WNBA News
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WNBA: Knee surgery ends Katie Lou Samuelson’s season in Seattle
Four games left Four games remained. Katie Lou Samuelson will not play in any of them. The Seattle Storm guard has had surgery on her left knee. The franchise said she misses the rest of the season and gave no detail on the arthroscopic procedure. “Your Storm family is with you, Lou. We are sending…
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WNBA: Katie Lou Samuelson out for the season
The Seattle guard had surgery on her left knee and will not play again this year. The Storm have four games left and the worst record in the league.
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WNBA : Magbegor out, torn ACL
A season that never really got going One foot. Then a face fracture. Then the knee. Ezi Magbegor has torn the ACL in her right knee while playing for Australia at the FIBA World Cup. The Seattle Storm confirmed the news last night. Her WNBA season is over. The injury came on Wednesday, during the…
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WNBA: Napheesa Collier powers US past Hungary in Berlin
Nineteen points in fifteen minutes on the floor. Napheesa Collier barely had to break sweat as the United States dismantled Hungary in the World Cup quarterfinals.
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Basketball: US sweep Group D with 105-64 rout of Czechia
One night after scraping past Italy, the United States shot 52.5 percent, assisted on 32 baskets and took Group D by 41 points. Quarter-finals on Thursday.
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WNBA: Aari McDonald gets a lifeline from the Lynx
A former No. 3 pick, out of the league for a year The Minnesota Lynx announced on Monday that they have signed guard Aari McDonald. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. To make room, the franchise waived guard Eliska Joklova. McDonald is 28 and had not played a WNBA game since August 7, 2025.…
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WNBA: Cathy Engelbert to step down as commissioner at the end of 2026
Seven years in charge. Two collective bargaining agreements signed, a broadcast audience that kept climbing, and an expansion map that runs to 18 franchises by 2030. Cathy Engelbert is walking away from all of it when the year closes out. A contract she could have renewed, and did not The WNBA commissioner told the league…
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WNBA: Kanter Freedom sues Sky over arena ejection
Eleven days after being escorted out of Wintrust Arena, Enes Kanter Freedom has taken the Chicago Sky, the city and the arena’s owner to federal court.
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Basketball: Talbot carries Opals past Puerto Rico in Berlin
Australia got their World Cup started with a 70-54 win. Alanna Smith’s leg gave them the scare they did not need on day one.
