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Fever GM Amber Cox defends Indiana fans: Criticism 'has no basis in reality'

General manager Amber Cox defended the Indiana Fever's fanbase during the team's end-of-season news conferences.

Caitlin Clark rues what could have been as she and the Fever head into offseason

A'ja Wilson scores 36 points as the Aces send the Fever home again with a 94-83 win in Game 3

WNBA says no penalty for A'ja Wilson after fan incident in Game 2 against the Fever

Allisha Gray and Jordin Canada lead Dream into WNBA semifinals with 93-75 win over Mystics

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New York Liberty sweep the Minnesota Lynx 87-71, 1st No. 8 seed to oust a No. 1 in WNBA playoffs

No. 8-seeded Liberty sweep top-seeded Lynx 87-71 in quarterfinals, advance to WNBA semifinals

Simone Biles remains undecided about the 2028 Olympics, but the lure of competing in LA is very real

Lynx take two WNBA awards: Miles is Rookie of the Year, and Reeve is a five-time Coach of the Year

Howard, Reese help Dream rally from 11-point deficit, beat Mystics 92-77 in Game 1 of playoff series

Breanna Stewart's 34 points leads the Liberty in Game 1, and pushes the top-seeded Lynx to the brink

Stewart scores 34 to lead Liberty past top-seeded Lynx in Game 1

The Mohegan Tribe made an early bet on a WNBA team. Now the Sun is setting

Los Angeles Sparks fire coach Lynne Roberts after the team again misses the playoffs

Sun beat Tempo 95-81 in franchise's final game in Connecticut before moving to Houston

Valkyries rally past the Sparks 76-75 to secure No. 2 seed and spoil Nneka Ogwumike's final game

Lynx flex their top-seed muscle without Miles, push Clark and the Fever to 6th for the WNBA playoffs

Citron has 22, Iriafen 16 points, 15 boards as playoff-bound Mystics beat Sky 101-93

Sun say an 'emotional' farewell as the WNBA franchise plays its final game in Connecticut

Paige Bueckers scores 25, Jessica Shepard secures another triple-double and Wings beat Storm 103-91

The WNBA playoff picture sharpens as half the postseason positions are set

Angel Reese fine after taking hit to face just before halftime in Atlanta's win over New York

Kenya's President William Ruto attends Atlanta Dream win to watch Madina Okot play

Atlanta clinches the No. 4 seed as Angel Reese exits after a hit to the face in win over Liberty

New York's Breanna Stewart sits out finale with left knee soreness as playoffs near

Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell help Fever keep home-court hope alive with 96-77 win over Lynx

A'ja Wilson powers the Aces past the Sparks, clinching at least a No. 3 seed

Austin has 25 points and 13 rebounds as the Mystics beat the Sun 79-69 for franchise-record 27th win

Injured rookie Olivia Miles will not play against Fever as Lynx try to clinch WNBA's top seed

Breanna Stewart's 9-year no-tech streak snapped in the Liberty's loss to Atlanta

Floyd's Van Cott twins are one of Suffolk's top doubles tandems

Atlanta Dream beat the New York Liberty 95-84, close in on a top-4 WNBA seed

The Sparks honor Lisa Leslie with a bronze statue outside the arena

Wilson scores 30 points as the Aces beat the Storm 98-77

Ogwumike becomes 4th player in WNBA history with 8,000 points as the Sparks beat the Fire 105-84

Washington Mystics beat Indiana Fever 93-77, move within 1 game in standings

Breanna Stewart has 27 to move into 8th on WNBA scoring list as Liberty beat Tempo 106-69

Olivia Miles breaks Caitlin Clark's WNBA rookie points record in Lynx win over Sun

Surging Lynx close in on top seed in playoffs by beating the Sun 101-89

Only in Newsday'We could do this': A look back at when LI women played pro baseball in a league of their own

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Charles scores 16 as Valkyries conclude regular-season home schedule with 70-57 win over Seattle

Angel Reese has 31st double-double to help Dream beat Sky 106-81

The Liberty beat the Lynx 93-81 as Breanna Stewart posts 24 points and 10 rebounds

A new stage for '¡GOOOOL!': Andrés Cantor's next move is to Netflix for Women's World Cup

Young ties WNBA record with 22-point quarter, Aces beat Storm 114-77

Austin scores 20, Iriafen has 18 points and 11 rebounds, Mystics beat Sky 110-80

Jessica Shepard has 5th triple-double and the Wings beat the Sparks 97-77 for 5th straight win

Angel Reese has 30 points and 10 rebounds to help the Dream rout the Sun 103-59

Former soccer star from LI dies at 30

WTA Finals moving to an NBA arena next year as tennis tour seeks 'Super Bowl for women's sports'

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Female athletes accuse Sydney Sweeney ad of sexualizing women in sports

Australia's Ezi Magbegor tears right ACL in women's FIBA World Cup

Rivals Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark having 'fun' playing together for US and not against each other

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