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Preview: Sunday showdowns

Angel Reese will go for her 13th-straight double-double when the Chicago Sky meet the Seattle Storm in Sunday’s most intriguing matchup.

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WNBA Fantasy Grab Bag: Changing of the guard in LA, Dallas

It’s been a tumultuous 2024 season in Los Angeles and Dallas, but guards Aari McDonald and Odyssey Sims are giving their respective teams some much-needed stability.

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Sparks Update: LA snaps losing streak

It’s been a rocky road for the Sparks recently, but Dearica Hamby continues to give stellar performances and Los Angeles finally put a W in the win column.

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WNBA Hoopers Hierarchy

Our experts at Swish Appeal ranked the best players in the WNBA for 2024. Where did your favorite star end up?

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2024 WNBA Season Previews

Get ready for the 2024 WNBA season with coverage from Swish Appeal’s staff.

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2024 WNBA Draft

Get ready for the 2024 WNBA Draft! Review prospect evaluations from Swish Appeal’s draft expert Eric Nemchock, team-focused draft previews from the rest of the staff and more.

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2024 NCAAW Tournament

Keep up with the 2024 NCAA women’s basketball tournament with coverage and analysis from Swish Appeal’s staff writers.

This Week in Women's Basketball

Fever Update: Three All-Stars and a milestone

Can we already qualify the Indiana Fever’s All-Star trio of Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell as a "Big 3"?

Dream Update: All-Star Allisha

Allisha Gray’s an All-Star for the second-straight season, Jordin Canada suffers another injury setback and Maya Caldwell is (for now) back in an Atlanta Dream uniform.

Liberty Update: What’s up with Stewie’s shooting?

The New York Liberty have won five-straight games, extending their league-best record to 17-3. More impressively, they’ve attained that consistent excellence despite Breanna Stewart’s 3-point shooting struggles.

Biggest disappointments of the WNBA season

We have an All-Star rookie getting attention she doesn’t want, a champion struggling to meet expectations and too many bad teams. Here are the biggest disappointments of the WNBA season so far.

Meet the 2024 WNBA All-Stars

Here’s who will be in Phoenix for WNBA All-Star 2024, when Team WNBA takes on Team USA.

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Biggest surprises of the WNBA season

From a lightning-rod rookie to sponsorship deals to an unexpected contender, here are the three biggest surprises of the WNBA season so far.

Aces Update: They’re back!

After a rough start to the WNBA season, the Las Vegas Aces are back to their dominant ways.

The WNBA’s Canadians are ready for Paris

The Senior Canadian Women’s National team is gearing up for the 2024 Olympics with the help of four WNBA stars.

“Power of the Dream” encapsulates the power of the W

A new documentary, produced by TOGETHXR, tells the story of how the WNBA modeled effective political organizing, and ended up changing the course of history.

Sky fail to close out Lynx

In control for much of the game, the Sky had the Lynx right where they wanted them, but then Chicago relinquished the game to Minnesota.

This Week in Women’s Basketball: Hamby is headed to Paris

USA Basketball announced that Dearica Hamby will replace her Los Angeles Sparks teammate Cameron Brink on the 3x3 Women’s National Team for the 2024 Olympics.

Preview: Indiana Fever vs. Phoenix Mercury

Sunday’s marquee matchup is undeniably the Indiana Fever and Caitlin Clark facing off against the Phoenix Mercury and Diana Taurasi for the first time this season (3 p.m. ET, ESPN).

Is this Serbian teenager a future star?

Get to know the 17-year-old guard, who just led her team to its first championship in Serbia.

Storm Update: All-Star cases for Seattle’s core

The Seattle Storm have plenty of big names on their roster, and they’ll likely send multiple players to the 2024 WNBA All-Star Game. Which of the Storm’s players has the strongest case?

Mercury Update: High variance in the Valley

The Phoenix Mercury are 8-8, sitting at sixth in the WNBA standings. That averageness, however, is belied by the up-and-down nature of their game-to-game performance, a product of the team’s reliance on shotmaking.

Wings Update: The 11-game losing streak is over

There hasn’t been much to cheer about in Dallas, but the Wings finally earned a win, beating the Minnesota Lynx, 94-88.

Fever Update: The first cut is the deepest

On Monday, the Indiana Fever cut Celeste Taylor, the No. 15 pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, to allow offseason addition Damiris Dantas to join the active roster.

Mystics Update: Winning momentum in Washington

The Washington Mystics have won four of their last five games. What have been the reasons for their winning streak?

Get to know Jada Dapaa

Former standout at Saint Francis and Fordham Ram, Jada Dapaa reflects on her (at first) unlikely college career and her first year as a pro.

Lynx win Commissioner’s Cup

A third quarter surge helped the Minnesota Lynx defeat the New York Liberty on the road and win their first Commissioner’s Cup title.

Preview: Commissioner’s Cup Championship

The New York Liberty aim for their second Commissioner’s Cup Championship in a row when they host the Minnesota Lynx. They’ll have to overcome injuries and a dynamic Lynx defense to earn it.

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Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese rise in latest WNBA rookie rankings

Cameron Brink is out for the season with a torn ACL, but the rest of the 2024 WNBA rookie class is continuing to thrive as they adjust to life in the pros.

Rookie Report: Kate Martin is an underdog in a championship-setting

When you think of this rookie class, Kate Martin likely isn’t the first name you think of, but she’s carving a lane for herself on the back-to-back champion Las Vegas Aces.

Reese carries Sky to thrilling win over Fever

The biggest storyline in women’s sports came to the Windy City on Sunday: Fever-Sky III. But after Indiana twice had triumphed over Chicago this season, Sunday produced a different result for the home squad under the most thrilling of circumstances.

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Angel Reese is becoming a WNBA star on her own terms for Chicago Sky

Angel Reese is already proving her unique skill set can work at the highest level of the game.

Return of the Mack

Natasha Mack’s return to the WNBA is one of the feel-good stories of the 2024 season.

This Week in Women’s Basketball: Aces top WNBA team valuations

Sportico released it’s first-ever WNBA franchise valuations. The Las Vegas Aces top the list, followed by the Seattle Storm and New York Liberty. That and more news about the business of women’s basketball.

Preview: Indiana Fever vs. Chicago Sky

In Sunday afternoon’s marquee matchup, the Indiana Fever will be looking to get their third-straight win over the Chicago Sky, as well as their fifth-straight win overall.