Mitchell sinks game-winning jumper, Fever beat short-handed Sky 92-90

Kelsey Mitchell sank a step-back jumper with 1.1 seconds left and the Indiana Fever beat the short-handed Chicago Sky 92-90 on Thursday night.

Wilson has 21 points, 10 rebounds as Aces cruise to 93-80 win over Sky

Marina Mabrey led Chicago (5-5) with 20 points. Kahleah Copper scored 18 points and Dana Evans added 10 points and eight assists. Evans, a second-round draft pick of the Dallas Wings in 2021, has six of her 11 career double-digit scoring games this season. 

Brittney Griner, teammates confronted at airport by ‘provocateur,’ WNBA says

The league said in a statement it was looking into the team’s run-in with a “social media figure” whose “actions were inappropriate and unfortunate.”

Evans hits 3-pointer late in OT, Chicago beats Indiana 108-103

Marina Mabrey scored 18 of her 28 points in the first half, Dana Evans scored all 19 of her points after halftime and the Chicago Sky beat the Indiana Fever 108-103 in overtime on Tuesday night.

Howard scores 20, Dream cruise past Sky 83-65

Rhyne Howard scored 20 points, Allisha Gray and rookie Haley Jones each added 13 and the Atlanta Dream eased past the Chicago Sky 83-65 on Tuesday night.

Chicago Sky spoil Griner’s home debut with 75-69 win

Kahleah Copper scored 15 points and the Chicago Sky spoiled Brittney Griner’s regular-season home debut, holding on down the stretch for a 75-69 win over the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday.

Griner gets warm welcome in first home game since being detained in Russian prison

Brittney Griner won the opening tip and ran to her familiar spot in the low post. There was nowhere else the ball was going to go on the Phoenix Mercury’s opening possession of the season — not after what Griner had gone through to get here.

Brittney Griner plays in first WNBA preseason game since detainment in Russia

Brittney Griner returned to game action for the first time since a nearly 10-month detainment in Russia on drug-related charges ended with a prisoner swap in December.

Brittney Griner working on memoir about Russian captivity

Griner was arrested last year at the airport in Moscow on drug-related charges and detained for nearly 10 months, much of that time in prison.

Jupiter and Venus meet tonight for rare conjunction
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Astronomy lovers, be sure to look up into the western sky tonight for a chance to see Venus and Jupiter close to each other.

Candace Parker leaving Chicago Sky, joining Las Vegas Aces

WNBA star Candace Parker said she is going to play for the Las Vegas Aces so that she has more time to be with her wife, daughter, and son.

Ex-WNBA Maya Moore and Jonathan Irons release memoir about their unique love story
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A journey for justice has turned into a very unique love story. One of the WNBA's brightest stars, Maya Moore, recently married the man she helped free from prison, Jonathan Irons. They shared how it all came to be in a new memoir entitled "Love & Justice: A Story of Triumph on Two Different Courts."

Russia frees WNBA star Brittney Griner in prisoner swap, American Paul Whelan left behind
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The family of an American detained in Russia for nearly four years said Thursday that the Biden administration "made the right decision" in agreeing to a prisoner exchange that freed WNBA star Brittney Griner, but they are "devastated" that Paul Whelan remains behind.

Brittney Griner freed in 1-for-1 prisoner swap with Russia
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Russia freed WNBA star Brittney Griner on Thursday in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange, with the U.S. releasing notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, the White House said.

Brittney Griner: Russian diplomat says prisoner swap with US remains possible

The Biden administration has been trying for months to negotiate the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American jailed in Russia, Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, including through a possible prisoner swap with Moscow.