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WNBA officially announces 2022 All-Star Game will be played in Chicago

This will be the first year Chicago hosts the game, which was first played in 1999 in New York and saw Lisa Leslie crowned MVP.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky get new additions to camp as coach James Wade makes his first cuts

Early in the day Wade waived Kamiah Smalls and Kayla Wells to make room on his training camp roster. No more than 15 players are allowed in a WNBA market at one time during training camp.

Chicago Sun-Times

From Sue Bird to Christyn Williams: Catching up with the UConn women’s basketball players in the WNBA

The 2022 WNBA season is just around the corner, which means it’s time to get up to speed with your favorite former UConn stars.

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EXPLAINER: Will a Russian prisoner exchange impact Griner?

Brittney Griner remains detained in Russia and it’s unclear how an unexpected prisoner exchange between the United States and Russia that freed marine veteran Trevor Reed will affect the status of WNBA star

The Independent UK

State Department: Griner’s Release Is ‘Top Priority,’

Russian state media recently reported the WNBA star’s detention will last through at least May 19.

Sports Illustrated

2022 WNBA season betting preview: Contenders, sleepers and clunkers ahead of opening night

Breaking down the four different tiers of WNBA teams and understanding their odds.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Sky’s Courtney Vandersloot plans to continue her overseas career despite WNBA’s looming prioritization rule

The prioritization rule was added in the league’s new CBA in 2020 and will go into partial effect next season and full effect in 2024.

Chicago Sun-Times

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How Danita Johnson Is Flipping the Field

The pioneering D.C. United president has big plans for MLS’s founding franchise.

Sports Illustrated

Fantasy WNBA draft preview: Sleepers, best picks and rookies to know

Looking at the top-5 WNBA players at every fantasy position.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Basketball legend Lauren Jackson returns from retirement for Albury-Wodonga in NBL1

Chronic injuries ended Lauren Jackson's Hall of Fame basketball career in 2016. Now, at 40, the Australian is returning to the court for her hometown team in Albury-Wodonga, making an impressive start.

ABC News

Mystery remains around Brittney Griner’s case in Russia

As extraordinary as her circumstances are, the details surrounding Griner’s case remain mostly unknown as a crucial court date approaches next month. Russian prosecutors have offered little clarity and the U.S. government has made only measured statements.

Chicago Sun-Times

2 months after Griner's arrest, mystery surrounds her case

WNBA All-Star and two-time Olympic gold medalist Brittney Griner is easily the most prominent American citizen known to be jailed by a foreign government

The Independent UK

1 question for every WNBA team ahead of the 2022 season

One question for each WNBA team ahead of the 2022 season.

USA Today Sports Media Group

WNBA legend Diana Taurasi still has competitive fire heading into 18th pro season

As Diana Taurasi prepares for the 18th season of her WNBA career, she finds herself in learning mode.

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Sue Bird back to take her final flight with the Storm or is she?

There were several familiar faces — say hello again to Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd — plenty of newcomers and a handful of notable absences at the Storm's first training camp practice Sunday.

The Independent UK

Griner's ordeal in Russia weighs on minds of teammates

The Phoenix Mercury are preparing for their WNBA season without teammate Brittney Griner

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky are ready to defend their title in 2022

The joy of a team returning to the court after completing a championship season was evident. Equally noticeable was the team’s hunger for another.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sky open camp with 14 players on training camp contracts and two roster spots

Thirteen players were set to arrive for Day 1 of camp, including Courtney Vandersloot, Allie Quigley, Emma Meesseman, Azura Stevens and Dana Evans.

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The Independent UK

Ex-WNBA guard pleads not guilty to strangling former partner

Former WNBA player Shoni Schimmel has pleaded not guilty to assaulting a former partner on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeastern Oregon

Sports Illustrated

Staley Responds to A’ja Wilson Saying She Wanted to Transfer

The WNBA star wanted to leave South Carolina after her freshman year. The Gamecocks coach says she was prepared either way.

Tribune News Service

Brimming with the confidence of being a UConn women’s basketball player, Evina Westbrook now ready for what’s next in WNBA with Seattle Storm

Evina Westbrook and her family decided to keep it simple. They gathered at home in Salem, Ore., to watch the WNBA Draft on Monday.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Tom Brady congratulates WNBA draft pick Veronica Burton in epic phone call

Tom Brady congratulated Veronica Burton on her selection in the NBA draft.

Tribune News Service

Dom Amore: UConn's Christyn Williams wasn’t invited to WNBA draft party in New York, but she’s wanted in Washington to start her career

HARTFORD, Conn. — Christyn Williams had it in mind’s eye. The night of the 2022 WNBA draft would be her night in the big city, surrounded by glamour and glitz. When she came to UConn as the national player of the year, who would have imagined it any other way?

The Independent UK

LSU basketball star Seimone Augustus to get statue at school

LSU’s most decorated female student-athlete will become the first in school history to get her own statue

The Independent UK

WNBA commissioner describes Brittney Griner situation as ‘unimaginable’ as league works to secure her release

The 31-year-old WNBA star was detained by Russian authorities on 17 February

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