LOS ANGELES — When the Sparks’ season ends Thursday, they’ll finish with the worst record in franchise history.

And no one is mad about it.

On the contrary. This season – whether the Sparks finish 7-33 or 8-32 – has been a success by so many measures … so long as you ignore the WNBA standings.

Fans came back, the rookies rocked, ...Read more

Caitlin Clark is having a darn good season in the WNBA this year.

You might even call it incredible.

Or tremendous.

Or maybe even amazing.

But would you describe it as dominant?

WNBA legend Sheryl Swoopes would not — even though the Indiana Fever rookie is averaging 19.5 points, a league-best 8.4 assists, to go with 5.7 rebounds and 1.3 ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — The person who broke so much NBA news that his scoops earned a pithy nickname announced on X on Tuesday that he is leaving ESPN and retiring from sports journalism to become general manager of the men's basketball program at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure University.

Adrian Wojnarowski, known simply as Woj, littered the hoops ...Read more

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Despite a thrilling fourth-quarter comeback attempt, the Connecticut Sun came up just short against the Minnesota Lynx, suffering a 78-76 loss at Mohegan Sun Arena on Tuesday.

The loss put the Sun out of contention for the No. 2 seed in the WNBA playoffs, and they need to win their final regular-season game against the ...Read more

NEW YORK — In a strategic move to bolster their depth and veteran presence, the Knicks have signed 35-year-old forward Marcus Morris Sr. to an Exhibit 9 contract, the team announced Monday.

The Exhibit 9 contract, identical to the one used to sign free-agent guard Landry Shamet, protects the Knicks from significant financial obligations in ...Read more

CHICAGO — A playoff spot remains within reach for the Chicago Sky.

Even after falling out of playoff position Friday — and even after collapsing Sunday in a 93-88 loss to the Phoenix Mercury at Wintrust Arena, their 10th defeat in 12 games — the Sky (13-25) haven’t lost hope.

The Atlanta Dream (13-25) beat the Washington Mystics (13-25...Read more

DENVER — Football players weren’t the only ones taking hits during the Colorado-Colorado State game on Saturday night.

In a video published by TMZ, Celtics guard and former Colorado star Derrick White looked like he was struck in the head during a small kerfuffle in the stands at Canvas Stadium during the Rocky Mountain Showdown in Fort ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — A’ja Wilson has recorded the WNBA’s first 1,000-point season.

She accomplished the feat with one minute, 57 seconds remaining in the Aces’ 84-71 win over the Connecticut Sun on Sunday at Michelob Ultra Arena.

Wilson finished with 29 points, nine rebounds and two blocks for the Aces (25-13). This comes after she set the ...Read more

MIAMI – Jimmy Butler will show up on Miami Heat media day on Sept. 30 at Kaseya Center as:

— A. Beetlejuice.

— B. Emo Jimmy 2.0 (a 2023 repeat).

— C. Dreadlock Jimmy 2.0 (a 2022 reprise).

— D. As himself, no adornment, sans stylist (seemingly a long shot, considering how Butler knows his media-day photo becomes the one required to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Jeanie Buss went to her first women's wrestling match with low expectations.

"My only experience with women wrestling was like Jell-O wrestling or mud wrestling," she said. "I thought it was something that I would not appreciate."

Buss attended that WOW — Women of Wrestling show in 2000 mainly to humor close friend David ...Read more

The Aces beat the Indiana Fever, 78-74, on Friday at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

It was the Aces’ second win in Indiana in three days, completing a regular-season sweep with four victories over the team this season.

It was a balanced effort for the Aces (24-13). Chelsea Gray contributed 19 points and six assists, Kelsey Plum added...Read more

MIAMI — It was a summer spent among the leading men of this NBA generation, sharing in gold alongside LeBron James, Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant at the Paris Olympics.

“That’s one of the most historic things that I’ve done, being part of a team that is compared to the Dream Team,” Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo said this week, a ...Read more

MINNEAPOLIS — From 2011 through 2017, the Minnesota Lynx won four WNBA titles while making the finals six times in seven years, and missing a fifth title by a couple of seconds.

Those teams featured four Hall of Famers, and a fifth player, Rebekkah Brunson, who should be so honored.

The 2024 Minnesota Lynx were coming off two losing seasons....Read more

CHICAGO — Less than three weeks remain until the Chicago Bulls return to the Advocate Center to prepare for the upcoming season. They enter with more questions than answers after the departures of DeMar DeRozan and Alex Caruso and the unsettled discontentment of Zach LaVine’s failed trade venture.

The season’s defining question is obvious...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — It’s been just over three months since Dan Hurley thrilled UConn fans with the news that he’d be staying with the Huskies, and turning down a reported six-year, $70 million contract offer to coach the Los Angeles Lakers.

Hurley cited family, the chance to build on something special at UConn, and the desire to remain a ...Read more

BOSTON — The 2023-24 Celtics were so deep, so talented, so well-coached that they played more than a third of the season without their third-best player and never blinked.

Starting center Kristaps Porzingis sat out 25 games during the regular season – some due to injury, others for rest. Boston won 21 of them.

In the playoffs, Porzingis ...Read more