WNBA NewsThursday, Jul 16, 2026

Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell has embraced her role as a steadying influence this season and the team has benefited. After a 4-4 start, Mitchell calmly challenged teammates to improve defensively, put a higher priority on attention to detail and maintain their perspective for the long haul of the season. It worked, and now the four-time All-Star also has been a key player in the midseason turnaround that has Indiana re-emerging as a WNBA title contender.

The Indiana Fever lost 88-75 to the Indiana Fever on Wednesday night. As has become the norm after every Fever game, the discourse on the game has been less about the basketball that was being played and instead focused on one incident concerning Fever star Caitlin Clark. Clark let a game official hear it after…

For the second time this season, Martza Suarez, a 2026 WNBA first-round pick, isn't on a roster. The Phoenix Mercury parted ways with Suarez.

Cheryl Reeve has seen a lot of improvements in officiating this season and it's helped the WNBA have record offensive numbers so far through the first half of the season. “We’ve seen great improvements on the very things that were broken,” the Minnesota Lynx coach said. The league put together a task force, which Reeve is on, in the offseason to help clean up some of the physicality in the game.

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Now, the Fever will continue their four-game homestand with a battle against the Seattle Storm on Friday night. Clark struggled to get things going throughout the game, finishing with 13 points on 4-of-14 shooting, three rebounds, six assists and four turnovers, while Kelsey Mitchell added a game-high 20 points.

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No Indiana Fever fan, player, or coach felt particularly good about what happened with star guard Caitlin Clark in their 88-75 loss to the Golden State Valkyries on Wednesday night.Clark finished the contest with 13 points, 6 assists, 4 turnovers, 3 rebounds, 1 steal, and 1 block. Her poor shooting was a problem as well, […] The post Fever Coach Points Out Caitlin Clark Trend She Doesn’t Like appeared first on HEAVY.

Azurá Stevens scored 18 of her 20 points before halftime, and the Chicago Sky held off a furious Seattle rally to win 95-90 on Wednesday night.

Former Lady Vol leads Los Angeles in scoring at Minnesota in the WNBA.

The 2026 WNBA regular season brings a thrilling cross-conference showdown tonight, Thursday, July 16, as the red-hot Dallas Wings (16-8) host the formidable New York Liberty (13-11) at the College Park Center in Arlington. With the home team hunting for a historic sixth consecutive win and New York fighting to regain their footing in the playoff race, tonight's game is a must-watch primetime battle. Watch all the action live on Amazon Prime. Dallas steps onto their home hardwood playing their...

Indiana Fever point guard Caitlin Clark is, without a doubt, the biggest draw in the WNBA. Since her arrival as the number one overall pick in the 2024 WNBA Draft, the league has experienced record numbers in attendance and television ratings. So great is Clark’s star power that coming into the season, all 44 Fever…