Sacramento Monarchs News

The Bay Area's immediate prospects of landing a WNBA franchise vanished Tuesday, when the league announced that it would disperse players from the recently defunct Sacramento Monarchs to its remaining 12 teams Monday and give up on hopes of moving the club west on I-80. But WNBA President Donna Orender also made it clear that the league still plans ...

The Silver Stars will pick fifth Monday in a dispersal draft of Sacramento Monarchs players.

The WNBA's owners are meeting in New York today and the top item on their agenda may be something none of them want to consider - the end of another franchise.

JOS LUIS VILLEGAS Bee file, 2008 Ticha Penicheiro said she planned to spend her entire WNBA career with the Monarchs.

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.

Ticha Penicheiro sat down with News10 Sports' Bryan May in an exclusive interview to talk about the Maloofs' decision to shutdown the Sacramento Monarchs.

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

Jayda Evans covers college and pro women's basketball. While its her first year on the Washington beat, she has covered the Storm since its inception.

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.

In this file photo from Sept. 20, 2005, Sacramento Monarchs DeMya Walker, from left, Ticha Penicheiro, Kara Lawson, and Olympia Scott-Richardson celebrate as the hold up the WNBA Championship Trophy after defeating the Connecticut Suns 62-59 to win the title in Sacramento, Calif.

Sacramento Monarchs guard Ticha Penicheiro underwent successful surgery this morning to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in her right thumb.

The Reaching for the Stars Foundation has announced three winners of the Astronaut and space exploration poetry and essay contest.

With his Midwest upbringing, "Koz" knows there's more to life than scores and stats.

The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenseman Martin Skoula to a one-year contract on Tuesday.

Sacramento Monarchs guard Kara Lawson was named the recipient of the 2009 Kim Perrot Sportsmanship Award, the WNBA announced today.

The WNBA today honored Sacramento Monarchs center Courtney Paris for her commitment to the community with its Community Assist Award for August.

Nicole Powell had arguably her best shooting game of the year, which seemed rather fitting on a night she broke the Sacramento Monarchs' single-season scoring record.

The Sacramento Monarchs will close out the 2009 season at 6 tonight at Arco Arena against the Minnesota Lynx.

Former Oklahoma basketball standout Courtney Paris was honored by the WNBA on Thursday for community service.

The Sacramento Monarchs announced today the organization has signed guard Chelsea Newton to a rest-of-season contract; per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed.