Paige Bueckers will play in her first WNBA All-Star Game while Nneka Ogwumike has earned her 10th selection, the league announced Monday as it named the All-Star starters.
All three new teams announced Monday have NBA ownership groups that paid a $250 million expansion fee, which is about five times as much as Golden State dished out for a team a few years ago.
According to Daily Faceoff, the league informed its board of governors at its annual meeting that there were prospects for NHL expansion teams in Indianapolis, Atlanta, Houston and New Orleans.
The game at the 20,000-seat American Airlines Center in Dallas was one of several moved to bigger arenas this year in the WNBA due to high demand for tickets from those wanting to see Clark play.
Becoming the new radio voice of the Indiana Fever at the start of this season, John Nolan is capitalizing on a big break, which is directly coinciding with his new employer’s national breakthrough.
The NBA had already convened a panel of experts to study Achilles tendon injuries even before Indiana Pacers star Tyrese Haliburton ruptured his in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, Commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday night.
To fill the roster spot, Fever signed guard Aari McDonald, who previously played in three games with the Fever via the WBNA’s emergency hardship exception.
Game 7 was the most-watched finals game internationally ever on NBA League Pass, the league said.
Haliburton’s surgery to repair the tendon was performed Monday by Dr. Martin O’Malley at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York, the Pacers said.
Getting back might take some time after team officials confirmed Monday that the two-time All-Star tore his right Achilles tendon in Game 7 of the NBA Finals, an injury that could cost Haliburton all of next season.
Rapper-singer The Kid Laroi and sitcom star Cedric the Entertainer lead the lineup for the WNBA All-Star Weekend event, produced in conjunction with Hartbeat, a company founded by comedian, actor and entrepreneur Kevin Hart.
The Indiana Pacers—already facing tough odds against winning Game 7 on the road—couldn’t overcome the first-quarter loss of injured star guard Tyrese Haliburton.
Like everything else related to the Indiana Fever, corporate sponsorship for the WNBA team was one thing in the B.C.C. Era (Before Caitlin Clark) and something much bigger since the sharp-shooting, precise-passing guard arrived in town.
Three other Fever players are in the top 10 in voting for this year’s WNBA All-Star Game, which will be played in Indianapolis on July 19 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
A back-and-forth title matchup will end on Sunday night with an ultimate game, the first winner-take-all contest in the NBA Finals since 2016.
Facing their first elimination game in the playoffs, the host Pacers rose to the occasion, forcing a winner-take-all contest Sunday night in Oklahoma.
It’s Game 6 of the NBA Finals, with the Oklahoma City Thunder leading the Indiana Pacers 3-2 in the title series. Game 6 is in Indianapolis and Game 7, if necessary, will be Sunday in Oklahoma.
The truth is, the basketball in the WNBA is evolving, but the inadequate officiating has not. The league has a problem, and it better fix it before the whole product turns foul.
Tyrese Haliburton is trying every treatment he can think of right now in order to help his strained right calf, a diagnosis that was confirmed by an MRI exam on Tuesday.
The Pro Cheer League will try to tap into that fan base by competing the same night of other events starting in January in Indianapolis when competition begins.
