WNBA Women's Basketball News

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. - The Detroit Shock have signed free-agent guard Anna DeForge.

Seattle Storm guard Sue Bird is joining other athletes who are supporting LIVESTRONG and cancer awareness this summer.

Tamika Catchings has always been the face of the Indiana Fever franchise, and for good reason.

Betty Lennox scored 20 points, Tina Thompson had 16 and the Los Angeles Sparks beat the New York Liberty 69-60 on Thursday night.

More than three weeks after losing their leading scorer from each of the last three years to a season-ending knee injury, the Minnesota Lynx still have one of the best records in the WNBA.

She may be out of sight now - playing for the Phoenix LifeLock Mercury - but former UConn and Connecticut Sun guard Ketia Swanier knows how well she's always been supported in her adopted home state.

Rookie Renee Montgomery scored 16 of her season-high 21 points in the final two minutes of regulation and overtime as the Minnesota Lynx beat the Washington Mystics 96-94 Tuesday.

Random thoughts while wondering how Chicago can have only two players picked for the All-Star Game and it still seems like too many: Los Angeles Sparks coach Michael Cooper may be giving birth to some controversy.

Kara Lawson had 13 points and six assists, and Hamchetou Maiga-Ba also scored 13 points Tuesday night for the Sacramento Monarchs, who held off the Chicago Sky 83-73. Trailing by 13 points early in the fourth quarter, the Sky cut the margin to four on Jia Perkins' drive with 3:21 remaining.

Rookie Renee Montgomery scored 16 of her season-high 21 points in the final two-minutes of regulation and overtime as the Minnesota Lynx rallied to beat the Washington Mystics 96-94 on Tuesday.

ATLANTA - Chamique Holdsclaw scored 19 points and Erica DeSouza had a double-double to help the Atlanta Dream hold off the Connecticut Sun 72-67 on Tuesday night.

Swin Cash had 18 points and 12 rebounds, and Sue Bird added 17 points in the Seattle Storm's 66-53 victory over the San Antonio Silver Stars on Tuesday.

The reported impending sale of the National Hockey League's Montreal Canadiens to the Molson brewing family for as much as $550 million could have an unintended beneficiary - Cablevision Systems.

The WNBA has named Indiana Fever center Tammy Sutton-Brown as Eastern Conference Player of the Week.

The opportunities for female athletes were so minimal back then it was no wonder Lisa Leslie had modest expectations when she first heard about the WNBA.

On Tuesday morning in Los Angeles, thousands of fortunate fans will file into Staples Center to watch Michael Jackson's memorial service in person, while the rest of the world will watch the service at home on their televisions.

Eunjung Yi blew a six-stroke lead then hit a 10-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole to defeat Morgan Pressel and capture her first LPGA victory Sunday in what might be the final Jamie Farr Owens Corning Classic.

Cappie Pondexter scored 21 points and Diana Taurasi had 20, leading the Phoenix Mercury to a 104-89 victory over the Los Angeles Sparks on Sunday night.

Tammy Sutton-Brown had 22 points and nine rebounds, leading the Indiana Fever past the Atlanta Dream 78-74 on Sunday for their franchise-best eighth straight victory.

The last time the New York Liberty and Detroit Shock crossed paths, the Shock survived a close encounter in the deciding game of the Eastern finals on the way to a third league title.