WNBA NewsTuesday, Sep 1, 2026

Chicago Sky guard Skylar Diggins will miss the remainder of the WNBA's season as she continues to recover from a right knee injury, the team announced Tuesday.

What should every team be focused on when play resumes after the FIBA World Cup?

Nekias Duncan and Steve Jones give their top picks for the most interesting NBA players of 2026-27 and check in on the WNBA playoff race.

The United States is looking for its fifth-straight win at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.

Jackie Young, A'ja Wilson, Becky Hammon, Chelsea Gray and Jewell Loyd. (Photo by Ethan Miller) | Getty Images The Las Vegas Aces may have fallen short of a WNBA championship in 2024. And they will be without NaLyssa Smith for the rest of this season. But the way in which they re-asserted themselves as champions last year, with best player A’ja Wilson raising their ceiling through the roof as she ascended to GOAT status, tells me that this is their league until someone takes it from them—and h...

Plus, an update on team chemistry and which Mercury players will be in Berlin for the FIBA World Cup The post Mercury notebook: Shay Ciezki leads the charge of developing young players appeared first on The IX Sports.

Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron. | IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect Early Monday morning, it was announced that Washington Mystics stars Kiki Iriafen and Sonia Citron have been added to Team USA’s FIBA World Cup roster, replacing A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum who will be inactive due to health reasons. Both Iriafen and Citron had attended the Team USA training camp in December, with Iriafen also participating in the World Cup Qualifying Tournament in March. But, neither made the initial final ros...

U.S. coach Kara Lawson says this version of the FIBA World Cup is the most challenging she's seen.

Members of the Minnesota Lynx and Atlanta Dream who are participating in the FIBA World Cup. | Getty Images The 2026 WNBA season is officially on pause until Thursday, Sept. 17 as the 2026 FIBA Women’s World Cup tips off Friday, Sept. 4 in Berlin, Germany. A total of 51 WNBA players fill the rosters of the 16 national teams competing in the tournament, with every WNBA team except the Chicago Sky sending at least one representative. (It’s always Chicago.) The New York Liberty are sending a lea...

DALLAS, TEXAS - AUGUST 20: Arike Ogunbowale #24 of the Dallas Wings reacts after being fouled during the second half against the Indiana Fever at American Airlines Center on August 20, 2026 in Dallas, Texas. 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 GettyImages License Agreement. (Photo by Stacy Revere/Getty Images) | Getty Images For most of its history, being the franchise pla...

What's In a (Championship) Name? The post Hardware Lore: It's Time to Give the WNBA Championship Trophy a Name appeared first on Ballislife.com.

Enes Kanter Freedom has taken his fight over WNBA eligibility rules directly to Commissioner Cathy Engelbert. The former NBA center challenged Engelbert to a “peace summit” moderated by his friend Caitlyn Jenner, asking the WNBA commissioner to sit down and discuss the league’s rules.