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2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team Officially Unveiled
Comprised of a mix of returning veterans, with a combined 23 Olympic and World Cup gold medals and an overall 669-39 (.945) winning record in USA Basketball games played, the 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team was finalized ahead of the Sept. 22-30 FIBA World Cup in Tenerife, Spain. With her selection to the […]
MVP Stewart Unanimously Selected to 2018 All-WNBA First Team
WNBA Most Valuable Player Breanna Stewart of the Seattle Storm was unanimously selected to the 2018 All-WNBA First Team, the WNBA announced today. The 6-4 forward was the only player named to the First Team on all 39 ballots in voting by a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Phoenix Mercury guard Diana Taurasi was […]
Tina Charles Chosen As One of 16 Finalist For 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team
Featuring a stellar blend of veterans, who have won a combined 13 Olympic and 10 World Cup gold medals, and some of the top, young talent in the nation, 16 finalists have been selected for the 2018 USA Basketball Women’s World Cup Team. The athletes were selected by the USA Basketball Women’s National Team Player […]
2018 USA Women’s National Team Heads to New York With Tina Charles
Following its three-day camp in Columbia, South Carolina, which culminated with an entertaining intrasquad exhibition game on Sept. 5, 14 athletes, headlined by New York Liberty forward, two-time Olympic and two-time World Cup gold medalist Tina Charles, will continue on to USA Basketball’s next training camp in the hopes of claiming a spot on the […]
Los Angeles’ Alana Beard Named 2018 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year
Los Angeles Sparks guard/forward Alana Beard has been named the 2018 WNBA Defensive Player of the Year, the WNBA announced today. Beard earned the honor for the second consecutive season, becoming the fifth player in league history to win the award in back-to-back seasons. Beard received 16 votes from a national panel of 39 […]
Washington’s Delle Donne and Phoenix’s Taurasi Named WNBA Players of the Month
Elena Delle Donne of the Washington Mystics and Diana Taurasi of the Phoenix Mercury today were named the WNBA’s Eastern and Western Conference Players of the Month, respectively, for games played from August 1 through the conclusion of the regular season on August 19. For both Delle Donne and Taurasi, each of whom won […]
