Laura Harper News

The Minnesota Lynx signed forward Hamchetou Maiga-Ba on Wednesday. A native of Mali, Maiga-Ba has spent parts of the last eight seasons with Sacramento and Houston.

The San Antonio Silver Stars announced on Monday they have exercised the contract of forward/center Laura Harper through the 2011 season.

And in the stability of their own team? "If there were three teams left in the league," Sun general manager Chris Sienko said, "we'd probably be one of them." "If there was one team left in the league," Sun CEO Mitchell Etess said, "we'd be one of them." Each time the WNBA holds a dispersal draft - this year it's the Sacramento Monarchs - one can't ...

The New York Liberty selected Nicole Powell with the first pick in the WNBA's Dispersal Draft of Sacramento Monarchs players held via conference call today.

When we last saw the Silver Stars, their up-and-down 2009 season had concluded with a first-round playoff loss to eventual WNBA champion Phoenix.

Sadly, the Monarchs will not be visiting the Mohegan Sun Arena anytime in the near future.

The Connecticut Sun have mixed emotions about the Sacramento Monarchs folding last month.

After an intense, three-week effort failed to enlist Bay Area investors to assume control of the Monarchs, WNBA President Donna Orender on Tuesday delivered the final, perhaps inevitable blow.

The demise of the WNBA's Sacramento Monarchs certainly did not please Connecticut Sun coach Mike Thibault.

As most basketball fans know, the WNBA plays its league schedule during the summer, traditionally the off-season for basketball.

The season of Monarchs forward Nicole Powell will go down as one of the best in franchise history.

There were several ways Monarchs coach John Whisenant could have described the play of forward Rebekkah Brunson.