Alexa Philippou

Storm coach Noelle Quinn said pregame that Brittney Sykes is expected in Seattle on Wednesday, which would allow her to complete a required physical and presumably set her up to join the Storm on their trip to Las Vegas for Friday's pivotal game.

Storm acquire Sykes from Mystics for Clark, pick The Mystics have traded Brittney Sykes to the Seattle Storm in a deal that sends Alysha Clark and a 2026 first-round pick to D.C.

Full ESPN story on the Mystics-Storm trade that sent Brittney Sykes to Seattle:

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Sun prez: Sale not done, staying in Conn. in '26 Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti said the team plans to play at Mohegan Sun Arena in 2026 after a deal was reached for a Boston-based group to buy the franchise and relocate it in '27.

The latest from Connecticut Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti, who met with reporters today, on the potential sale of the Connecticut Sun, what’s in store for 2026 and why she says the deal is “not quite at the finish line yet”

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@alexaphilippou.bsky.social reported on #WNBA countdown that things are progressing very quickly when it comes to Emma Meesseman's arrival in Brooklyn. "Sooner rather than later," she said.

She noted that once Meesseman arrives in NY she'll have to go through medical testing + a physical.

'Pay Us What You Owe Us': Inside the WNBPA's statement-making All-Star Weekend As CBA negotiations continue, WNBA players made a unified statement at the All-Star Game. Here's how they landed on "Pay Us What You Owe Us" shirts.

Conversations brewing a week prior. A pivotal final decision over breakfast. A pregame locker room meeting

An inside look at how the WNBA All-Stars’ “Pay Us What You Owe Us” shirts came to be amid CBA negotiations, from me & @ramonaespn.bsky.social

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WNBA All-Star roster breakdown: Snubs, MVP predictions, what to watch in Indianapolis Twenty-two players have been named for the July 19 All-Star Game in Indianapolis. Who got left out?

Teamed up with @kendra-andrews.bsky.social, @alexaphilippou.bsky.social and @michaelvoepelespn.bsky.social to discuss All-Star reserves, including who should have made it and who we're happy to see was chosen: www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Wings' Bueckers finding her footing in rookie season of ups and downs The No. 1 draft pick is looking increasingly confident and comfortable as a pro. Will it translate to more wins?

Paige Bueckers is looking increasingly confident and comfortable as a pro and is finding her footing in a rookie season of ups and downs.

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WNBA: No suspensions from Sun-Fever scuffles No players will face suspensions after a pair of scuffles broke out in Tuesday's Connecticut Sun-Indiana Fever game, including one in the final minute that resulted in three players getting ejected, t...

WNBA says it won't suspend players in Sun-Fever skirmishes

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Clark, Fever to vie for Cup after scuffles mar win Caitlin Clark and the Fever advanced to the Commissioner's Cup championship game after defeating the Sun in a physical game that included a pair of scuffles and three late ejections.

Both Indiana & Connecticut denounced the officiating last night for allowing tensions to escalate throughout the game. Sun HC Rachid Meziane called Sophie Cunningham’s late foul “disrespectful.” Fever HC Stephanie White left it as, “I viewed it as a flagrant foul.”

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New York won its first WNBA title last year; here's why the Liberty are even better now Their perfect season ended Saturday, but the defending champs might be better than last year, with one notable weakness.

Took a look at the Liberty's first 10 games, including the troubling possibility for other teams that the defending champs might be even better this year despite Saturday's loss to the hot-shooting Fever: www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Big news out of Indianapolis: Stephanie White told reporters Caitlin Clark and Sophie Cunningham are set to return for tomorrow's game versus the Liberty, barring any setbacks after practice -- but DeWanna Bonner (personal reasons) is still anticipated to be away from the team tomorrow

WNBA grades one month in: Liberty, Lynx are top of class, but two teams score F grades Which teams have exceeded expectations and which have fallen short one month into the 2025 season? We have grades and questions.

My colleagues and I took a stab at grading all 13 WNBA teams one month into the 2025 season

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Tyrese Haliburton, Caitlin Clark and the most powerful friendship in basketball From group chats to high-level X's and O's breakdowns, the two superstars have pushed themselves -- and each other -- to the top of the basketball universe.

NBA Finals 2025: Tyrese Haliburton, Caitlin Clark and the most powerful friendship in basketball, via @ramonaespn.bsky.social

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Minnesota is undefeated no more. Erica Wheeler's key 3 started an 8-0 Storm game to end the run. She had 20 points and nine assists, Nneka Ogwumike had 21 points and 10 rebounds and Skylar Diggins reached 5,000 career points on a fun night for Seattle fans.

