New-look Team USA wins fourth straight gold at FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
SYDNEY — A fair amount of uncertainty surrounded USA Basketball as they entered a new chapter of the post-Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi era.
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Team USA has new look, new coach and plenty of new faces for 2022 FIBA World Cup
Just over a week before USA Basketball travels to Australia for the 2022 FIBA World Cup, multiple faces of the storied program — some for the past two decades — are nowhere to be seen at the training camp in Las Vegas.
A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart lead U.S. women’s basketball roster for FIBA World Cup
A’ja Wilson, a two-time WNBA MVP, and Breanna Stewart, the Tokyo Olympic MVP, headline a new-look U.S. women’s basketball roster for the FIBA World Cup that starts Thursday in Sydney (Wednesday night in the U.S.).
Las Vegas Aces prevail in OT over Seattle Storm after wild, record-setting end to regulation
SEATTLE — After trading shots with the host Seattle Storm in the final seconds of an instant classic, the Las Vegas Aces made the final basket and then pulled away in overtime to win a thrilling Game 3 110-98 on Sunday and take a 2-1 lead in the teams' best-of-five semifinals series.
Young ties game with buzzer-beater, Aces beat Storm in OT
SEATTLE -- — Jackie Young sent the game in overtime with a buzzer-beating basket and then Chelsea Gray and Kelsey Plum hit big shots in the extra session to help the Las Vegas Aces beat the Seattle Storm 110-98 on Sunday to move within a victory of advancing to the WNBA Finals.
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Short-handed Seattle Storm lean on stars to lift them past top-seeded Las Vegas Aces in WNBA semifinals opener
LAS VEGAS — The Seattle Storm were on the road and down a starter to injury as they began the WNBA semifinals Sunday at No. 1 seed Las Vegas. But the Storm's other four usual starters — all past No. 1 draft picks — did what they have made great careers of doing best. And Seattle struck first with a 76-73 victory in Game 1 at a sold-out Michelob Ultra Arena.