CHICAGO — Angel Reese was cleared to play for the Chicago Sky on Tuesday night against the Seattle Storm at Wintrust Arena after missing nine of the last 10 games with a lower back injury.

The forward logged 19 points in 26 minutes, slightly exceeding a 24- to 25-minute playing time restriction initially set before the game. Reese was the ...Read more

A former Miami Heat security officer and retired police officer accused of stealing millions in team jerseys pleaded guilty Tuesday to transporting and transferring stolen memorabilia across state lines, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Marcos Tomas Perez, 62, “stole hundreds of game-worn jerseys and other valuable memorabilia ...Read more

NEW YORK — The 2025 Minnesota Lynx revenge tour was in full effect entering Barclays Center: last year’s WNBA Final runner-ups flaunted a league-best 28-5 record and remained undefeated (3-0) against defending champion Liberty.

And Tuesday night was a perfect opportunity for the Lynx to send a message that 2025 is their year. A 4-0 regular-...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — The ongoing saga of the Mohegan Tribe’s attempt to sell the Connecticut Sun took another turn on Tuesday when ESPN reported that the WNBA is attempting to counter the two offers currently on the table from prospective ownership groups in Boston and Hartford.

According to the ESPN report, the WNBA opposes a move to either ...Read more

SAN FRANCISCO — A change to the NBA national broadcast ecosystem will have an impact on the Warriors’ 2025-26 season.

Golden State will have three Tuesday home games – matchups against the Clippers on Oct. 28, Oklahoma City on Dec. 2 and Portland on Jan. 13 – start at 8 p.m. Pacific time

That’s an hour later than usual for local ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Each morning before Cameron Brink pulls on her Sparks jersey, she scans a taped-up collage in her closet. Olympic rings, a WNBA All-Star crest, snapshots with her fiancé and a scatter of Etsy trinkets crowd the board.

The canvas is a handmade constellation of who Brink is and who she longs to be. Between magazine clippings and ...Read more

STORRS, Conn. — Dan Hurley is determined to never have a team play defense like UConn did last season again.

By KenPom ratings, last year’s team was 75th in the nation in defensive efficiency – worst since Hurley took over the Huskies in 2018-19. This year, with a roster build similar to the 2022-23 national title team, defense will be ...Read more

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — The Connecticut Sun entered the fourth quarter against the Indiana Fever on Sunday with victory in their grasp. They had led by as many as 21 points in the third, and a buzzer-beater 3-pointer from rookie Leila Lacan sent them into the final period still ahead by double-digits.

But as they have so many times this season, ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — The NBA dropped its schedule earlier this week, and buried in the long list of 1,230 regular-season games was a juicy nugget that should make every Orlando Magic fan sit up and start sharpening their social media barbs:

The Magic will open the 2025-26 NBA season against the Miami Heat.

Yes, you read that correctly.

The ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — Alanna Smith entered the Lynx media room Saturday and assured everyone that Courtney Williams was right behind her. A couple moments later, Williams entered, walking like she had aged 30 years over her grueling 35 minutes of game action.

Williams smiled and greeted the room before exhaling and saying, “Man, we had to work for ...Read more

MIAMI — To go through the Miami Heat’s just-released 2025-26 regular-season schedule and select the most meaningful or important games is to miss the point.

When you are coming off a 37-45 season and third consecutive trip to the play-in round, every game is meaningful, every game is important. To think otherwise is to lose sight of a team ...Read more

NEW YORK —The 2025-26 NBA schedule has dropped, delivering a thrilling lineup of must-see games filled with high stakes, emotional reunions and budding rivalries.

From Kevin Durant’s Oklahoma City homecoming on opening night to a star-packed Christmas Day clash between the Knicks and Cleveland Cavaliers, here are 10 standout matchups to ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — First Joel Embiid, then Nick Nurse, signaled that Embiid won’t be ready for the start of the 76ers’ season after undergoing a delayed, unspecified, third surgery on the left knee that cost him most of last season.

“We don’t have a timeline,” Embiid told ESPN in a sympathy piece last month. “If I come back early ...Read more

SEATTLE — Two years ago, the Storm retired Sue Bird’s No. 10 jersey, which hangs in the Climate Pledge Arena rafters, and last year Seattle city officials renamed a Lower Queen Anne street in her honor.

And on Sunday morning, Bird will soar to even loftier legendary heights, becoming the rare sports superstar to garner a trifecta of ...Read more

Brady Pettigrew isn't a collector of sports cards or memorabilia. The Indiana Fever fan just wanted to have some fun with Sophie Cunningham, one of his favorite players.

At a fan event in Indianapolis last weekend, Pettigrew waited in line with many others to get the star WNBA guard's autograph. When his turn came, the 39-year-old resident of ...Read more

MIAMI — In a move that takes the team below the punitive NBA luxury tax, the Miami Heat have traded forward Haywood Highsmith and a 2032 second-round draft choice to the Brooklyn Nets.

With the Nets currently operating $22.5 million below the 2025-26 NBA salary cap and able to take on salary, the Heat in return received only a conditional ...Read more

ARLINGTON, Texas — The hallmarks of Philadelphia hoops culture are famous for a reason.

And before their time coaching the WNBA’s Dallas Wings, the Koclanes siblings lived it. Chris Koclanes is in his first year as Wings head coach, and Belle is an assistant.

Early in Belle’s career, she was an assistant coach at Penn from 2004 to 2008. ...Read more

Veronica Burton is not a flashy player. She doesn’t have a varied repertoire of ankle-breakers or fancy moves.

But the Valkyries point guard who has started all 32 of the team’s games does have a complete mastery of Golden State’s offense, a skill set she showed in the team’s 88-83 victory in Washington as the visitors secured their ...Read more