Injured Yao Ming enjoying team owner role in China

Hall of Fame moves enshrinement to Aug. 13

Former Spurs Haislip lands in Greek league

US women's basketball team must work around WNBA

Mercury re-signs head coach Corey Gaines

WNBA center Riley to play for Greece's Athinaikos

Tulsa WNBA team moves to Western Conference

Minnesota Lynx name new head coach Cheryl Reeve

WNBA seeks to add Bay Area team in 2011

LIVE All-Star game BP window

Lynx re-sign star Seimone Augustus for long term

Leslie to retire from WNBA at season's end

Three-time WNBA MVP and four-time Olympic gold medalist Lisa Leslie says she will retire after her 12th season with the Los Angeles Sparks. The 36-year-old center announced her decision Wednesday in El Segundo, Calif., accompanied by her 19-month-old dau ...

Fever waive F Kristen Mann

The Indiana Fever have waived forward Kristen Mann. The 6-foot-2 Mann was acquired in a trade with Atlanta and scored two points in five games for the Fever last season. She was a former first-round WNBA draft pick of the Minnesota Lynx and went to Atla ...

Seattle re-signs Wright

The Seattle Storm re-signed guard Tanisha Wright, bringing back the versatile guard that had the best season of her career a year ago. The team did not release terms of the deal announced Wednesday. Wright started 14 of 34 games for Seattle last year an ...

WNBA star Parker expecting baby in spring

Candace Parker is expecting her first child this spring, and the WNBA star will keep working out leading to the 2009 season. The announcement was made Wednesday by the University of Tennessee, where Parker starred before going on to the Los Angeles Spark ...

Florida beats Oklahoma to win BCS

WNBA president says Comets are disbanding

The WNBA president says the franchise that won the league's first four championships is disbanding. Donna Orender told Houston television station KRIV on Monday that the league-owned Houston Comets would be shut down because new owners couldn't be found. ...

Former Tennessee star Lawson signs with Sun

Shock re-sign Laimbeer to 2-year deal

Coach Bill Laimbeer has been re-signed to a two-year contract by the WNBA champion Detroit Shock. The team is not releasing terms of the deal announced Thursday. The two-time NBA champion as a member of the Detroit Pistons guided the Shock this summer t ...

Best WNBA players of all-time

With a new generation of stars emerging in the WNBA, here's a look at 10 of the all-time greats.

Mystics hire Taylor as new GM

The Washington Mystics have hired Angela Taylor as their new general manager. Taylor has been vice president of business operations for the Minnesota Lynx the last two seasons. Before that, she worked in the WNBA's league office for a decade. Taylor's h ...

Shock win WNBA title for third time in six years

The Detroit Shock won their third WNBA championship in the last six years with a Game 3 victory over the Silver Stars.

Detroit Shock are champs for third time in 6 years

It wasn't exactly a surprise development for Bill Laimbeer. The Detroit Shock coach fully expected his team to go out this season and win their third WNBA championship since 2003. And that's exactly what they did. "This is what we thought was going to ...

WNBA Champions

2008 - Detroit Shock

Detroit claims third championship in six years

Finals MVP Katie Smith and the Shock didn't surprise anyone by winning their third championship in six years.

Shock 76, Silver Stars 60

Winning a gold medal in Beijing, a WNBA championship and the league finals MVP award. How does it feel, Katie Smith? "I mean, it's been OK," she said to laughter in the interview room Sunday after the forward led the Detroit Shock to their third WNBA cr ...

Shock slam Silver Stars in WNBA finals opener

Led by veteran Katie Smith, the Detroit Shock opened the WNBA finals with a big road win in San Antonio.

Hammon leads Silver Stars to WNBA finals with win

Behind Becky Hammon's 35 points, the Silver Stars held off the Sparks Sunday to advance to their first WNBA finals.