As expected the Washington Mystics named former Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault its new general manager and head coach. The Mystics fired Trudi Lacey in late September after a dismal two-year tenure with an 11-57…
From the league: The WNBA will implement new rules regarding flopping and defensive three-seconds, while also extending the three-point line, Chief of Basketball Operations and Player Relations Renee Brown announced today following the league’s Board…
Mocking Serena’s Curves Caroline Wozniacki drew criticism when she recently imitated Serena Williams by stuffing both her chest and shorts with padding. A racist gesture or comic relief? (Originally aired on December 12, 2012) Hosted…
From the league: The 2013 WNBA Draft, scheduled for Monday, April 15, will make history as the world’s top female basketball prospects will be selected live on prime time television for the first time in…
From the Atlanta Dream: Fred Williams will start the next WNBA season the way he finished the previous one: as the head coach and general manager of the Atlanta Dream. Williams, who engineered a mid-season…
Photos © Robert Franklin, all rights reserved. Just a few weeks ago Minnesota Lynx forward/center Taj McWilliams-Franklin joined Rice University on the sidelines to begin her duties as an assistant coach. The Lynx reached the…
The NCAA hired Val Ackerman, the founding president of the WNBA, as a consultant to conduct a comprehensive assessment of the current state of intercollegiate women’s basketball. Ackerman’s main task is to deliver a strategic…
[display_podcast] A few years back, I started a Dishin & Swishin tradition. You see, every week for the remainder of the year I get to talk basketball with the greatest players, coaches, administrators and journalists…
From the Sun: The Connecticut Sun announced today it will not be retaining head coach Mike Thibault or his assistant coaches for the 2013 season. This is the first coaching change since the franchise relocated…
Atlanta News, Weather, Traffic, and Sports | FOX 5 Video: FOX 5 Atlanta Update: On Friday morning a judge in Atlanta set a $100,000 bond for Holdsclaw. When she is released she will have to…
Basketball legend and former Lady Raider Sheryl Swoopes will join the Texas Tech women’s basketball broadcast team this season. The team will make 18 appearances on television this season including eight games on Texas Tech…
The former majority owner of the Los Angeles Sparks, Gemini Basketball Holdings LLC (Kathy Goodman and Carla Christofferson), filed a lawsuit against its former attorney for legal malpractice in Superior Court reports Courthouse News Service.…
[display_podcast] The WNBA season has come to its conclusion, and it is time for Dishin & Swishin to celebrate a fantastic WNBA finals series. The Indiana Fever certainly had a difficult path to the Finals,…
From the New York Liberty: The New York Liberty announced today that Bill Laimbeer, a WNBA Coach of the Year and three-time WNBA Champion, has been hired as the team’s general manager and head coach.…
After a week of back-and-forth exchanges stemming from an intense, physical game two punctuated by the jacket-tossing of Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve, the coaches of Indiana and Minnesota only had nice things to say about…
The Indiana Fever won the 2012 WNBA Championship beating the Minnesota Lynx 87-78 in front of a sellout crowd at Bankers Life Fieldhouse Sunday night. The Fever took four games (3-1) to earn the title…
After a drama-filled, intense WNBA Finals game two that resulted in a viral video of her throwing off her jacket in disgust at the officials and a back-and-forth about game behavior between coaches, Lynx head…
By the numbers Rebounds Lynx: 30, Fever 39 Points in the Paint Lynx 22, Fever 30 Second Chance Points Lynx 12, Fever 14 Fastbreak Points Lynx 5, Fever 14 Biggest Lead Lynx 4, Fever 37…
Minnesota Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve responded to criticism of her behavior in game two when she threw her jacket off and received a technical after getting angry at officials for not calling a foul when…
Just hours before game three of the WNBA Finals between the Minnesota Lynx and the Indiana Fever, the Indianapolis franchise announced a marquee partnership with sports retailer Finish Line. Indiana’s jersey sponsorship is the sixth…
After two hard-fought games in the WNBA Finals leaving the series tied at 1-1, the Minnesota Lynx travel to hostile quarters to face the Indiana Fever on Friday at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis for…
Game 2 of the WNBA Finals between the Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx on Wednesday, Oct. 17 was the most viewed and highest rated WNBA Playoff game on ESPN since 1999 reported the league Thursday.…
[display_podcast] Val Ackerman and Donna Orender are a tough act to follow. They both brought a basketball and sports background to their time as president of the WNBA, and that was reflected in the perception…
By the numbers Points in the Paint Fever 32, Lynx 36 Second Chance Points Fever 3, Lynx 24 Fastbreak Points Fever 14, Lynx 14 Biggest Lead Fever 12, Lynx 15 Lead Changes 9 Times Tied…
The 2012 All-WNBA First and Second Teams feature players selected by a panel of 41 national and local sportswriters and broadcasters at the conclusion of the regular season. Players were selected by position and received…
