An expanded WNBA with more games and a new franchise will tip off on May 16.

Teresa Weatherspoon is focused on her future and not dwelling on the past.

Cleveland wants back in the WNBA game.

Unrivaled finally has its teams set.

A eclectic group of stars — including reality TV’s Ariana Madix, hip-hop’s T-Pain, members of the WNBA champions New York Liberty and country duo Dan + Shay — will feature in this year’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Jonquel Jones, Breanna Stewart, Sabrina Ionescu and their New York teammates were showered with confetti as the Liberty celebrated winning the WNBA title in the Canyon of Heroes in downtown Manhattan.

Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve said the WNBA championship was “stolen” from the Lynx during her complaints about the officiating.

The New York Liberty finally have a WNBA championship after falling in the title round in their previous five appearances.

Sabrina Ionescu’s first shot hit the side of the backboard.

The New York Liberty finally have a WNBA championship after beating the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in overtime of a decisive Game 5 on Sunday night.

It’s fitting that a record-breaking season for the WNBA would have a decisive Game 5 of its Finals.

Bridget Carleton made two free throws with 2 seconds left, and the Minnesota Lynx forced a decisive Game 5 of the WNBA Finals, beating the New York Liberty 82-80.

It’s been 25 years since the New York Liberty had a chance to close out a WNBA championship.

Sabrina Ionescu hit a tiebreaking 3-poitner from the top of the key with 1 second left and Breanna Stewart scored 30 points to help the New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx 8-77 on Wednesday night, taking a 2-1 lead in the best-of-five WNBA Finals series.

The new Unrivaled women’s basketball 3-on-3 league will have its games broadcast on TNT and its sports platforms.

New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart and her wife Marta Xargay received threatening homophobic anonymous emails after Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.

Breanna Stewart scored 21 points and Betnijah Laney-Hamilton added 20 to help the New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx 80-66 on Sunday in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals.

Breanna Stewart and her New York Liberty teammates were confident they can rebound from the Game 1 collapse that put them down a game to Minnesota in the WNBA Finals.

On a night that WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced the Finals would go to a best-of-seven format next season, this year’s championship opener was one of the wildest games in playoff history.

Napheesa Collier’s turnaround jumper with 8.8 seconds left lifted the Minnesota Lynx to a 95-93 win over the New York Liberty in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.

Sabrina Ionescu rebounded from a rare off game to score 22 points.

The Atlanta Dream have fired coach Tanisha Wright.

The Las Vegas Aces and Connecticut Sun head home to continue the WNBA semifinals with two very different feelings.

Sabrina Ionescu scored 24 points and the New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 88-84 to take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five semifinal series Tuesday night.

Breanna Stewart scored 34 points and Sabrina Ionescu had 21 to help the New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 87-77 on Sunday in Game 1 of their semifinals series.

The Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty met for the title last season.

Star power, a quest for a three-peat and two franchises looking for their first championships highlight the WNBA semifinals that begin Sunday.

The stage is set for A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces to take on Breanna Stewart and the New York Liberty in a star-studded rematch of last year’s WNBA Finals.

Sabrina Ionescu tied a franchise playoff record with 36 points and the New York Liberty beat the Atlanta Dream 91-82 on Tuesday night to advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs.

The New York Liberty have been building chemistry on and off the court and it’s paid off.

WNBA players would like more of a break after the All-Star Game and Olympics before league play resumes.

Caitlin Clark leads Angel Reese in the race for WNBA Rookie of the Year honors at the midpoint of the season, according to a national panel of voters who also rank the AP Power Poll each week.

Caitlin Clark posted the first triple-double by a rookie in WNBA history to rally Indiana to an 83-78 victory over New York on Saturday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, snapping the Fever’s nine-game losing streak to the Liberty.

The Las Vegas Aces have become the first WNBA team to sell out every home game in a season.

The New York Liberty will play the Commissioner’s Cup championship game on June 25 against the Minnesota Lynx at UBS Arena since setup for the NBA draft made Barclays Center unavailable.

Jonquel Jones scored a career-high 34 points, Breanna Stewart and Sabrina Ionescu each had a double-double and the New York Liberty pulled away in the second half to beat the defending WNBA champion Las Vegas Aces 90-82.

The WNBA says the first month of the season drew its highest attendance since the league’s second season in 1998 and the best television ratings in the league's history.

A few weeks ago, we wrote about what a tough decision this was going to be for USA Basketball. Sure enough, the no-win scenario is playing out.

Caitlin Clark won’t be headed to the Paris Olympics, according to a person familiar with the decision.

