napheesa Collier won the MVP award. The Lynx won the Cup and earned a share of $500,000. Collier also earned $5000 for winning the MVP award. The WNBA also announced who will play in the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game and two rookies – Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark are named to the WNBA All-Star Team. The game taakes place on July 20th and the WNBA All-Stars will face off against the Olympic squad members of Team USA. The game will be televised on ABC ..read more

The fifth and sixth week of the WNBA regular season saw the rise of several teams while other teams suffered major losing streaks and injuries. The contrast between the top teams in the league and the bottom became quite evident in these past two weeks. As it hasn’t been quite clear enough already of how much this rookie class has done in terms of growing interest, we saw the first returns of the All-Star voting and three of the rookies were in the top 30. That is definitely unique and interesting to see a rookie class recieve more votes than league stars. It is now time to recap the fifth and ..read more

The fourth week of the WNBA regular season was very interesting. The WNBA recorded a record breaking attendance last month for the first time in 26 years and it had it’s most watched season yet across the American networks of ESPN, ION, ABC, ESPN2 and NBATV. On top of all of that, the United States Senior Women’s National Basketball Team released their final Olympic roster and Caitlin Clark was not on that list. But, we all know why. This is because the USA has plenty of talented senior basketball players and when players like Diana Taurasi are still playing in the league, you can’t leave her ..read more

The third week of the WNBA regular season was very interesting as the WNBA was the main talking point among national sports media after Chennedy Carter intentionally fouled Caitlin Clark away from the ball and later refused to talk about to press afterwards. The rookies are now adjusting to the physical nature of the league and how it is a tough and very competitive league to play in. It is now time to recap the third week of WNBA Rookies Watch. You can read the previous week here. Subscribe below to recieve WNBA Rookies Watch in your inbox as well as international coverage and women’s college ..read more

The second week of the WNBA regular season has been very intense as teams continue to play a packed schedule due to the Olympics and it has been tough for the rookies. It is now time to recap the second week of WNBA Rookies Watch. These WNBA Rookies Watch posts will be updated weekly every Wednesday of the season. You can read the first week of WNBA Rookies Watch here. Subscribe below to recieve WNBA Rookies Watch in your inbox as well as international coverage and women’s college basketball rankings! Subscribe WNBA Rookies Watch – Rookies Learning About the League The top WNBA draft picks a ..read more

Two weeks ago, it was reported by CBC that Toronto would be awarded a new WNBA expansion franchise and today, the WNBA made it official. It will be the first team outside the United States. It will be the 14th team and will begin play in the year 2026. It is truly very exciting. I could not be more thrilled. To be able to have the opportunity to sit in a Canadian arena and to be able to sit and observe and write about the WNBA is awesome. I have been wanting a WNBA team in Toronto since I was an 18 year old girl. I got the opportunity last year to have the first ever WNBA Canada Game last year ..read more

Hi everyone. Welcome to the brand new WNBA season. This is the 28th year of the league and the 16th for me personally. This will be the 8th year that I will be covering the WNBA season on the blog and the fourth year that I will freelance write for Her Hoop Stats. For international visitors, Andrew has continued to write about international basketball for the second straight year. You can check his articles here. This season is a historic one as the league introduced charter flights for the regular season, the ratings are up, more players are signing big endorsement deals and it is because of ..read more