We made it, WNBA family. We have made it to postseason basketball. Fifteen teams began the season and only eight remain. The Seattle Storm, Los Angeles Sparks, Chicago Sky, Phoenix Mercury, Portland F...

On a day where the whole of the women’s basketball universe is fixated on Berlin and the start of the FIBA World Cup, a bombshell was dropped back stateside. There are a plethora of WNBA players curre...

In a week that saw Diana Taurasi honored for her achievements with the Phoenix Mercury via her No. 3 get raised to the rafters of the Mortgage Matchup Center, another WNBA great is preparing to call i...

Chamique Holdsclaw already was part of one Hall of Fame moment this year when she gave the introduction speech for Candace Parker who headlined this year’s Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame class in…

Among the women’s inductees at this year’s Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame induction ceremony was an entire team – the trailblazing USA Basketball women’s Olympic team from the 1996 Games in…

Elena Delle Donne’s speech at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame this past Saturday marked the second time this year that she had given a speech at such an occasion. Delle Donne was also part of…

Just as Saturday’s speech at the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame was the second acceptance speech made this year by Elena Delle Donne, the same also applied to Candace Parker.  Parker walked up to…

For many years, it appeared that the WNBA was perpetually stuck on 12 franchises before a wave of expansion engulfed the league. First, it was the Golden State Valkyries. Then arrived the 2026 season ...

Throughout the last several years, it appears that Sophie Cunningham has been a magnet for controversy. Whether it was lascivious allegations involving her and an executive at the Phoenix Mercury and ...

There is a first time for everything – and Friday night at Wintrust Arena would be an evening of a historic first for the WNBA. The first would occur in the 3-Point Contest. This year’s finals would f...

With WNBA All-Star weekend being bigger and better than ever before, the occasion is now a full multi-day event. In addition to the activities organized by the WNBA itself, there are also plenty of ev...

When the WNBA initially announced that 2026 All-Star weekend would emanate from Chicago, one had to believe the W would make excellent use of one of the Windy City’s newest landmarks. That new landmar...

The entirety of the WNBA universe has converged on Chicago for this year’s All-Star festivities, meaning we are at the “official” midway point of the 2026 season. There are some teams that have met ex...

This week, Stephanie White – coach of the Indiana Fever – made comments prior to a question-and-answer session in regards to the social media vitriol that Phoenix Mercury veteran star Alyssa Thomas ha...

Once during every summer, the entirety of the women’s basketball universe descends upon Knoxville, Tennessee to honor legends of the game. Once during every summer, a new list of legends is immortaliz...

At this point, we know plenty of the names that are almost certain to be selected for this year’s All-Star Game in Chicago. That list likely will include Paige Bueckers, Angel Reese, Caitlin Clark, Br...

If one were to watch Connecticut Sun games over the past few seasons, one has been treated to the scintillating play of names such as Jonquel Jones, Alyssa Thomas, DeWanna Bonner, Brionna Jones, DiJon...

That old saying is true – pressure bursts pipes. And while the pipes at Gainbridge Fieldhouse have not burst, cracks are appearing in the foundation causing said pipes to leak.  This entire mess…

The concept of the “expansion franchise” appears to be going the way of the basketball court without a 3-point arc.  Expansion franchises are supposed to struggle considering that they are given a…

At this point, we probably do not need to throw around any ideas on making the WNBA’s All-Star weekend an event. When one looks at what All-Star was as recently as its 2018 version in Seattle and…

We are roughly a fifth of the way into the 2026 WNBA season. The team that, as of this writing, that has played the most games is the Connecticut Sun. Connecticut has competed in nine games followed b...

If one were to take a stroll through New York City these days, one would see that the entirety of Gotham is overcome with basketball fever. From Harlem to Bed-Stuy and from Laurelton to Chinatown, it ...

Considering how generic last year’s WNBA All-Star logo was for Indianapolis, we at Beyond The W were certainly watching closely to see what 2026’s All-Star logo for Chicago would resemble. …

Just as the WNBA debuted an updated set of uniforms for its 25th anniversary, the W and its partner Nike has done the same for year number 30.  The concept of the Rebel Edition jersey was first…

As recently as a couple of months ago, it was a fair question as to if there would even be a season given how far apart the WNBA and its players were on ironing out a new collective bargaining agreeme...

With the WNBA and its Players Association having agreed in principle to a new collective bargaining agreement, those of us within the W sphere can return to pondering questions that we typically do…

When the final buzzer sounded in the 2025 season and the Las Vegas Aces had prevailed over the Phoenix Mercury to win last season’s WNBA championship, we knew that the letters C, B and A would…

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With roughly a few months to go before the scheduled start of the 2026 season – the 30th in the WNBA’s history – it appears negotiations regarding a new collective bargaining agreement are at the same...

The 2026 calendar year has commenced with another sporting high for Seattle as its Seahawks have prevailed in dominant fashion over the New England Patriots in the 60th playing of the NFL’s Super Bowl...

Throughout the last several years, the Chicago Sky has been in the news for more bad than good. With organizational misstep after organizational misstep plaguing the franchise, it appears the Sky has ...

Ask anyone living in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and they will mention how life has not appeared normal lately. In fact, ask many of us living in the United States and they will mention how life has...

In recent months and years, one of the biggest business stories in sports has been the state of regional sports networks. Many of the RSNs have changed hands from Fox Sports Net to the Bally Sports Ne...

Another year has come and gone. It is hard to believe that the year 2025 is on the verge of being entirely placed in the history books after said year began seemingly not that long ago. The last 12 mo...

When the inaugural season of Unrivaled concluded last year, it did so with Rose BC prevailing in the championship contest over Vinyl BC with the final score being 62-54. Fast-forward to today where th...