The WNBA announced that it’s rescinded the second technical foul on Chicago rookie Angel Reese that occurred with 2:31 left in the loss to the New York Liberty on Tuesday night.

Breanna Stewart scored a season-high 33 points and grabbed 14 rebounds to lead the New York Liberty to an 88-75 victory Tuesday night over the Chicago Sky, who lost rookie Angel Reese to an ejection in the fourth quarter.

Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier’s 3-on-3 league Unrivaled is set to debut in January with players earning the highest average salary in women’s professional team sports.

Marina Mabrey had 21 points, seven assists and six rebounds to help the Chicago Sky beat the New York Liberty 90-81.

Caitlin Clark is adjusting to life as a professional women’s basketball player on and off the court.

Breanna Stewart scored 24 points to lead a balanced New York offense as the Liberty beat Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever 91-80 in front of a sellout crowd of more than 17,000 at the Barclays Center.

Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark helped bring in record ticket revenue for the New York Liberty in her first game in the Big Apple.

Breanna Stewart ruined Caitlin Clark's regular season home debut by scoring 31 points and leading the New York Liberty to a 102-66 victory at Indiana.

The New York Liberty know how tough it is to put together a talented roster, have players jell in their first year together and win a title.

The two-time defending champion Las Vegas Aces are the first WNBA team to sell out its allotted season tickets.

Reigning WNBA MVP Breanna Stewart has re-signed with the New York Liberty.

She’s the player with the best 3-point contest performance in NBA or WNBA history.

The New York Liberty are bringing their core group back and trying to add another piece with prized free agent Nneka Ogwumike, while Seattle signed Skylar Diggins-Smith as WNBA free agency tipped off.

New York hopes to bring back most of the same team next season that fell just short in the WNBA Finals.

A’ja Wilson and the Las Vegas Aces are poised for a possible three-peat and continue one of the greatest runs in league history.

The Las Vegas Aces became the first team in 21 years to win back-to-back WNBA championships, getting 24 points and 16 rebounds from A’ja Wilson and a defensive stop in the closing seconds to beat the New York Liberty 70-69 in Game 4 of the Finals.

Jonquel Jones scored 27 points and Breanna Stewart added 20 to help the New York Liberty beat the Las Vegas Aces 87-73 and force a Game 4 of the WNBA Finals.

The WNBA is competing for viewers during one of the busiest times on the sports calendar and the league is holding its own.

A’ja Wilson scored 26 points, grabbed 15 rebounds and the Las Vegas Aces defeated the New York Liberty 104-76 on Wednesday to take a 2-0 series lead in the WNBA Finals.

Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum each scored 26 points and the defending champion Las Vegas Aces pulled away from the New York Liberty in the second half to win 99-82 in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.

The highly anticipated WNBA Finals matchup between the Las Vegas Aces and New York Liberty tips off Sunday.

Coaches Becky Hammon and Sandy Brondello friendship goes back to their days in San Antonio.

Jonquel Jones scored 25 points, including five in the final minute, and New York earned its first trip to the WNBA Finals in 21 years with an 87-84 win over the Connecticut Sun.

Breanna Stewart had 25 points and 11 rebounds, and the New York Liberty beat the Connecticut Sun 92-81 to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-five WNBA semifinal series.

Breanna Stewart won the WNBA’s Most Valuable Player award for the second time in her career Tuesday in a very close race.

DeWanna Bonner scored 20 points, Rebecca Allen added 18 and the Connecticut Sun played stellar defense to beat the New York Liberty 78-63 in the first game of their WNBA semifinals series.

The WNBA once again had strong metrics as the league had its most-watched regular season in 21 years and its highest average attendance since 2018.

The New York Liberty and Las Vegas Aces are living up to the preseason WNBA hype and will meet for the first time with a championship on the line when they play for the Commissioner’s Cup title on Tuesday night.

Breanna Stewart scored 30 of her 42 points in the first half to help the New York Liberty beat the Indiana Fever 100-89 and set a franchise record for wins in a season.

New York finished off a rough stretch of their schedule that saw the Liberty play 10 games in 18 days on both coasts.

The New York Liberty's three-game road trip last week included multiple bus trips, two airplanes and three airports on the way from Connecticut to Las Vegas.

The last-place Phoenix Mercury have fired coach Vanessa Nygaard and replaced her with assistant Nikki Blue for the remainder of the season.

Brittney Griner sat on the bench in warmups for the second straight game, sidelined by a hip injury she suffered earlier this week.

Breanna Stewart and Courtney Vandersloot have won titles together playing overseas.

Courtney Vandersloot became the latest star to join the New York Liberty.

