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Photo: APSkylar Diggins-Smith, Shey Peddy, Sophie Cunningham, and Brianna Turner kept the Mercury’s emotional 2022 season alive: battling on the hardwood while campaigning for the freedom of the team’s biggest star, Griner, who spent most…

Breanna StewartImage: APAfter leaving fans trying to decipher her cryptic tweets in Taylor Swift style about where she would end up next season, Breanna Stewart has gone back to her home state of New York. Stewart signed with the Liberty on…

Image: Getty ImagesChoosing between women’s and men’s sports is a false choice. If you’re a certain blogger for Glenn Beck’s conservative Blaze media, revisionist history can be a comfort zone that vilifies feminism in sports as your woke…

A’ja Wilson against the Seattle Storm during the third quarter in Game Four of the 2022 WNBA Playoffs semifinals.Image: Getty ImagesCandace Parker’s repeat bid being squashed by the Connecticut Sun in Friday evening’s winner-take-all Game 5…

Brittney GrinerPhoto: Getty ImagesOne of our country’s elite basketball players remains in a Russian prison, a country that’s showed no signs of deescalating its meaningless war against Ukraine and indirectly trying to provoke other…

Brittney Griner is in custody in Russia.Image: Getty ImagesSeven-time WNBA All-Star Brittney Griner is being held in Russian custody, according to a report from the New York Times on Saturday morning.Griner was allegedly trying to travel…

Sue Bird carried the WNBA to a place where it can go on without her.Image: Getty ImagesThe Phoenix Mercury had just beaten Seattle 85-80 OT in the WNBA playoffs late Sunday afternoon when ESPN’s Holly Rowe brought Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi…

Lauren Jackson (l.) and Yolanda GriffithPhoto: Getty ImagesIf you’ve been following the WNBA since it’s first season in 1997, Yolanda Griffith and Lauren Jackson may be two of the stars you remember from the league’s very early…

It’s progress when women dunking has become routine.Image: Getty ImagesNineteen years ago, Lisa Leslie made history at the Staples Center in Los Angeles when she became the first woman to dunk in a WNBA game. It was a moment. Back then, we…