The Phoenix Mercury will have to play in Tuesday's season opener in Las Vegas without Brittney Griner, who is dealing with a toe fracture.
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve is not about to make predictions. She isn't about to say the team's start to the WNBA season – which beings Tuesday night in Seattle – will necessarily be better than last year's 0-6 start, or the 2-8 start in 2022. But she said she believes this: The team is deeper; the team will defend better. The team is well ahead of where the past two seasons were with the season ...
For rookies who were waived, the climb to their pro dreams is steeper, but the path ahead is well-worn with trail markers of established success.
The team is expected to begin play in 2026 at the Coca-Cola Coliseum, an 8,000-seat arena at Toronto's Exhibition Place.