Nets star Kyrie Irving is committing $1.5 million to supplement the income of WNBA players who choose not to play this season, whether because of coronavirus concerns or social justice reasons.

ESPN's Doris Burke will become the first woman to serve as a game analyst on a network TV or radio broadcast this deep into the postseason when she calls the NBA conference finals and NBA Finals for...

Brittney Griner picked up a basketball Sunday for the first time in almost 10 months, her agent told ESPN. Her first act was a dunk.

An Alabama circuit judge has granted a temporary restraining order on the AHSAA ruling, allowing Maori Davenport to play.

South Carolina and women's basketball coach Dawn Staley have canceled a home-and-home series with BYU over a recent incident where a Duke volleyball player said a Cougars fan yelled racial slurs at...

CBS Sports has signed a multiyear deal with the WNBA to broadcast 40 games per season beginning next month.

The NCAA will pay basketball officials for the women's tournament the same amount it pays the officials for the men's competition.

Doctors counted 18 bullet holes in Aaliyah Gayles' body after she was shot at a party. USC's star recruit vowed to play basketball again. This is the remarkable story of her resilience and resolve as...

The WNBA is discussing a potential 22-game regular season to begin July 24 in Bradenton, Florida, sources told ESPN.

An additional 13 WNBA games have been added to the national telecast schedule.

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley has signed a seven-year, $22.4 million contract extension, the school announced on Friday.

Georgia coach Joni Taylor gave birth to a girl less than 12 hours after leading the Lady Bulldogs to a victory.

The Phoenix Mercury will host Game 4 of the WNBA semifinals on their home court at the Footprint Center on Wednesday after the Suns and Lakers agreed to move up their preseason game by a few hours.

Kevin Garnett's inclusion of women in "Area 21" demonstrates respect for WNBA players.

The WNBA and the players' union have come to tentative terms on a new collective bargaining agreement, which includes a significant salary bump for the league's highest-paid players.

Breanna Stewart and Napheesa Collier are founding a women's basketball league to give the top WNBA players a new option for playing domestically in the offseason.

Nikki McCray-Penson will replace Vic Schaefer as women's basketball coach at Mississippi State, the school announced Saturday.

Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw says the country needs more women in positions of power, and not just in basketball.

Dwyane Wade, who will be inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame next month, is joining the ownership group of the WNBA's Chicago Sky.

A year after Nancy Lieberman became the first woman to win the BIG3 coach of the year, Lisa Leslie won the award after leading Joe Johnson and the Triplets to the title game.

WNBA legend Teresa Weatherspoon, 54, promoted by the New Orleans Pelicans on Monday, is the eighth full-time female assistant coach in the NBA.

Players are wearing T-shirts that support the opponent of Dream co-owner Kelly Loeffler in her attempt to retain her U.S. Senate seat.

Sue Bird's rehabilitation on her left knee is continuing, but an upside is that she won't be missing any playing time to attend the Women's World Cup final in Lyon, France, where she'll be supporting...

Back-to-back triple-doubles. A milestone no other player has reached. And a memorial for Kobe and Gigi. Sabrina Ionescu, just 22, handled it all head-on.

Iowa and DePaul will make a run at the all-time women's basketball attendance record when the schools face off in an outdoor exhibition at 69,000-seat Kinnick Stadium, home of the Hawkeyes football...

Geno Auriemma said he wants the 3-point arc in women's college basketball moved back to match the men's distance.

The full Women's Basketball Hall of Fame class -- Maya Moore, Seimone Augustus, Taj McWilliams-Franklin, Rita Gail Easterling, Violet Palmer, Sue Phillips and Roonie Scovel -- will be inducted April...

Syracuse point guard Tiana Mangakahia is recovering from breast surgery.

Just 21 months before winning a WNBA title with Chicago, Diamond DeShields had a tumor removed from her spine that left her with tremors and relearning how to walk.

Former WNBA star Kara Lawson is replacing Joanne P. McCallie as the women's basketball coach at Duke, it was announced Saturday.

When Pat Summitt died, women's basketball lost its biggest advocate. Muffet McGraw and Kim Mulkey have found their voices as they head into the title game.

Tiana Mangakahia, who missed last season because of breast cancer, gets a waiver to return to Syracuse this season

Army's Dave Magarity faces Holy Cross' Maureen Magarity this weekend in the first father-daughter coaching clash in D-I college basketball.

Ten days before she turns 40, point guard Sue Bird steered the Storm to their fourth title, breaking records along the way.

Reigning WNBA Finals MVP Breanna Stewart announced her engagement to Phoenix Mercury guard Marta Xargay on Sunday.

About a third of NBA teams now employ a woman coach. Here, the coaches discuss their ascension in the men's league.

A'ja Wilson reached out to her former head coach Dawn Staley for Sheryl Swoopes' number to ask for advice on what it takes to be a repeat WNBA champ.

South Carolina moved up three spots to take the No. 1 spot in The Associated Press women's college basketball poll for the first time since 2015 after the top three teams from the previous week all...

The WNBA and its union have agreed to honor women who have died in connection to police action or alleged racial violence -- such as Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor and Vanessa Guillen -- when the...

Erica Wheeler's performance in Saturday's record-setting WNBA All-Star Game landed the undrafted Indiana Fever guard the MVP award.

Stanford senior Anna Wilson overcame the death of her dad, the challenge of growing up with a Super Bowl-winning brother and complications from concussions. All that helped her prepare for life --...

Former Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw said ESPN is "Connecticut's network" and there is "complete bias" in its coverage of UConn.

Dawn Staley, Geno Auriemma, Kelly Graves, Kim Mulkey and Brenda Frese continue to grapple with the season ending without a women's NCAA tournament.

Brittney Griner, whose trial in Russia began Friday, made a direct appeal to President Joe Biden for her freedom Monday in a letter passed on through her representatives, writing, "I'm terrified I...

UConn basketball player Paige Bueckers has a strong message for the support of Black female athletes after winning Women's Collegiate Athlete of the Year.

Niele Ivey was the point guard on Notre Dame's first national championship team and an assistant coach for more than a decade. Is she the obvious successor to Muffet McGraw?

Former UConn star and current Dallas Wings guard Katie Lou Samuelson discusses her own struggles with mental health.

Former WNBA player Tamara Moore, recently hired to coach the men's basketball team at Mesabi Range College in Virginia, Minnesota, hopes to prove that a woman is perfectly capable of coaching a men's...

LSU guard Alexis Morris said Iowa won't be able to pull off their "disrespectful" style of defense against the Tigers' shooters.