UConn women's basketball star Paige Bueckers will return to school next season, bypass WNBA Draft
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NBA 5-on-5 - Does the trade for Donovan Mitchell make the Cleveland Cavaliers contenders in the East?
What is going on in Utah? Two months to the day after the Utah Jazz sent three-time Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota Timberwolves, his former teammate Donovan Mitchell is on the move, as well.
Injured UConn women's basketball star Paige Bueckers to bypass early WNBA draft entry, return to Huskies for 2023-24 season
STORRS, Conn. — UConn star Paige Bueckers, the 2020-21 women's college basketball national player of the year, said Thursday that while she will be age-eligible to declare for the 2023 WNBA draft, she will return to the Huskies for the 2023-24 season despite being sidelined this upcoming season with an ACL injury.
Dirk Nowitzki becomes first player to have number retired by German Basketball Federation
COLOGNE, Germany — Dirk Nowitzki now has a number retired on two continents.
Nowitzki's No. 14 jersey retired by German national team
Dirk Nowitzki, widely considered one of the best foreign-born NBA players of all-time, had his No. 14 international jersey retired on Thursday by the German Basketball Federation ahead of the opening day of the FIBA EuroBasket 2022 in Cologne.
Rivalry aside, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, a UNC grad, honors Duke's Mike Krzyzewski
RALEIGH, N.C. — Setting aside the heated college basketball rivalry, recently retired Duke University coach Mike Krzyzewski was honored Thursday by Gov. Roy Cooper — a two-time graduate of the University of North Carolina — with the state's highest honor.
Candace Parker delivers another classic to lead Chicago Sky to series-evening win over Connecticut Sun
CHICAGO — Behind a vintage performance from 14-year vet and two-time WNBA champion Candace Parker, the 2-seed and defending WNBA champion Chicago Sky evened their best-of-five semifinal series against the 3-seed Connecticut Sun at 1-1 with an 85-77 win Wednesday night at Wintrust Arena.
WNBA playoffs 2022 - Eye-catching fits from the semifinals
Four teams remain in the WNBA playoffs after an entertaining first round. The new playoff format provided a hint of drama, with the Chicago Sky and Connecticut Sun getting pushed to three games in their respective series. The Las Vegas Aces and Seattle Storm swept their opponents in two games to advance to the next round.