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WNBA free agency and trade tracker 2026: Deals, news, moves
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (1767+ words) After months of negotiations, culminating in a week of marathon bargaining sessions last month, the WNBA and the players' association verbally agreed to a new collective bargaining agreement March 18. That meant the league would have to conduct an expansion draft,…...
Liberty make move to keep Marine Johannes ahead of WNBA free agency
5+ day, 23+ hour ago (245+ words) The Liberty on Monday extended a reserved qualifying offer to French guard Marine Johann's, initiating the process for her potential return to Brooklyn this season. The move, revealed on the WNBA's transaction page Tuesday afternoon, was not a surprise. The…...
WNBA's No. 1 Draft Pick Will Earn $500, 000. But Who Will It Be?
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (323+ words) Monday night's WNBA Draft will mint the 2026 class as the highest-paid cohort of newcomers ever. The base salary awaiting this year's No. 1 pick is set at $500, 000, a more than six-fold increase over 2025 and roughly double the maximum salary that top…...
Former Baylor Basketball Player Melissa Jones Dead at 36: Fan Favorite Died At Her Home in Colorado
3+ day, 21+ hour ago (295+ words) Former Baylor University women's basketball player and fan favorite Melissa Jones has died at age 36, her family confirmed. Jones died at her home in Commerce City, Colorado on Friday, April 3, her mother told Texas news station KWTX. No cause of…...
Former Baylor women's basketball star dead at 36
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (404+ words) Former Baylor University women's basketball guard Melissa Jones died Friday at her home in Commerce City, Colorado, her mother, Kathy Jones, told KWTX, a Texas news station. A cause of death was not disclosed. Jones, who played for Baylor from…...
Check out Fever's new $78 million practice facility Caitlin Clark will call home
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (291+ words) Renderings of the Indiana Fever's new $78 million practice facility have been released, and it sure looks promising. The Indiana Fever are looking for ways to improve this offseason as the 2026 WNBA season quickly approaches. Superstar Caitlin Clark will be hoping…...
De Wanna Bonner re-signs with Mercury
15+ hour, 43+ min ago (363+ words) Apr 12, 2026, 4: 25 PM Bonner was drafted fifth overall by the Mercury in 2009 and played her first 10 seasons in Phoenix before she was traded to the Connecticut Sun for three first-round picks in 2020. Following five years in Connecticut and a brief stop…...
Sparks set to bring back Dearica Hamby amid WNBA free agency
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (314+ words) Saturday marked the first day that WNBA teams could make free agency signings official, and amid rumors that Dearica Hamby could jump ship, she affirmed with a video that she was in fact, not leaving the Sparks. Hamby was initially…...
Phoenix Mercury re-sign 4 key players after 2025 WNBA Finals run
14+ hour, 12+ min ago (250+ words) PHOENIX (AZFamily) " The Phoenix Mercury are bringing back a major core of their 2025 WNBA Finals team, re-signing Alyssa Thomas, Kahleah Copper, De Wanna Bonner and Sami Whitcomb. The moves keep together a veteran group that helped power Phoenix's run to…...
UCLA stars now have a better chance of sticking with WNBA rosters under new CBA
3+ week, 22+ hour ago (627+ words) In less than two months, six UCLA women's basketball players might be working out with WNBA teams. The draft is April 13, a week after the NCAA national championship game, and the season starts less than a month later. One of…...