Basketball

4/25/2024 |  Not every WNBA draft pick will make her team’s roster. Here’s why (Associated Press (AP)) The WNBA draft is over, and superstars like No. 1 pick Caitlin Clark are heading toward surefire pro careers.
Not all 36 selections from his year’s draft will have such assurances. The league has 144 coveted roster spots among 12 teams, and other options for pro careers in women’s basketball either in the U.S. or overseas are scarce.

4/25/2024 |  Former Storm star Sue Bird joins team's ownership group (DEADSPIN) Former Seattle Storm star Sue Bird joined the team's ownership group ahead of the 2024 WNBA season.
Financial terms were not disclosed for Bird, who played her entire career with the Storm after they selected her with the top overall pick of the 2002 WNBA Draft out of UConn.

4/25/2024 |  Dallas Wings to Play at Dallas Memorial Arena Starting in 2026 (SportsTravel) The Dallas Wings will move to the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center’s Dallas Memorial Arena beginning in 2026 after a 15-year, $19 million agreement was reached pending WNBA approval for the team to move into the city’s downtown.
The Wings will play the 2024 and 2025 seasons in College Park Center in Arlington, Texas, where the club has played the past eight seasons. The Wings have sold out of season ticket memberships — a first in the team’s history — and experienced ticket sales growth of 200 percent. Individual ticket sales are up more than 1,100 percent and the team is expected to announce multiple individual-game sellouts in the coming days.

4/24/2024 |  Epiphanny Prince joins Liberty's front office on heels of retiring (DEADSPIN) Two-time All-Star guard Epiphanny Prince was hired as the New York Liberty's director of player and community engagement, the team announced Wednesday.
The move comes one day after Prince, 36, announced her retirement as a player after 14 WNBA seasons.

4/24/2024 |  Report: NBA looking into alleged actions of Nikola Jokic's brother (Reuters Sports) April 23 - The NBA is investigating a brother of Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic, who was shown on video appearing to punch someone following the Nuggets' win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Monday night, The Athletic reported.
A video of Strahinja Jokic made the rounds after the Nuggets beat the Lakers 101-99 in Game 2 of the Western Conference first-round playoff series. It appears to show Strahinja and another Jokic brother, Nemanja, confront two men in the stands at Ball Arena, with Strahinja landing a punch with the right hand on the fan's face.