WNBA Women's Basketball News

The Sacramento Monarchs folded, a shocking and disappointing development for the WNBA and one of its original eight franchises.

The plug was pulled quickly on the Sacramento Monarchs. Selling season tickets one day, gone the next, there was no ceremonious ending for one of the founding franchises of the WNBA.

PORTLAND - Fire destroyed four semi trucks and heavily damaged four trailers at the Swan Island industrial area early Wednesday.

Seattle Storm center Lauren Jackson will play out the Australian season for the Canberra Capitals in the Women's National Basketball League.

Unless its already out there, the Guru has learned a little while ago the Maloof family will be giving up the Sacramento Monarchs, making it the third ownership change since the end of the season following the change in Atlanta and the move of the Detroit Shock to Tulsa.

Eight children received gifts Saturday from Portland Fire bureau officials after a house fire Friday temporarily displaced the family.

Alexis Gray-Lawson and her California teammates are long overdue to face Baylor on their home court.

The Sacramento Monarchs unexpectedly folded Friday. Concerns for the Kings hastened the collapse of the former WNBA champion franchise, said team owner Joe Maloof.

Here in San Antonio with UConn, I just received an email from the WNBA's Connecticut Sun about a television appears members of their organization will be making.

Many young athletes dream of playing in the pros. This weekend several young athletes in Bettendorf got a change to play alongside with a pro, all thanks to a fellow student's inspirational essay.

A Portland firefighter works on the roof of Marysville School during the Nov. 10 fire that damaged the 88-year-old building.

The Indiana Fever's Ebony Hoffman, the 27-year old forward who helped lead the WNBA team to a finals run this year, shook off a mid-season slump and hit her stride during the championship round, scoring 27 points in Game 1. The Fever came close to winning it all, and Hoffman has become a rising star.

Large portions of the Marysville Elementary School were destroyed in a fire broke out this morning around 11:30 a.m. The school is located at 7733 SE Raymond Street in SE Portland.

Portland Fire fighters are battling a massive three-alarm fire at Marysville Elementary School in Southeast Portland.

For the second time in four seasons, the Minnesota Lynx won the WNBA's draft lottery, ensuring them the No.

Stanford center Jayne Appel would likely be the No. 2 overall selection. I've not been above mining gold from disgruntled Liberty fans several times in the past, but in his case I'm just aghast along with them.

The Minnesota Lynx get the first pick in the WNBA Draft in April, which means they will have the first chance to take UConn's Tina Charles, which means UConn could have a new Midwest branch with Tina, Renee Montgomery and Charde Houston all on the same team.

Seattle Storm center Ashley Robinson joined kindergarten through first-grade basketball teams Nov.

The Monarchs won the second overall selection in the WNBA draft after being aced out of the top pick during the draft lottery today.

Although they couldn't locate all of the residents when first arriving, firefighters subsequently learned that everyone escaped the burning building without injury.