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WNBA All-Star weekend begins on Saturday with highly anticipated 3-Point Shootout and Skills Challenge

Can Allie Quigley repeat as 3-Point champion?

USA Today Sports Media Group

Sky’s James Wade doesn’t need to be famous. As long as the winning continues, he’s golden

He could look up at Wintrust Arena and see a beautiful banner any time, but that's not going to help him raise the next one.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago is Candace Parker’s world, we’re all just living in it

Parker heads into the WNBA All-Star Game with the Sky sitting pretty and another ring on her mind.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Here’s what awaits Sky in second half of WNBA season

The team is atop the league standings, one game ahead of the Las Vegas Aces.

Chicago Sun-Times

WNBA kicks off All-Star weekend with orange carpet

Fashion has long been a way for WNBA players to show a personal side, and many of them Friday credited previous All-Stars for paving the way.

Chicago Sun-Times

Editorial: Bring her home: Biden must work to free Brittney Griner, and reexamine US cannabis schedule

In February, according to her own telling, WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner did exactly what many of us have done at some point in our lives: realized she had an impending trip for which she hadn’t packed and threw together a bag, forgetting everything that was in…

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Why Philadelphia doesn’t have a major pro women’s sports team, and how that could change

PHILADELPHIA — Between Sunday’s WNBA All-Star Game, the U.S. women’s soccer team’s ongoing World Cup and Olympics qualification tournament, and the 50th anniversary of Title IX, women’s sports have been in a big spotlight this summer.

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Rev. Al Sharpton calls for release of WNBA star Brittney Griner

“We stand rock solid behind Brittney Griner,” Rev. Sharpton said at a news conference in Chicago, as the WNBA kicked off festivities leading up to its All-Star Game on Sunday at Wintrust Arena.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ogwumike, WNBA continue push for Brittney Griner's release

Nneka Ogwumike says Brittney Griner is an American hero

The Independent UK

WNBA players balance activist roles as political turmoil hangs over All-Star weekend

CHICAGO — Like any other milestone in the WNBA, the 2022 All-Star Game will be about much more than basketball.

Chicago Tribune

WNBA Announces Four-Point Shot, No Free Throws for All-Star Game

The W is adding a new twist to its format of this year's event.

Sports Illustrated

Breanna Stewart’s incredible new kicks are the first WNBA signature shoes in years

These shoes are beautifully done.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Conservative pundits mock Brittney Griner in ‘idiotic’ attacks over her anti-national anthem stance

‘You gotta be a pretty big piece of s**t to be doing victory laps over this situation’

The Independent UK

Kyrie Irving Attended WNBA Game in L.A. Amid Lakers Rumors

The Nets guard added to the speculation about his 2022 season future on Thursday night as he sat courtside at the Storm vs. Sparks game.

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Breanna Stewart’s ‘Quiet Fire’ Inspires Debut of the Stewie 1

The Stewie 1 from Puma is the first signature shoe of a WNBA player in more than a decade.

Chicago Tribune

Candace Parker’s Revenge Tour: The Chicago Sky All-Star keeps proving doubters wrong — one milestone at a time

Candace Parker is one of the most recognizable faces in women’s basketball.

The Guardian - UK

‘A free ticket to travel’: the Americans forging basketball careers in Europe

How do American players forging careers abroad adapt to life in the European leagues, both on and off the court? The Guardian spoke to several who have played across the continent

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner trial - live: Wife describes ‘gut-wrenching time’ in rally with Al Sharpton

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The Independent UK

Brittney Griner ‘decided to take full responsibility’ with guilty plea, Russian legal team says

Her legal team hopes plea will help her avoid severe sentence

France 24

WNBA star Griner pleads guilty to drug possession in Russian courtroom

American basketball star Brittney Griner pleaded guilty Thursday to drug possession charges on the second day of her trial in a Russian court in a case that could see her sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.

The Independent UK

Simone Biles becomes youngest living person to receive Presidential Medal of Freedom

‘Today, she adds to her medal count of 32 – I don’t know if you’re going to find room,’ President Biden said as he honoured the Olympian

The Independent UK

Everything we know about the Russian prison where Brittney Griner is being held

Ms Griner has is being held in Correctional Colony No. 1 outside Moscow

Al Jazeera

US basketball star Griner pleads guilty in Russian drug trial

WNBA player Brittney Griner says she was in a rush to pack and accidentally put cannabis oil in her luggage.

Sports Illustrated

U.S. Secretary of State Reacts to Brittney Griner’s Guilty Plea

Antony Blinken: “We will not relent until Brittney, Paul Whelan, and all other wrongfully detained Americans are reunited with their loved ones.”

The Independent UK

Brittney Griner pleads guilty to drugs charges and faces up to 10 years in Russian prison

‘I’d like to plead guilty, your honour. But there was no intent. I didn’t want to break the law,’ said the WNBA star in court

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