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The Las Vegas Aces let the rest of the WNBA catch up. Now their three-peat quest is over

Sports / October 7, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

LAS VEGAS — Among the many buzzwords Becky Hammon has used during her three-year run as head coach of the Las Vegas Aces, perhaps her favorite is “habits.” Success relies on building habits. “You don’t get to flip a switch,” Hammon said. “It’s the beautiful thing about sports, actually. The work and the commitment and […]

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Liberty advance to WNBA Finals after toppling defending champion Aces

Sports / October 7, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

LAS VEGAS — The New York Liberty have been waiting nearly 12 months for this. From the moment Courtney Vandersloot’s jumper misfired in the waning seconds of Game 4 of the 2023 Finals, the Liberty were chasing revenge, a chance to redeem themselves after an opportunity lost and to even the score against the Las

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How the Las Vegas Aces guards came to life to stave off elimination

Sports / October 5, 2024 / Pastora Blanca

LAS VEGAS — Becky Hammon has said all season that she has been waiting for the game when all of her Las Vegas guards click on all cylinders. In 2023, the three-headed monster of Chelsea Gray, Jackie Young and Kelsey Plum was an unstoppable unit most nights, culminating in a WNBA Finals series when the

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WNBA players say the troubling side of its rise is racism and threats

Sports / October 1, 2024 / Pastora Blanca

As the WNBA has reached wildly successful highs this season in viewership and attendance, players say the boom long coveted throughout women’s basketball has come with unfortunate consequences. During these playoffs, athletes who would normally be focused on winning have instead shared a swell of complaints of being targeted with racist, misogynistic, homophobic and threatening

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How New York Liberty’s length could be WNBA semifinals key: ‘It looks like an NBA roster’

Sports / September 30, 2024 / Pastora Blanca

NEW YORK — The final basket of Breanna Stewart’s 34-point clinic on Sunday to open the WNBA semifinals was never going to be blocked. Las Vegas Aces forward A’ja Wilson tried — elevating as high as she could as the seconds ticked down on both the shot and game clock — but the New York

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A’ja Wilson named unanimous WNBA MVP: How Aces star forward earned league honor for third time

Sports / September 22, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

As the Las Vegas Aces begin their quest for a third consecutive WNBA championship, their star forward, A’ja Wilson, will lead the team having received the league’s highest honor. On Sunday, Wilson was named the 2024 WNBA MVP, becoming only the second player ever to win the award unanimously and the first since the Houston

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2024 WNBA playoffs: How to watch, schedule, tipoff times and postseason format

Sports / September 22, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

The most-hyped WNBA regular season since the league’s inception delivered excitement from start to finish, but the real drama is just getting started. After a 2023 season that seemed like one long prelude to the Aces-versus-Liberty finals, the 2024 playoffs promise more chaos and intrigue from the get-go. Here are five burning questions for the

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How big should ESPN go on Caitlin Clark during WNBA playoffs? Our experts debate

Sports / September 19, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

You always want a viewership story to sell if you are a professional sports league and the WNBA has a great metrics story to sell in 2024. Last week ESPN announced that its WNBA regular season was its most-watched ever for games across ESPN Networks airwaves (including ABC). Games averaged 1.2 million viewers, a massive

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WNBA playoff projection: How far will Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever go?

Sports / September 16, 2024 / Pastora Blanca

In the grand scheme of the 2024 season, the identity of the eighth seed in the WNBA postseason bracket is relatively inconsequential. The New York Liberty have been the best team in the league for essentially the entire year. Their net rating of plus-12.1 points per 100 possessions is more than 15 points better than

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A’ja Wilson breaks WNBA single-season points record, passes Jewell Loyd’s mark of 939

Sports / September 12, 2024 / Mariana Salaverria

At the end of the 2023 WNBA season, after the Las Vegas Aces had captured their second consecutive title and A’ja Wilson earned Finals MVP, Wilson had a message. “Whoever you are out there that voted me fourth (for MVP), thank you. Thank you so much,” Wilson said during the team’s championship rally. “I wanna

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