Olivia Miles

Olivia Miles spent most of her rookie season making the WNBA look easier than it was supposed to be. However, the playoffs gave the Minnesota Lynx guard something she hadn’t experienced much of all year: a problem she couldn’t solve in time.

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As former ESPN host Linda Cohn previously said, the WNBA playoffs are a “different animal”, and former NBA star Jeff Teague changing his opinion on the Caitlin Clark-Olivia Miles debate proves that. Miles has reached unprecedented heights since her inception in the WNBA, so much so that she is often compared to Caitlin Clark.

The Lynx became the first No. 1 seed in league history to get swept in its opening series, marking another heartbreaking playoff exit for the third straight year.

The Minnesota Lynx went from the WNBA’s best regular-season team to the first No. 1 seed ever eliminated by a No.

A'ja Wilson, Olivia Miles, Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell will vie for some of sports' biggest prizes over the coming few weeks.

Olivia Miles was assessed a flagrant foul in the Minnesota Lynx's disappointing Game 2 loss to the New York Liberty.

Minnesota has some big questions to answer following its shocking postseason exit.

Time's up as Minnesota's veteran core could not get it done.

We're really curious about why WNBA Rookie of the Year Olivia Miles wasn't playing in crunch time for the Lynx.

MINNEAPOLIS — Perhaps, Minnesota just needed more time. More time for this team — which had already jelled around the breakout play of a rookie point guard in Olivia Miles — to welcome back a second star in Napheesa Collier, around whom this Lynx planet orbits. But Minnesota was on the clock. Collier returned from a 2025 injury with 16 games remaining in the 2026 regular season after undergoing ankle surgeries in January and March. The Lynx had 16 games to not necessarily reinvent the wheel, but

On Monday, Olivia Miles became the sixth player in WNBA history to win the Rookie of the Year award with a unanimous vote. While the Minnesota Lynx rookie was ecstatic, her excitement subsided after her parents informed her they wouldn’t be able to celebrate the win with her.

Olivia Miles snagged Rookie of the Year and Cheryl Reeve won her fifth Coach of the Year nod ahead of the team's second game against the New York Liberty in the first round of the WNBA Playoffs Tuesday. The post Lynx snag two big awards ahead of even bigger Game 2 appeared first on The IX Sports.

The Athletic has live coverage of Fever vs Aces in Game 2 of the WNBA Playoffs. John Pearson, the former Dowling Catholic High girls’ soccer coach, doesn’t remember every detail of his team’s match from April 30, 2018. But he’ll never forget what he saw Caitlin Clark do on the field that day in Iowa. Dowling trailed Johnston 2-0 in the second half. Even after Dowling scored once, Pearson told his assistant coach, “If (Johnston) scores another one, we’re down and out.” Somewhere between the 65th

Minnesota Lynx rookie Olivia Miles has surpassed all expectations since her debut in the WNBA, so much so that the unanimous Rookie of the Year is also part of the league MVP conversation. And while Miles did not have the greatest playoff debut against the New York Liberty, Portland Fire head coach Alex Sarama believes she is special.

MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA - SEPTEMBER 27: Olivia Miles #5 of the Minnesota Lynx is introduced before Game One of the first round of the WNBA Playoffs against the New York Liberty at Target Center on September 27, 2026 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. (Photo by Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) | Getty Images There are ...

One dirty hit. Zero flags. One brutal upset.

Olivia Miles has been named the unanimous WNBA rookie of the year, becoming the sixth player in Lynx history to earn the honor.

Adidas formally announced its partnership with Olivia Miles on Monday, following her unanimous Rookie of the Year win, further spotlighting a relationship with the brand that had already been public during the season Adidas shared a video on Monday, announcing the Minnesota Lynx phenom’s signing. She will join several prominent WNBA stars, including Kelsey Plum, Aliyah Boston, and Chelsea Gray, as one of the brand’s newest basketball athletes.

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert is at the helm for her final playoffs. As Engelbert prepares to exit the league at the end of the season, she’s found herself in another controversy following comments she made while praising Minnesota Lynx star Olivia Miles during her Rookie of the Year ceremony.