Every Aces starter had at least 14 points and three assists.
Counting the playoffs, there have been 23 triple-doubles in WNBA history. Thomas has posted the last seven.
The 22-year-old had to be carried off the court after sustaining the injury against the New York Liberty on Sunday.
The Mercury star has since received approval to fly charter for the rest of the season.
The first meeting of the super-teams will take place Thursday when the Liberty visit the Aces. Plus, Mercury's mess, Chelsea Gray's pass, status report updates, standings and what to watch.
More than a quarter of the way into the newly expanded 40-game season, there are signs the chemistry of so many offensive vocal points is coming together for the Liberty.
Alyssa Thomas now has more regular season triple-doubles than anyone in WNBA history.
Boston is just the sixth rookie in WNBA history to be named an All-Star Game starter.
When your team is bad and you don't know what to do, firing the head coach is the customary move.
"Officiating needs to get better. Period. There’s no if, ands or buts about it. They need to do a better job."
Twice in the last four years, the Sun have persevered without a key player and reached the WNBA Finals. They’re the winningest franchise since 2017. Yet, there isn’t a WNBA championship to their name.
WNBA All-Star ballots are due this week with tough selections among the starters, plus Boston's rookie milestones, an updated league status report and what to watch this week.
The Mercury star was harassed by a YouTuber while walking through a commercial terminal.
WNBA players have been requesting private planes for years.
"I'm tired of losing," Sophie Cunningham told reporters after leading the Mercury in scoring in the blowout defeat.
The lack of charter flights in the WNBA has remained an issue and took on greater urgency when Brittney Griner was harassed Saturday. Here's how other pro leagues got charters to be their standard.
The WNBA star was followed and berated by a "provocateur" while walking through a concourse.
An early look at MVP candidates, how the Lynx won the most improbable comeback, how the standings are shaping up and what to watch this week.
Brittney Griner’s agent said the league has only approved a “mix of charter and a select number of commercial flights” for her this season.
The WNBPA called on the league to implement chartered flights to keep players safe.
Satou, the Wings’ No. 2 overall pick in 2020, and Nyara, the Liberty’s No. 5 pick in 2022, said they knew playing together in the WNBA was more of a “when it will happen, not an if it will happen, type of thing.”
"This game meant a lot," the former Baylor star and Texas native said.
“What it’s shown — whether you’re talking about salary, travel, all of the different elements, but particularly maternity leave — it’s just showing where the crack [or] where the weak link is in the chain,” Bird said.
The Lynx drafted Miller with the No. 2 pick.
The No. 1 overall draft pick has already made a mark in the first games of her rookie season.
Stewart led the Storm to two WNBA championships. She returned to Seattle for the first time on Tuesday in a visiting uniform.
For at least the initial implementation, it appears most players have prioritized the WNBA with an assist from beneficial schedules by both their domestic league and overseas ones.
"This is my 25th year, in either the WNBA or NBA and this is truly my home space," Hammon said about her return. "It was definitely nice to get out there and be with my team."
“What Brittney’s detention did ... was bring this idea of wrongful detention into families’ living rooms and kitchens and conversations in a way that hadn’t really happened before. I like to say that it brought it out of the shadows.”
The two-time MVP was frustrated with officiating after a loss to the Sun.
The late-night Los Angeles Sparks and Phoenix Mercury matchup was the most-viewed regular season WNBA game on cable in 24 years, ESPN announced.
It’s assumed that Brittney Griner will have to fly privately this season due to safety concerns, something that makes the issue even more complicated.
Griner received a pregame ceremony, powerful player introduction and support from the X-Factor in first home game since her Russian detainment ended.
"It was really important to play like this in my debut," Stewart said. "Because I want people to be here and I want them to come back."
“I think you don’t truly realize what you’ve been through until you’re in hindsight looking back. In the moment, it’s like, 'Duh, I can do this,' but when I look back, I’ll probably look back like, 'You really did that.'”
“It’s a story everywhere we go. So this year it’ll be a story of joy, a story of happiness, a story of welcome back. That positive energy will probably help our team and be less of a distraction,” Vanessa Nygaard said.
Brittney Griner took the court for her first real WNBA game in nearly 600 days on Friday night in Los Angeles.
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Griner is home, safe, playing basketball again. Smiling, signing autographs, hanging with the next generation of WNBA fans. There was a real chance this day never came.
It's hard to feel like this isn't a negative for a league that is finally getting the recognition it has long deserved, not just for its advocacy efforts but its exceptional product.
The investigation triggered by Dearica Hamby is a messy one bound to happen regularly if the WNBA and WNBPA don’t come to a detailed answer on a bigger conundrum of how to handle pregnancy in professional sports.
“Initially, it was about proving the Aces wrong, and I had to be like, ‘Nah, that’s not OK. I need to do it for myself.’ That shouldn’t matter,” Hamby told Yahoo Sports.
"I had a great relationship with Hamby the whole time, which is probably why she felt the way she did," Hammon said.
We finally know what Stewart was thinking when she sent seven emoji-only tweets the week before she signed with the Liberty.
According to the WNBPA, the punishment "misses the mark."
A foundation that never fully set and heading into its 27th season, the W is remedying it by hyping storytelling more than ever as the way to market and thereby grow.
If you like trash talk, we’ve got a team for you to take on as your own. Same for surprises, luxury, even … high-yield savings accounts? Here’s which team to root for, plus the basics to know so you can best argue your fandom case.
Ionescu notched a pay raise before the start of her fourth WNBA season.
The WNBA is unique among major basketball leagues with its May-September schedule.
Vandersloot and Jones are part of the star-studded lineup that led WNBA fans to deem the Liberty a potential super-team.