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The Las Vegas Aces didn't get off to a terrible start this summer. If anything, it was more just a bit disappointing considering they have arguably the most talent in the league and were considered a main title contender. But since opening up 2-2, they've been borderline unstoppable, and look every bit the elite club they were expected to be this season.

Sue Bird is WNBA royalty and in the middle of her 18th season, with 11 All-Star nods and four titles on her resume, she is uniquely qualified like few other individuals to offer up an opinion on just about everything related to the league that’s celebrating its 25th anniversary this year.

A local woman absolutely dominated a WNBA game last night – showcasing herself as one of the elite female post players in the world. Vandebilt and LSU graduate and Washington Mystics center Theresa Plaisance had one of the best games of her 8-year professional career in Washington's 96-93 win over the Atlanta Dream.

Mechelle Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996. Editor’s note: This story was originally published in 2016, for the 20th anniversary of the WNBA’s inaugural game, which was played on...

The Chicago Sky and Connecticut Sun face off on Saturday in a WNBA basketball showdown at Wintrust Arena. These two teams faced off on Thursday, and it was the Chicago Sky that were able to win 81-75. Chicago had five different players who scored in double figures. Guard Jasmine Thomas...

Mystics head coach Mike Thibault made history Thursday night, leading Washington to a 96-93 win over the Atlanta Dream to secure the 350th victory of his WNBA career. "I mean, shoot. I know I told somebody last time we had one of these — I think it was at 300 — that it just means I'm old and I've kind of stuck with it," Thibault said after the game. "I think that, for me that means that these players keep me young."

Candace Parker of the Chicago Sky recently summed up the essence of one of the WNBA's longest-running subplots: getting caught in the standings logjam. It can happen in any sport, but with a relatively short season and a lot of parity with just 12 franchises, the WNBA frequently has a large group of teams with records, pluses and minuses that are all similar.