Breanna Stewart is coming to the New York Liberty.

The New York Liberty traded for 2021 MVP Jonquel Jones as part of a three-team deal with the Connecticut Sun and Dallas Wings.

New York has long been known as a melting pot.

Candace Parker had 14 points, 13 rebounds and eight assists to lead the Chicago Sky over the New York Liberty 90-72 in the deciding Game 3 to advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs.

Kahleah Copper scored 20 points and Courtney Vandersloot added 16 to help Chicago to a record rout of New York 100-62 to even the first-round WNBA playoffs series and force a decisive Game 3.

Sabrina Ionescu had 13 points, nine rebounds and seven assists, Sami Whitcomb added 15 points and the New York Liberty stayed in the playoff race with a 91-73 victory over the Dallas Wings.

The New York Liberty are currently two games out of a spot in the WNBA playoffs.

Gabby Williams scored a season-high 23 points in Seattle’s 81-72 win over the New York Liberty in what was Storm guard Sue Bird’s final regular-season game in her hometown.

The Indiana Fever take on the New York Liberty on Friday looking to snap their four game losing streak.

The New York Liberty are a work in progress.

Former WNBA player Shoni Schimmel has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a former partner on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeastern Oregon.

Teresa Weatherspoon and Vickie Johnson were the dynamic backcourt duo for the original New York Liberty team in 1997.

At the helm, Wade led the Sky to an 8-4 record for the month as Chicago finished June with an 10-8 overall record. Chicago went 5-3 on the road and 3-1 at Wintrust Arena in June.

The latest ESPN Cover Story featuring Minnesota Lynx guard Layshia Clarendon’s pronouns, she/he/they, debuted across the network’s digital, linear and social platforms, according to an ESPN press release.

The Chicago Sky are at full strength and moving up the WNBA standings after a slow start due to injuries.

Six WNBA games took place over the weekend action -- here’s what happened.

In the 18th edition of the poll, the WNBA’s 12 general managers assessed the league’s best teams, players, coaches, offseason moves and more.

The weekend was packed with a total of seven games of action in the W.

Three teams picked up wins in the action on Thursday.

Thursday is packed with three matchups for the continuation of WNBA Pride month.

The WNBA season isn’t even two weeks old and the New York Liberty have already doubled their win total from last year and are off to their best start since 2007.

The New York Liberty acquired Natasha Howard from the Seattle Storm as part of a tree-team trade Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)NEW YORK – The New York Liberty acquired Natasha Howard from the Seattle Storm as part of a three-team trade Wednesday. 1 pick didn't stay in Seattle long as the Storm traded it to Dallas for Katie Lou Samuelson and the Wings’ second-round pick in 2022. “We have the privilege of welcoming multiple-time WNBA champions Natasha Howard and Sami Whitcomb to Brooklyn,” general manager Jonathan Kolb said. “I am very excited to be a part of the New York Liberty organization,” she said.

(AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)NEW YORK – Liberty guard Layshia Clarendon, who identifies as transgender and nonbinary, announced on social media Friday that they had surgery to remove breast tissue. The league, the players' union and the New York Liberty released statements offering support to Clarendon. Clarendon wrote in The Players' Tribune five years ago they identify as “black, gay, female, non-cisgender and Christian," and expanded on their identity in an Instagram post in December. “Existing outside of the binary for me is freedom,” Clarendon wrote. I know that my gender will keep evolving because we change and grow and shape shift and expand.

Half the league went head to head on Wednesday with three teams adding a win to their win column. Connecticut Sun 70, Dallas Wings 66DeWanna Bonner scored 18 points and Alyssa Thomas added 17 as the Connecticut Sun defeat the Dallas Wings. Arike Ogunbowale led Dallas with 19 points and Allisha Gray had 15 points and eight rebounds. Chicago Sky 89, Phoenix Mercury 71Allie Quigley scored 20 points and Kahleah Cooper poured in 15 points as the Chicago Sky get an impressive win over the Phoenix Mercury. Sophie Cunningham and Skylar Diggins-Smith led the way for Phoenix with 15 points apiece.

The WNBA had three competitive games on Monday and has a even sharper line up of games on Tuesday. DeWanna Bonner scored 12 points for Connecticut (2-6), and grabbed nine rebounds to move into 20th on the WNBA career list. Brittney Griner had 22 points and 13 rebounds while Briana Turner added 13 points and 11 rebounds for Phoenix. Sami Whitcomb added 17 points for Seattle and Ezi Magbegor scored 13 points and Alysha Clark had 12 points. Allie Quigley led Chicago with 13 points andCheyenne Parker added 12 points.