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The Latest Breaking News from Cathy Engelbert

WNBA to Miss Year-End Deadline For Expansion Teams, per Report

The league had plans to add one or two new franchises by the end of 2024.

Sports Illustrated

Griner's home, but WNBA players still competing overseas

More than half of WNBA players are competing abroad this winter to supplement their incomes

The Independent UK

The WNBA’s Prioritization Clause, Explained

The wrongful detainment and subsequent release of Brittney Griner have shed light on the league policy regarding players competing overseas.

Sports Illustrated

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Brittney Griner’s Family Issues Statement Following Her Release

The WNBA star was released from Russian custody Thursday after 294 days.

Sports Illustrated

WNBA commissioner ‘overjoyed’ following Brittney Griner’s release from Russian penal colony

Shortly after Brittney Griner’s release from a Russian penal colony on Thursday in a high-profile prisoner exchange, WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert spoke about the star’s long-awaited arrival and possible return to action on the court.

Tribune News Service

WNBA Players Will Receive Guidance From League on Playing Abroad

WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert weighed in on the future of players choosing to play overseas following the release of Brittney Griner.

Sports Illustrated

Women’s basketball world cheers Brittney Griner’s release: ‘God’s grace is sufficient’

PHILADELPHIA — Throughout the 10 months that WNBA star Brittney Griner spent in detention in Russia, Dawn Staley was one of the biggest champions of getting her free.

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Brittney Griner's release celebrated by basketball world

Brittney Griner’s loved ones and extended basketball family were ecstatic when news broke about her release from a Russian prison and that she was on her way back to the United States

The Independent UK

WNBA Commissioner Shares Statement on Griner’s Release

Engelbert expressed gratitude that Griner was coming home to the United States.

Sports Illustrated

20 years after the Sol, how could Miami fit in the WNBA’s next wave of expansion?

MIAMI — Sheri Sam, an All-Star with Miami in 2002, works as the scouting manager for the Portland Trail Blazers. Guard Sandy Brondello played five years in the WNBA (two with the Sol) before she became head coach of the Phoenix Mercury and now the New York Liberty. Debbie Black…

Miami Herald

Tracking the WNBA’s Breanna Stewart Sweepstakes

And four more burning offseason questions.

Sports Illustrated

Oakland City Council Calling for WNBA Team in Approved Resolution

The city hopes to become the destination for one of two teams that could be added to the WNBA in the 2024 season.

Sports Illustrated

WNBPA Critical of Punishment for Suns, Mercury Owner Robert Sarver

The letter sent to WNBA and NBA commissioners Cathy Engelbert and Adam Silver requested a meeting to discuss his punishment.

Sports Illustrated

WNBA Commissioner Discusses League’s Efforts to Free Brittney Griner

The Mercury star was convicted and sentenced to a nine-year prison sentence in Russia back in August.

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Is Philadelphia a women’s basketball city? The WNBA wants to know before it expands.

PHILADELPHIA — Face it, Philadelphia could have no better cheerleader for a WNBA franchise than Dawn Staley, current iconic player-turned-coach of her sport.

Chicago Sun-Times

WNBA players say league needs charter flights now, and they’re right

The league’s collective-bargaining agreement with the players, signed in 2020 and effective through the 2027 season, doesn’t include charter flights.

Los Angeles Times

Pay equity in women's sports: How the WNBA is playing the long game

LOS ANGELES — Katie Lou Samuelson had the perfect shoes to mark the anniversary of Title IX. Before the Sparks' home game against the Chicago Sky on June 23, Samuelson unwrapped white tissue paper in a black shoe box to reveal her custom-decorated pair of Puma sneakers.

USA Today Sports Media Group

WNBA commissioner trolled All-Star MVP Kelsey Plum with an even smaller trophy after the Commissioner’s Cup

"Cathy got jokes!"

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Will restrictive abortion laws affect where the WNBA expands? Commissioner Cathy Engelbert says it will be ‘considered’

Engelbert was asked whether the league would consider not awarding the All-Star Game or another marquee event to a state with restrictive abortion laws and responded it would be taken into consideration.

Chicago Sun-Times

Despite WNBA All-Star Weekend shortfalls, Sky believe the event has strength to stand alone

The players’ general perspective on the league’s 18th annual All-Star Game was positive, with many saying it was the best in WNBA history. Sky CEO/president Adam Fox said the organization is open and interested in hosting again.

Chicago Sun-Times

WNBA commissioner blames gun violence for lack of outdoor fan events during All-Star Weekend

Though Cathy Engelbert expressed concerns about outdoor events, the league’s lone event open to the public, WNBA Live, was held outdoors.

Tribune News Service

Legends Sue Bird and Sylvia Fowles honored in WNBA All-Star Game, but young talent leads way in Team Wilson victory

CHICAGO — With a little over four minutes left in the second quarter of the 2022 WNBA All-Star Game, Sylvia Fowles stole a pass from Jackie Young and took off down the court. She then rose up and threw down a one-handed dunk, sending the Wintrust Arena crowd into an…

Sports Illustrated

WNBA Announces Plans for 40-Game Schedule in 2023

The league will also include charter flights for all games during the 2022 WNBA Finals.

The Conversation

WNBA star Brittney Griner's release still uncertain as her trial begins in a Russian court

Although a Russian court ruled that WNBA star Brittney Griner’s detention may be extended for six more months, her trial on alleged drug charges begins on July 1, 2022, and gives her supporters a glimmer of hope that her release is still possible.

Sports Illustrated

NBA, WNBA Commissioners Release Joint Statement on Roe v. Wade

Adam Silver and Cathy Engelbert issued comments in response to Friday’s shocking Supreme Court ruling.

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