A Piece Of History With a hard-fought 98-92 victory in Connecticut, the Sparks tied the 1998 Comets for the best start to a season in WNBA history at 20-1. It was 25 points from Jantel Lavender ...

The Washington Mystics were among the first WNBA expansion franchises to be established. At the same time, the Wings team was ...

Rookie of the Year honors went to Holdsclaw, marking the only time in WNBA history that a number one draft pick has won Rookie of the Year. With the top pick in the 1998 WNBA Draft, the Utah ...

It had the color green in it. It was perfect." Brian Bahr/Allsport Sandy Brondello, WNBA guard, 1998-2003: "It was just an aura, something about that arena and its history and just the way it ...

The WNBA has also altered its championship format multiple times. The league's first title was decided by a single game. In 1998, the WNBA adopted a best-of-three championship series format.

During her press conference ahead of Game 1 of the 2024 WNBA Finals between the New York Liberty and Minnesota Lynx on Thursday night, commissioner Cathy Engelbert announced major changes to the ...

This format was implemented in 2022. The WNBA playoffs format has changed frequently over the years. After 1998, two teams were added to the league, and the format of the WNBA Finals was changed ...

Dallas -- the franchise started in Detroit in 1998, moved to Tulsa and then Texas -- has had one, in 2021. But that selection ...

A new WNBA Finals winner meant a new series MVP. The New York Liberty beat the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in overtime of Game 5 of ...

Hamblin was selected 23rd overall by the Washington Mystics in the 1998 WNBA Draft. She bounced around throughout her professional career and could not find a place to stick. Hamblin, who now goes ...

Brondello began her WNBA career as a player in 1998 with the now-defunct Detroit Shock and was named an All-Star one year later. She also played for the Seattle Storm and the defunct Miami Sol.

Longtime Portland Trail Blazers radio play-by-play announcer Brian Wheeler passed away on Friday, Nov. 8 at age 62, the team ...