LAS VEGAS — The Las Vegas Aces lost 89-73 in Game 1 of their best-of-five WNBA playoffs semifinals matchup with the Indiana Fever on Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena.

It was the Aces’ first home loss since the 53-point blowout to the Minnesota Lynx on Aug. 2 that sparked a historic 16-game win streak to close the regular season.

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LAS VEGAS — Aces star A’ja Wilson won the WNBA MVP on Sunday, making her the first player in league history to win the award four times.

Wilson became emotional as she relished her accomplishment during a morning news conference before the Aces’ 89-73 loss to the Indiana Fever in Game 1 of their best-of-five semifinal series at Michelob ...Read more

SEATTLE — The Storm parted ways with coach Noelle Quinn, the team announced Sunday after 4 1/2 years at the helm.

Dismissing the 40-year-old Quinn comes in the wake of Thursday’s stunning 74-73 loss on the road to the Las Vegas Aces in Game 3, which eliminated the Storm in the first round of the WNBA playoffs for the second straight year.

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COLLEGE PARK, Ga. — The Dream weren’t supposed to make the WNBA playoffs. They got here by doubling their win total from last season and setting the franchise record for most victories.

Then the Dream took a one-game lead over Indiana in the best-of-three first round, after which head coach Karl Smesko said the goal was to win a ...Read more

MIAMI — The rounds at media day tend to be uniform, and for more than checking in with the equipment managers. A week from Monday at Kaseya Center there will be the typical circuit for Miami Heat players through the annual gauntlet of interview sessions, social-media requests, promotional videos taped in September that will run through April. ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — After suffering a left foot sprain in the first round of the WNBA playoffs, Lynx guard DiJonai Carrington has been ruled out for the remainder of the season, the team announced Saturday night.

Carrington left in the fourth quarter of the Lynx’s 75-74 victory over Golden State in Game 2 on Wednesday night in San Jose, Calif., ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve was right. Emma Meesseman picked the wrong team.

Meesseman was coveted by the Lynx as a midseason free-agent acquisition, but the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP opted to sign with the so-called super team, the New York Liberty.

The Liberty, however, were eliminated on Friday by Phoenix in the first round of the ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Former UConn women’s basketball star Napheesa Collier was named a finalist for the WNBA MVP award Thursday, finishing in the top five of voting for the third year in a row.

Collier was joined as a finalist by Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson, Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas, Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray and ...Read more

Just when it appeared the Miami Heat were set with their roster for the Sept. 30 start of training camp, the team confirmed Friday that ankle surgery will have guard Tyler Herro out for the start of the season and beyond.

Coming off an All-Star season and positioned for a contract extension next month, Herro is the catalyst for an offense that ...Read more

With the start of Warriors training camp rapidly approaching, a resolution to Jonathan Kuminga’s contract status could finally be on the horizon.

The Warriors forward’s agent, Aaron Turner, said this week that Kuminga would take the $7.9 million qualifying offer that has been available to him since June unless he and the team can agree on a...Read more

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Wildcats will hit the court for their first “real” preseason practice Monday.

Mark Pope’s basketball team spent eight weeks together over the summer, with some clear progress being made during those sessions; so say those who were in the gym.

And the Wildcats have been back in the Joe Craft Center since ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — The Aces won Game 3 of their best-of-three first-round WNBA playoffs series with the Seattle Storm, 74-73, on Thursday night at Michelob Ultra Arena to advance to the league semifinals.

Reigning MVP A’ja Wilson led the second-seeded Aces with 38 points to tie her postseason career high.

Jackie Young added 14 points for the Aces...Read more

NEW YORK — Wednesday night’s Game 2 at Barclays Center might have been the Liberty‘s final home game of 2025.

And if it was, the 86-60 loss to the Phoenix Mercury was an awful showing that’ll leave a bad taste in the mouths of Liberty fans for a very long time.

But maybe such a loss should’ve been expected considering the misfortunes...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Aces star A’ja Wilson earned her third WNBA Defensive Player of the Year award in unprecedented fashion Thursday, and coach Becky Hammon wasn’t thrilled with the result.

Wilson and Minnesota Lynx forward Alanna Smith will share the honor, the league announced.

Smith and Wilson received 29 votes each from a national panel of ...Read more

NEW YORK — The defending champions are on the brink of elimination.

It seemed that way on Sunday when Alyssa Thomas rose up for a layup, but surprisingly blew the attempt and gave the Liberty life.

But this time, it was Thomas and her Mercury squad taking care of business on Wednesday night with an 86-60 Game 2 win at Barclays Center.

The ...Read more

NEW YORK — Breanna Stewart plans to play in Wednesday night’s Game 2 against the Phoenix Mercury at Barclays Center, “barring anything crazy.”

Stewart told reporters Wednesday that she sustained an MCL sprain in the Liberty’s Game 1 overtime win in this WNBA first-round playoff series. She said she wanted to give the knee a go at ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Allen Iverson will provide a few answers on Oct. 23.

As previously reported, the 76ers legend will release a three-part docuseries titled “Allen Iv3rson” that is backed by the production companies of NBA legends Shaquille O’Neal and Stephen Curry that will air on Prime Video.

Amazon says the series will give “...Read more

NEW YORK — The good news for the Liberty is there’s somehow a possibility that Breanna Stewart could return to action after suffering a scary-looking left knee injury in Game 1 of the first-round series against the Phoenix Mercury.

The bad news is there’s still no clarity on how severe the injury is or how limited Stewart will be if she ...Read more