HARTFORD, Conn. — Former UConn women’s basketball star Aaliyah Edwards became the fourth former Husky on the Connecticut Sun‘s roster Thursday when she was traded by the Washington Mystics in exchange for Sun guard Jacy Sheldon and the rights to swap first-round picks in 2026.

Edwards was drafted No. 6 overall by the Mystics in 2024 and ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Despite reports that the WNBA is not supportive of Hartford’s bid to purchase the Connecticut Sun, the local investment group isn’t giving up on its push to keep the franchise in-state.

The Boston Globe reported Saturday that an investment group led by the Boston Celtics minority governor Steve Pagliuca had reached an ...Read more

NEW YORK —There was no red carpet for UConn women’s basketball legend Diana Taurasi to walk at the entrance to her documentary premiere at the Whitby Hotel in Manhattan on Monday night.

Instead, in true Taurasi fashion, they rolled out her resume.

More than 15 feet of white carpet stretched through the doorway, striped with line after line...Read more

SEATTLE —The Storm have hit a hump.

Brittney Sykes will help.

Since downing the defending WNBA champion New York Liberty, 79-70, on July 6 to improve to 12-7, Seattle has unexpectedly stalled. The Storm are 4-7 in their last 11 games — including losses to Connecticut (5-23), Dallas (8-22), Washington (13-16) and Los Angeles (13-15). In ...Read more

NEW YORK — By coincidence, Maddy Siegrist returned from her second long-term injury as a pro on the same court where she returned from her first one.

That the court was at the Barclays Center meant the Siegrist clan could witness the occasion, just as it did last time. But if you give most people the choice, they probably wouldn’t want to ...Read more

CHICAGO — Rachel Banham spent most of her WNBA career in a constant state of redefinition.

As a role player with the Connecticut Sun, Minnesota Lynx and now the Chicago Sky, each season always came with a new set of responsibilities. Banham is known and valued for her cheerful dependability, unflappable regardless of her minutes or place on ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A neon green sex toy was thrown from the stands and landed on the court during the second quarter of Tuesday night's Sparks win over the Indiana Fever at Crypto.com Arena.

With 2:05 remaining in the first half, the sex toy landed in the paint near Fever guard Sophie Cunningham, who recoiled before Sparks guard Kelsey Plum kicked...Read more

DURHAM, N.C. — College basketball in August?

Why not? It’s Duke.

The Blue Devils opened up Cameron Indoor Stadium for a basketball practice Tuesday, giving students and fans their first look at what will be the 2025-26 team.

A year ago, the latest basketball wunderkind, Cooper Flagg, was the main attraction. The season ended in the NCAA ...Read more

BOSTON — Just one month after being traded to his hometown team, Georges Niang is on the move again.

The Celtics reached an agreement Tuesday to ship the Massachusetts native to Utah, according to a report from ESPN’s Shams Charania. The Jazz also will receive two future second-round draft picks from the Celtics, with undrafted rookie RJ ...Read more

MIAMI — What started as the Miami Heat’s first two athletic trainers warehousing team game-worn memorabilia and then grew into initial conceptual plans for some type of team museum turned into the U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday offering further details into a massive theft that robbed the franchise of some of its history.

The federal...Read more

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Jeremy Lin cringes a little bit when he hears people talk about his infamous Linsanity run.

The Palo Alto native and former NBA standout never thought he would still be hearing stories about his legendary two-week stretch during the 2011-12 season over a decade later, but learning about how he served as an inspiration to ...Read more

HARTFORD, Conn. — Well, Connecticut, we’ve seen this movie before and we know how it goes, that it doesn’t end happily for us. This time, the ending was so telegraphed, there was little point coming back from the intermission.

Despite 20 years of fidelity, we will watch our team ride off into the Sun-set with the dashing, more handsome ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — With red welts scattered like landmarks of the war she'd just waged, Kelsey Plum let the microphone have it.

"I drive more than anyone in the league," the Sparks guard said, voice taut. "So to shoot six free throws is f— absurd. And I got scratches on my face, I got scratches on my body, and these guards on the other teams get...Read more

MIAMI — We’re not sure if Pat Riley still cruises Biscayne Boulevard top down in one of his classic convertibles. But a case could be made for this being a test drive of an offseason for the Miami Heat.

While the current NBA collective-bargaining agreement went into effect on July 1, 2023, only now are the long-term ramifications of the ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A familiar playlist of Balkan hits led Luka Doncic out onto the court at the Lakers practice facility. A gallery display of photos stood in the back. Six months after first arriving here in a blockbuster trade that shocked the NBA, Doncic has good reason to finally relax.

Doncic signed a three-year, $165 million deal with a ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Near the conclusion of the news conference to address his contract extension with the Lakers, Luka Doncic detailed the training program that contributed to his striking weight loss.

When he was finished talking about how he lifted weights and refrained from playing basketball for a month, general manager Rob Pelinka made it a ...Read more

The Los Angeles Lakers are Luka Doncic’s team now, beyond question.

This was coming, of course, this transition beyond the LeBron James era. We probably got the first hint of such shortly after the night in early February that Rob Pelinka fleeced Dallas counterpart Nico Harrison in acquiring Doncic. LeBron was not consulted beforehand, and ...Read more

On July 25 at Target Center, the Lynx defeated the Las Vegas Aces by 31 points, a game that coach Cheryl Reeve acknowledged was probably her team’s best of the season.

On Saturday in Las Vegas, the Lynx were even better as they defeated the Aces, 111-58, behind a dazzling first-half shooting demonstration by Kayla McBride.

However, there was...Read more