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Coaching is a tough business. Noelle Quinn is out as head coach in Seattle, Sandy Brondello is out as head coach in New York — and the Storm and Liberty have become two of four WNBA teams in search of a new head coach ahead of next season (the league’s two expansion teams, the Portland Fire and Toronto Tempo, are …

Just one season after winning a WNBA championship, the New York Liberty are letting go of head coach Sandy Brondello. The franchise announced on Tuesday that it will not renew Brondello’s contract. Brondello learned that she would not be the Liberty’s coach on Tuesday morning, league sources not authorized to discuss the decision publicly told The Athletic, on the same …

The New York Liberty will not renew coach Sandy Brondello’s contract for next season, the organization announced Tuesday. Brondello led the Liberty to its first WNBA championship in 2024, but the team struggled with injuries to star players Breanna Stewart, Jonquel Jones and Sabrina Ionescu this year. New York earned the No. 5 seed in the playoffs and lost in …

Just one year after leading the Liberty to a breakthrough WNBA championship, Sandy Brondello is out as head coach. The Liberty fire Brondello, the winningest coach in the franchise’s history, on Tuesday, making the veteran coach the scapegoat for a title defense that fell well short of expectations. New York decided not to renew Brondello’s contract, which expired after this …

A’ja Wilson of the Las Vegas Aces has been named the 2025 WNBA Most Valuable Player. She won the MVP award for a record fourth time. Harry How/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Harry How/Getty Images A’ja Wilson has done it again. The star of the Las Vegas Aces has won the WNBA’s most valuable player for 2025. Wilson has …

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson is in a class by herself, winning the WNBA MVP for an unprecedented fourth time. She also won the award last season as the unanimous choice, after also winning in 2020 and 2022. Sheryl Swoopes, Lisa Leslie and Lauren Jackson all won the award three times. Wilson and former Houston Comets star Cynthia Cooper …

Lynx star Napheesa Collier finished runner-up in voting for the WNBA’s Most Valuable Player award to the Aces’ A’ja Wilson for the second year in a row, the league announced Sunday. Wilson, now a league-record four-time MVP, received 51 of 72 first-place votes from a body of national and local media members, who could rank five players on their ballots. …

Las Vegas Aces star A’ja Wilson is in a class by herself, winning the WNBA MVP for an unprecedented fourth time, a person familiar with the voting told The Associated Press. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Sunday because no official announcement had been made. ESPN first reported that Wilson won. Wilson also won the award …

A’ja Wilson was named WNBA MVP on Sunday following a remarkable late-season surge to surpass fellow finalist Napheesa Collier for the award, the WNBA announced. Wilson, who also won in 2020, 2022 and 2024, is now the first four-time MVP in WNBA history. She was previously in a four-way tie with three-time MVPs Lisa Leslie, Sheryl Swoopes and Lauren Jackson …

HENDERSON, Nev. — Caitlin Clark was fined $200 for a comment she made on an Instagram post about the Indiana Fever advancing to the WNBA semifinals over the Atlanta Dream, a team source confirmed. “Refs couldn’t stop us,” Clark commented on a post following the Fever’s 87-85 Thursday night win. Clark then wrote on X, “Got fined $200 for this …