Portland Trail Blazers

The Dallas Wings are bringing back a familiar face. Former Stanford star Haley Jones returns to Dallas just months after being selected by the Portland Fire in the WNBA Expansion Draft.

Splitter spent last season as the Portland Trail Blazers' interim coach

Despite sitting out against the Portland Fire, Dallas Wings point guard Paige Bueckers could not avoid becoming the center of attention. As her competitive side tried to take over a call she disagreed with, her humorous side came out to give her fans some nostalgia, and the cameras didn’t miss capturing it all.

For the past few weeks, Caitlin Clark has been in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons. She was ruled out against the Portland Fire less than two hours before tipoff with back stiffness and soreness and even found herself at the center of heated exchanges.

A month into the WNBA season and there has been a strong effort from the two new expansion teams in Toronto and Portland. Building off the success of Golden State last season as an expansion franchise, the two new teams are in the middle of the standings. Toronto (6-5) has beaten Los Angeles.

For Kelsey Plum, the conversation around the Sparks’ defense turned into a call to action. Against the Portland Fire, she set out to prove a point on that end of the floor.

I came across an interesting stat this weekend. Entering Sunday’s game against the Portland Fire, the Sparks had the worst defensive rating (115.6 points allowed per 100 possessions) in WNBA history. The previous lowest mark through 30 seasons was 114. The eye test matches what the stats say about the Los Angeles defense. The Sparks are an offense-first team; the roster has a great deal of offensive talent, and that’s the side of the ball that coach Lynne Roberts prioritizes. Although L.A. targe

LOS ANGELES -- The Sparks are currently on a three-game skid.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — DeWanna Bonner scored a season-high 19 points, Natasha Mack added 16 points and the short-handed Phoenix Mercury beat the Portland Fire 78-72 on Friday night. Phoenix (4-8) was without usual starters Alyssa Thomas (left calf) and Kahleah Copper (left hip) due to injuries. Bonner sank a 3-pointer from the corner with the shot clock winding down to give Phoenix a 64-62 lead. Jovana Nogic made the Mercury's final field goal with 2:46 remaining for a 68-67 lead and they ...

Caitlin Clark and Stephanie White have been on damage control for the majority of this week. During the Indiana Fever's loss to the Portland Fire last Saturday night, Clark and White were caught having a heated exchange on the bench. The former No. 1 pick tried her best to downplay any rumors about ...

Audi Field previously hosted the championship in 2022, when Portland Thorns beat the Kansas City Current to win their third league title

NEW YORK — Screams echoed from the visiting locker room at Barclays Center into the surrounding hallways. Another team traveled to Brooklyn and was celebrating leaving with a win. This time, it was the start-up Portland Fire, who were headed back to the Pacific Northwest with a seven-point victory against the supposedly bigger, better Liberty. A day before, it was the Dallas Wings. And days before that, it was the Golden State Valkyries. The Fire’s cheers carried well after the final buzzer soun

The Indiana Fever are facing a ton of backlash from the WNBA community, and frankly, it's impossible to defend them. Prior to a game against the Portland Fire on May 20, the Fever ruled out Caitlin Clark due to back soreness. That announcement surprised WNBA fans since she wasn't on the injury ...

The Indiana Fever had a long meeting with players and coaches after their 16-point loss to the Portland Fire, and a bench blowup between star guard Caitlin Clark and head coach Stephanie White, on Saturday.

Clark and her coach have spent the week answering questions after a heated sideline exchange in a loss to Portland

For a brief stretch, concern swept through the Indiana Fever fanbase. A lopsided 100-84 loss to the Portland Fire dropped Indiana to 4-4 on the season, and a heated sideline moment between head coach Stephanie White and Caitlin Clark only intensified the scrutiny.

The Indiana Fever and their star guard, Caitlin Clark, continue to command the WNBA spotlight. They entered their weekend matchup seeking consistency but instead experienced more early-season turbulence. Tensions boiled over during a second-quarter timeout against the Portland Fire.Television cameras…

Rick Adelman spent 29 seasons as a coach in the league, and he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2021.

The now-viral sideline blowup between Fever coach Stephanie White and star Caitlin Clark during Indiana's loss to the Firehas stirred conversation about locker room dynamics.

The Associated Press WNBA Power Rankings, as voted by a 16-member panel, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through May 31, all points based on one-point for a first-place vote through 15 points for a 15th-place vote: Rank Team W L Pts Prv 1 Minnesota Lynx (15) 6 2 18 3 2 Atlanta Dream 5 2 38 1 3 Las Vegas Aces (1) 5 3 55 2 4 Dallas Wings 5 3 61 5 5 Golden State Valkyries 5 3 95 7 6 Portland Fire 6 4 104 11 7 New York Liberty 5 4 110 6 8 Indiana Fever 4 4 142 4 9 Toronto Tempo 5 4...