Storm played what felt like a pretty flawless first half, shooting 55% from the field with 15 assists ... and are still down one at the break. The Lynx are pretty, pretty good.

During my time working for the Storm website, they were responsible for two of the four times Quigley got cut before sticking in Chicago. Always enjoyed covering her in between those. She was the only player who at exit interviews asked us reporters what we were going to do during the W offseason.

Ex-Sky guard Quigley makes retirement official Sky champion and WNBA legend Allie Quigley has announced her retirement from basketball three years after playing her last game, she announced Tuesday in The Players Tribune.

Allie Quigley makes retirement official:

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Sky's Vandersloot (ACL) will miss rest of season Veteran Sky point guard Courtney Vandersloot suffered a torn right ACL and will miss the rest of the 2025 season, the team announced Sunday.

Bad news out of Chicago this evening:

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Paige Bueckers has now been ruled OUT with an illness, the Wings have announced

Courtney Vandersloot has been officially ruled out for the remainder of today’s Chicago Sky game versus the Indiana Fever after suffering a knee injury in the first quarter.

Hoping it isn’t as bad as it looked.

Storm's Li: Trade request about playing time Storm center Li Yueru explained her request for a trade reported Wednesday by saying she was enjoying her first season with the Storm but looking for more playing time.

Wrote yesterday about backup center Li Yueru requesting a trade from the Storm in pursuit of more playing time despite telling us she's enjoying her stay in Seattle thus far: www.espn.com/wnba/story/_...

Paige Bueckers has cleared concussion protocol after missing the last three games for the Dallas Wings. The team is listing her as probable with an illness heading into tomorrow's tilt against the Minnesota Lynx

I can confidently say that's the best half in Golden State Valkyries history.

The New York Liberty join the Minnesota Lynx at 8-0, marking the second time in league history where multiple teams started with that record in the same season.

The other instance? 2016 with Minnesota (13-0) and Los Angeles (11-0). The squads later met in the Finals that season

Fever star Clark (quad) could return next week Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark, who has missed the last three games with a left quad strain, will be re-evaluated this weekend and could return as early as next week.

For the first time since her quad strain, Caitlin Clark spoke to reporters about her injury, her potential return and what it’s like watching from the sidelines

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WNBA's Taylor joins Grand Canyon as assistant Celeste Taylor, a former guard with the Mercury who has been dealing with a foot injury, is joining Grand Canyon as an assistant coach, she told ESPN on Tuesday.

News: Celeste Taylor is joining Grand Canyon as an assistant, she told ESPN.

Taylor — who played for Phoenix, Connecticut & Indiana last summer as a rookie — will spend the summer recovering from a foot injury & hopes to return to the WNBA in 2026. More:

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1. Napheesa Collier, MIN (0.35) 2. A'ja Wilson, LVA (0.34) 3. Breanna Stewart, NYL (0.26) 4. Allisha Gray, ATL (0.26) 5. Aliyah Boston, IND (0.25) 6. Jonquel Jones, NYL (0.25) 7. Sabrina Ionescu, NYL (0.24) 8. Caitlin Clark, IND (0.21) 9. Satou Sabally, PHX (0.21) 10. Natasha Cloud, NYL (0.21)

A familiar trio has reemerged atop the leaderboard for my wins above replacement player (WARP) metric on a per-game basis so far this WNBA season, but shout out to Allisha Gray up there with them.

WARP is a box-score value metric. More explanation here: sonicscentral.com/warp.html

YouTube video by Indiana Fever Practice Media Availability: Injury Updates & Looking to Week Ahead

Update from Fever practice: Sydney Colson + Sophie Cunningham received "good news" from their MRIs. Stephanie White said they're day-to-day & should return "sooner rather than later," though added the team is looking to add a player on a hardship contract

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And credit to the Mercury front office for identifying the right “role players” (Westbeld, Akoa Makani, Laksa, Held, etc.) to surround their Big Three — that group has so far really flourished in Nate Tibbetts’ system

The Phoenix Mercury are undoubtedly one of the biggest surprises of the young WNBA season. No Kahleah Copper or Natasha Mack with an already top-heavy roster. No Alyssa Thomas these past two games. Then today, Phoenix rallied from down 18 to beat LA at home. Merc improve to 5-2.