Articles filed under WNBA
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Maya Moore at peace with decision to skip second WNBA seasonJan 27, 2020 6:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore sees missing a second consecutive WNBA season as an extension of her decision to skip last year. The 30-year-old to...
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4-time All-Star Alana Beard retires from WNBA after 15 yearsJan 23, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alana Beard, a two-time Defensive Player of the Year who won a WNBA championship with the Los Angeles Sparks, is retiring after 15 years. In 2016, she...
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Lynx star Maya Moore opts to stay on hiatus from WNBA in '20Jan 22, 2020 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota Lynx star Maya Moore will sit out a second straight WNBA season to continue her push for criminal justice reform. Moore told The New York Ti...
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Will upping ante for players make WNBA a better league?Jan 17, 2020 12:00 am - Twitter has been flooded by plenty of #BetOnWomen taglines attached to tweets about the WNBA's new collective bargaining agreement. The WNBA and players Tuesday agreed t...
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WNBA expands to 36-game schedule adds Commissioner's CupJan 16, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The WNBA season is expanding to a 36-game schedule and adding the Commissioner's Cup tournament the league announced Thursday. The league had a 34-game s...
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WNBA's 8-year labor deal to hike average salary to $130,000Jan 15, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The WNBA and its union announced a tentative eight-year labor deal Tuesday that will allow top players to earn more than $500,000 while the average annua...
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Lynx hire former star Katie Smith as assistant coachJan 14, 2020 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The Minnesota Lynx hired Katie Smith, the franchise's third-leading all-time scorer and Hall of Fame player, as the lead assistant Tuesday on coach Ch...
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Walt Hopkins hired as New York Liberty coachJan 08, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - It's been a busy offseason for the New York Liberty and now the franchise has a new coach - Walt Hopkins. The team held a news conference Wednesday at Ba...
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AP source: Walt Hopkins to be next New York Liberty coachJan 06, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Minnesota Lynx assistant coach Walt Hopkins will be hired as the next head coach of the New York Liberty, a person familiar with the situation told The A...
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Women's watch: Looking back at the best sports stories of 2019Jan 03, 2020 12:00 am - Welcome to 2020! Before we get too far into the New Year, let's look back at 10 of the top stories in women's sports in 2019. 10. SOFTBALL NEAR MISS: The Chicago Bandits...