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The WNBA playoffs begin tonight with eight teams chasing the title

The Chicago Sky are attempting to become the first team in 20 years to win back-to-back championships. And Seattle Storm star Sue Bird will be retiring after a 19-year career in the league.

WEKU

Larry Stone: Can second-year coach Noelle Quinn lead the Storm to another WNBA title?

As the Seattle Storm enter the playoffs Thursday in pursuit of their fifth WNBA championship, numerous poignant story lines are percolating.

Tribune News Service

SI:AM | One Thing to Know About Each WNBA First-Round Series

The Aces are the favorite, but there is still the potential for some upsets.

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Expert Picks, Predictions and More for the 2022 WNBA Playoffs

Will the No. 1 Aces go all the way for its first championship? Or will the Sky get the back-to-back titles?

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Jackie Young’s Newfound Trust in Herself Could Push Las Vegas to Title

Equipped with a recently developed on-court confidence, the former No. 1 pick has become a threat at the three-point line.

Sports Illustrated

An acupuncturist, chiropractors and more: How the Storm's training staff fuels longevity for players like Sue Bird

SEATTLE — Among the Seattle Storm's players and the other sports training staff members, Melony Cable is known as "Magic Mel." New players don't even know her full name, she says with a smile.

Tribune News Service

Sky have championship blueprint, but it will take a different approach to win back-to-back

“Regardless of whether you’re going back-to-back or winning a championship, it takes a different mentality each time and the thought that it’s an entirely different season,” Candace Parker said.

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Michelle Kaufman: Miami's Sylvia Fowles underappreciated as she retires from WNBA to become mom, mortician

MIAMI — One of America’s greatest, kindest, and most intriguing athletes retired on Sunday after a stellar career, and chances are, unless you follow the WNBA, you probably don’t realize just how special Sylvia Fowles is.

Miami Herald

Sam Gordon: Hammon says Aces poised for postseason run

The Aces won 12 of their final 15 games — including the Commissioner’s Cup championship — to clinch the No. 1 seed in the WNBA playoffs. Their offense (111.9 points per 100 possessions) is the best in the league, and they’re defending better than ever after a stretch of apathy…

Tribune News Service

Breanna Stewart named AP WNBA player of the year. Is MVP next?

SEATTLE — Breanna Stewart won the Associated Press WNBA Player of the Year award, which perhaps is a bit of foreshadowing for what’s ahead for the Storm star who is vying for several league postseason honors.

Tribune News Service

WNBA superstars A’ja Wilson and Kahleah Copper sign massive sponsorships as the league continues to grow

WNBA players getting the bag.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Liz Cambage breaks silence on WNBA future: ‘I’ve decided to step away from the league for the time being’

Liz Cambage announces she's done with the WNBA "for the time being."

USA Today Sports Media Group

WNBA star blasts league as unsafe as she announces early retirement for ‘healing and personal growth’

Cambage said she planned to address ‘rumours’ after working on her ‘personal growth’

The Independent UK

2022 WNBA Playoffs Preview: Odds, analysis and picks for each first-round series

The 2022 WNBA postseason is here! Which teams will advance past the opening round?

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The Philadelphia Inquirer

All eyes are on North Philly’s Kahleah Copper as the Chicago Sky begin their WNBA title defense

PHOENIX — Kahleah Copper’s competitiveness was the topic of conversation as Candace Parker strolled through a Footprint Center hallway following the Chicago Sky’s dominant victory over the Mercury to close out the regular season.

ABC News

Liz Cambage stepping away from WNBA after leaving LA Sparks

Liz Cambage will step away from the WNBA "for the time being" following the Australian's departure from the Los Angeles Sparks last month.

Los Angeles Times

Liz Cambage apologizes to Sparks in first public comments on abruptly leaving team

When Liz Cambage abruptly walked away from the Sparks late last month, the team was half a game out of a playoff spot with nine games remaining.

Sports Illustrated

Liz Cambage Announces She Is Stepping Away From WNBA

The center played 25 games this season before she and the Sparks agreed to terminate her contract.

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The Independent UK

Brittney Griner: why the basketball star was detained in Russia?

Basketball icon has been detained in Moscow for five months and counting

The Hindu

WNBA's Brittney Griner appeals her Russian prison sentence

Russian news agencies reported that lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession

The Guardian - US

Brittney Griner’s story shows again, how America continues to fail Black women

If Brittney Griner weren’t a Black woman, her story would have looked very different

WEKU

Lawyers for basketball star Brittney Griner appeal her Russian prison sentence

Griner's attorney was quoted by Russian news agencies on Monday as saying the appeal was filed, but the grounds of the appeal were not immediately clear.

Tribune News Service

The Connecticut Sun defeat Minnesota Lynx in last game of regular season, look toward WNBA playoffs

UNCASVILLE, Conn. —Natisha Hiedeman faked out her defender with a dribble and stepped into a 3-pointer, draining the shot from the top of the key.

Chicago Sun-Times

This You Gotta See: Aces higher entering WNBA playoffs, but defending champion Sky have no limit

First up: Sky-Liberty in a best-of-three series in the first round.

Sports Illustrated

Aces’ Wilson, Plum Set Scoring Mark for WNBA Teammates

They’re the first teammates in WNBA history to both eclipse 700 points in a season.

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