There’s just one week until Teresa Weatherspoon makes her mark on the WNBA — for the second time in her Hall of Fame career. The Chicago Sky’s new head coach will make her debut at the helm of a professional team next week with the Sky’s season opener against the Dallas Wings. It’s a fresh start for the Sky and for Weatherspoon, offering excitement and uncertainty for fans after a rocky 2023 ...
May 8—MOHEGAN — The 2016 WNBA Draft was held at Mohegan Sun Arena and Rachel Banham went fourth overall to the Connecticut Sun, who make their home in the arena. The Sun, in fact, had three of the first six picks, choosing UConn's Morgan Tuck third, Minnesota's Banham fourth and George Washington's Jonquel Jones sixth, getting two of those selections via trade. Banham played four seasons for ...
Ethan Strauss and Bill Simmons were roundly dunked on -- pun intended -- for their idea about how to make women's basketball "resonate."
UNCASVILLE — When Connecticut Sun guard Rachel Banham first saw the news on social media that the WNBA is launching a full-time charter flight program for the 2024 season, the eight-year veteran wasn’t even sure it was real. “I almost thought it was a joke,” Banham said, shaking her head. “It’s like, unbelievable. We knew it could get there, but you never knew when, so we’re all kind of ...