WNBA News · LatestThursday, May 14, 2026

The Fever had some words to say about their guard not named Caitlin Clark

Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers put in serious hours in the weight room this past offseason after winning WNBA Rookie of the Year.

Natasha Howard scored 26 points, including the tiebreaking basket with 51 seconds left, Courtney Williams added 21 points and the Minnesota Lynx defeated the Dallas Wings 90-86 on Thursday night. Howard scored an uncontested layup on a pick-and-roll with rookie Olivia Miles, who had 15 points and six assists for the Lynx (2-1), that made it 87-85. The Lynx secured the win with Kayla McBride making three of four free throws in the last 17.1 seconds.

Wings rookie Azzi Fudd appeared on the team’s injury report ahead of their upcoming home game against the Lynx.

The Sparks will be down to 10 healthy players as they pursue their first win of the season.

The Fire and Liberty will face off tonight for the second time since Tuesday.

The 2026 WNBA GM Survey was supposed to reveal the league’s top teams, players, coaches, and much more in the eyes of General Managers. However, it ended up reigniting one of the biggest debates in basketball – Caitlin Clark versus Paige Bueckers.

Kelsey Plum of the Los Angeles Sparks is one of the most recognizable faces in the WNBA. Plum was selected No. 1 overall in the 2017 WNBA Draft by the San Antonio Stars, who relocated to Nevada as the Las Vegas Aces in 2018. Plum and superstar A'ja Wilson helped lead the Aces to back-to-back championships in 2022 and 2023.

TORRANCE, CA -- Life can go really fast for a WNBA rookie.

The Liberty and expansion Portland Fire meet Thursday again at Moda Center after Portland stunned New York 98-96 on Tuesday for the first win in Fire franchise history. Sarah Ashlee Barker won it on a buzzer-beating putback, while Bridget Carleton…

Basketball Hall of Famers Sue Bird and Cheryl Miller are serving in new roles as NBC Sports analysts this WNBA season, and they shared their early thoughts on the 2026 campaign with the media Thursday. Bird, a University of Connecticut great, is a 13-time WNBA All-Star and four-time WNBA champion with the Seattle Storm who retired from the league in 2022. Miller, a University of Southern California legend and former coach at the college and WNBA levels, spent 17 years with TBS covering the NBA.

The Sparks veteran made another move.

The Connecticut Sun hit a partial snag with rebranding as the Comets upon their anticipated move to Houston in 2027.

Both the Dallas Wings and Minnesota Lynx may be without multiple key players in Thursday night's matchup.

The Minnesota Lynx and Dallas Wings meet Thursday night in Arlington in one of the more intriguing early-season WNBA matchups, featuring two revamped rosters and a showcase of young star power led by Olivia Miles, Paige Bueckers, and Arike Ogunbowale.…

Lisa Leslie is making huge moves.

What if Swin Cash's Victoria's Secret dream happened?

While everyone wanted to get a look at Caitlin Clark and her teammates' outfits before the game, she was focused on getting warmed up.

The WNBA is having a cultural moment. The arrival of the 2024 draft class, which included names such as Caitlin Clark, Cameron Brink, and Angel Reese, has coincided with record attendance numbers and television and streaming viewership. The league has been forced to adjust on the fly to a bevy of new changes, such as…

Lisa Leslie revisited her stance on Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark during an appearance on “First Take.”

Is it too early to talk about the WNBA MVP race? Nah, not when Breanna Stewart is playing like this.

The 2026 WNBA season has just begun, and several first year players are already making plays and pushing for increased roles and more playing time. Here are a handful of rookies who have made it clear that they belong on…

In just two nights, the Portland Fire showed why the WNBA's newest expansion team will be a force to be reckoned with as a business and a brand.

The legend keeps building.

The Indiana Fever has the engine of its offense healthy and competing again in point guard Caitlin Clark, after all but 13 games of Clark’s sophomore campaign in the WNBA were lost to soft tissue injuries. In Clark’s time away from the hardwood, general managers across the WNBA appear to have forgotten her value. In…

One week into the WNBA season, some teams are figuring it out faster than others.

WNBA and Los Angeles Sparks legend Lisa Leslie gave some exciting news, bringing back Magic Johnson's statement two years ago.

The WNBA is trying to fix its physicality problem and is going through some growing pains during the opening week of the season. Fouls are up so far in the first week of the WNBA season with teams averaging 21.6 fouls — that's up just under two per game from the same point last year (19.9). By the end of the year, 18.2 free throws were attempted by each team on average.

Taylor Thierry, a former Naismith Defensive Player of the Year finalist, has joined the Storm on a developmental player contract.

Caitlin Clark was also recently named as the most marketable player in the WNBA.