WNBA Women's Basketball News

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.

Opportunities to play organized womena s sports werena t available to Kathy Betty growing up in Decatur.

The Atlanta Dream will remain in Atlanta under new ownership. Kathy Betty will replace Ron Terwilliger as the managing partner of the Dream, WNBA president Donna Orender announced Thursday.

Breaking: SEIU fire now a criminal arson investigation This morning at 5 a.m., a fire broke out at the headquarters of SEIU Local 49.

Firefighters snuffed out a fire this morning in the the Service Employees International Union office in Southeast Portland.

Phoenix Mercury star Diana Taurasi pleaded guilty to a drunken-driving charge stemming from her July arrest.

WNBA president Donna Orender announced Thursday that Kathy Betty will become the new managing partner of the Atlanta Dream, replacing J. Ronald Terwilliger.

The three-time WNBA champion Detroit Shock are moving to Tulsa in hopes that a small-yet-enthusiastic market will embrace what will be the city's only major pro sports team.

Opals superstar Lauren Jackson believes she's capable of maintaining her massive basketball workload for four more years, and that the sport's next big thing can help take the national team to new heights.

Rick Mahorn will check to see how the Tulsa WNBA team is doing next season. After all, the players will mostly be his from the Detroit Shock, whose move to Oklahoma was officially announced Tuesday.

The news came quickly and seemed to be irrelevant in a flash. Word from an unknown source surfaced Monday that the Detroit Shock were headed to Tulsa, Okla.

NAME GAME Top WNBA players Candace Parker: Los Angeles Sparks forward and former Tennessee star is averaging 16.2 points per game in her career and led the league in rebounds.

My daughter Celine is a good athlete, even at the tender age of 10. She does 50 push-ups every day, finished third in the finals of her school's 50-yard dash and is a demon on the soccer field.

There's a house burning in North Portland, and that's just what Portland Fire & Rescue intended.

Earlier this month, the New York Times ' Karen Crouse argued that America was falling for women's hoops.

The Phoenix Mercury is the WNBA champion for the second time in three seasons, leaning on its "big three" to pull out a 94-86 victory over the tenacious Indiana Fever in the deciding Game 5 tonight.