Chicago Sky star Angel Reese expressed a clear message after participating in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. “I don’t work jobs. I AM THE JOB,” she wrote Thursday on X, quoting the 2020 song “Jobs” by City Girls. Some of her WNBA peers watched Wednesday’s event and commented on her Instagram post about the festivities. Reese became one of the …
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Fresh off winning a record-setting fourth MVP, Las Vegas Aces center A’ja Wilson earned the sixth All-WNBA nod of her career. The other MVP finalists rounded out the first team: Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier, Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas, Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell and Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray. Dallas Wings guard and 2025 WNBA Rookie of the …
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ARLINGTON — Paige Bueckers already knew what it felt like to be atop the mountain. After her first WNBA season with the Dallas Wings, the 23-year-old knows what it’s like to walk through the valley. This year has been something of a coming-of-age moment for Bueckers, who on Tuesday was named WNBA Rookie of the Year. The women’s basketball phenom …
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On September 16, news broke that Dallas Wings superstar Paige Bueckers won the 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year award. She received 70 of 72 possible votes for the award. While Washington Mystics rookie Sonia Citron (who received the other two votes) produced a fantastic first year in the WNBA, it would be hard for just about anybody to justify …
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Michael VoepelSep 16, 2025, 12:02 PM ET Close Michael Voepel is a senior writer who covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball and other college sports. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers was named the 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year, the league announced Tuesday. Bueckers is the …
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After a record-setting regular season, Dallas Wings star Paige Bueckers was named the 2025 WNBA Rookie of the Year on Tuesday. Bueckers, the No. 1 pick in April’s WNBA Draft, received 70 of the 72 votes from a national panel of sportswriters and broadcasters. Washington Mystics guard Sonia Citron received the other two votes. Following her stellar career at UConn, …
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Paige Bueckers wins WNBA Rookie of the Year award after surprise announcement from Cathy Engelbert Yahoo Sports WNBA Awards: Dallas Wings’ guard Paige Bueckers named 2025 Rookie of the Year USA Today Wings 97-76 Mercury (Sep 11, 2025) Game Recap ESPN Paige Bueckers rocks ‘Jennifer Hudson’ runway dance winning WNBA Rookie of the Year Sports Illustrated Readers speak: Page Bueckers differs from past AP …
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Paige Bueckers was expected to be great. She has been for a long time. The No. 1 pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft was unlikely to enter a winning situation in Dallas — that’s typical of No. 1 picks. But was Bueckers going to become a star immediately? The answer has been a resounding yes. The former UConn standout has …
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Paige Bueckers put together not just one of the best shooting performances by a WNBA rookie, but one of the best performances ever by any player. The top pick in this year’s draft scored 44 points in the Dallas Wings’ 81-80 loss to the Los Angeles Sparks on Wednesday night, the most points by a rookie in WNBA history and …
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Paige Bueckers poured in a season- and career-high 44 points—the most in the league this year and tied for 10th most all-time—but it wasn’t enough, as the Dallas Wings narrowly fell to the Los Angeles Sparks, 81–80, on Wednesday in L.A., officially ending their playoff hopes. Bueckers’ 44 points came on an incredible 81 percent shooting from the field, along …
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