The Atlanta Dream made the first of what could be several moves to bolster the roster before the upcoming WNBA draft.
The Dream on Thursday traded center Michelle Snow to the San Antonio Silver Stars for a second round pick in 2011 and the rights to Hungarian national player Dalma Ivanyi.
“I think this trade gives us [...]

Australian star Lauren Jackson re-signed with the Storm on Thursday.
Jackson, drafted No. 1 overall by Seattle in 2001, agreed to a two-year contract that matches extensions given to point guard Sue Bird and coach Brian Agler last summer.
Jackson’s announcement was a formality, as she had stated at the end of last season that she’d return. [...]

Calling it a “new part of my journey,” the former sprinter Marion Jones signed a contract to play for the Tulsa Shock of the W.N.B.A. on Wednesday. She is resurrecting an athletic career derailed by her admission that she used performance-enhancing drugs and by a prison sentence for lying about it to federal investigators.
Marion [...]

Just a few months ago, the WNBA announced that only one assistant coach would be allowed on the sidelines for the 2010 season. Hence, over 12 men and women could be out of a job very soon. For some organizations, this move will have more dramatic implications than others. But for former Silver Stars head [...]

Lindsay Whalen, the most famous female basketball player to come out of Minnesota, is coming back to the state. After a standout career at the University of Minnesota, Whalen was drafted by the Connecticut Sun of the WNBA and played with them for six seasons. After years of folks urging the Lynx to acquire Whalen, [...]

Lindsay Whalen doesn’t get much rest these days. During the WNBA’s offseason, she is playing professionally in the Czech Republic. She’ll likely have about a week between the end of that season and her first with the Lynx, to whom the ex-Gophers standout and Hutchinson native was traded in the offseason.
And on Wednesday, Whalen was [...]

The Atlanta Dream tips off its third season this spring at Philips Arena, with the home opener slated for May 16 against the Indiana Fever at 7 p.m.
The Women’s Nationa Basketball Association team has new players and is ready to hit the court, according to head coach/general manager Marynell Meadors, after a trip to the [...]

Here is what we know about the New York Liberty: they struggled to score last summer, head coach Anne Donovan would like to play more transition offense this season, and by adding Nicole Powell they now have two wings who aren’t necessarily big distributors.
Doesn’t that sound like a perfect fit for Phoenix Mercury All-Star Cappie [...]

Sandy Brondello had put together a basketball résumé that was as glamorous as they come, playing in four Olympics for her native Australia, winning silver medals in 2000 and 2004 and a bronze in 1996, when she sensed the end was near.
The wear and tear of a two-decade career that included a stint in the [...]

As WNBA fans contemplate the possibility of a trade that would send All-Star Cappie Pondexter to New York, it’s also worth considering that the Liberty would almost certainly have to include All-Star Nicole Powell in such a trade.
This is not to suggest that the Liberty value Powell more than Pondexter. However, before assuming that they [...]