WNBA NewsFriday, Apr 24, 2026

Catch up on a busy WNBA offseason at a glance with the most impactful signings and trades in fantasy women's basketball.

Caitlin Clark is set to begin her third year with the Indiana Fever, opening the 2026 WNBA season with a matchup against Paige Bueckers and the Dallas Wings on May 9. Clark appeared in just 13 games during her second season in Indiana, but still secured an All-Star nod after averaging 16.5 points, 5.0 rebounds and 8.8 assists per game.

Liberty star Breanna Stewart spoke about her role in helping bring about the WNBA’s new transformational CBA.

ESPN's First Take featured Stephen A. Smith and Chiney Ogwumike this morning and things got a little bit awkward during an early segment.

The WNBA’s first game in South Dakota, which will feature the Phoenix Mercury and the Chicago Sky, is a sellout. The game — which sold out in seven minutes, according to a team source — will be played at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, S.D., roughly 73 miles from the town of Jefferson where Mercury coach Nate Tibbetts grew up. “I’m excited to go back to South Dakota,” Tibbetts told reporters earlier this week. “I get to go back once in a while, but I haven’t been back in a long time … to co

Liberty star and center Jonquel Jones has an important update on her injury status heading into the 2026 season.

Mystics open the preseason against the Lynx in DC on Saturday night.

The Phoenix Mercury are trying to run it back after a trip to the 2025 WNBA Finals, but they’ll be doing it without Satou Sabally, who left in free agency...

After falling out of the Liberty’s 2023 rotation and returning home, she spent the past two years refining every aspect of her game in Chinese and Australian women’s basketball leagues.

We could be in for even more change around the WNBA next offseason.

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Top questions for the Chicago Sky ahead of the 2026 WNBA season, including how new additions like Skylar Diggins and Azura Stevens fit in the lineup.