The Mercury and Lynx were the only teams to reach 20 wins during the regular season and both swept their respective conference semifinal matchups, as Phoenix dispatched Los Angeles and Minnesota eliminated San Antonio. It was a banner season for […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Connecticut’s Chiney Ogwumike was selected as the WNBA’s Rookie of the Year on Thursday. Ogwumike received 23 votes from a nationwide panel of 38 sportswriters and broadcasters to outdistance Tulsa’s Odyssey Sims for the honor. […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Tulsa Shock guard Skylar Diggins was named the WNBA’s Most Improved Player for the 2014 season, the league announced Wednesday. Diggins received 29 of the 38 votes from a panel of national and local sportswriters […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner was named the WNBA’s top defensive player on Friday. Griner was a runaway winner, earning 31 of the 38 votes from a nationwide media panel. Atlanta’s Sancho Lyttle received four […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Phoenix’s Sandy Brondello was named the WNBA’s top coach on Friday. The Mercury finished the 2014 season with the league’s best record at 29-5, setting a WNBA record for most wins a single campaign. Los […]
Secaucus, NJ (SportsNetwork.com) – The Seattle Storm won the WNBA draft lottery Thursday and will have the No. 1 pick in 2015. Seattle and Tulsa both had equal chances (36 percent) at winning given their league-worst 12-22 records, while the […]
Although Minnesota dealt with injuries to Seimone Augustus, Rebekkah Brunson and Monica Wright, Maya Moore’s consistently exceptional performance drove the defending champions to the second best record in the WNBA. The Lynx were also terrific at home, defeating 15 of […]
Indiana won three of its final four games to tie the Mystics for second place in the conference standings. Hall of Fame coach Lin Dunn’s Fever will have home court advantage thanks to their 12-10 conference record, which bested Washington’s […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore was named the WNBA Most Valuable Player on Thursday. Moore was the runner-up to Los Angeles Sparks star Candace Parker for the honor in 2013 and this year was a […]
New York, NY (SportsNetwork.com) – Tulsa’s Odyssey Sims was named the WNBA’s top rookie for the month of August. Sims led the WNBA in scoring during the month with an average of 23.5 points. She scored 20 or more points […]