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WNBA star Britteny Griner was arrested last month in Russia and is currently being detained by Russian authorities after vape cartridges were found in her luggage.

After the Chicago Sky won the WNBA Championship, the city sponsored a parade Tuesday, but few Chicagoans seemed to notice.

A viral video seems to show several Women’s National Basketball Association players engaging in a wild fistfight.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden honored the 2020 WNBA champions Seattle Storm on Monday, celebrating their success on the court and hailing the four-time title holders for changing lives with their activism.

WNBA player Liz Cambage has been lambasted as a bigot after unleashing a racist rant against a coach from an opposing team. Basketball fans and others commenting on social media feel that what Cambage did was far worse than what

Liz Cambage, a WNBA player who self-describes as a “big old b*tch,’ unleashed a racist rant at an opposing coach after he made a comment about her weight. 

(AFP) — Australian basketball’s longest-running feud flared again Wednesday when former NBA star Andrew Bogut took aim at women’s Olympic stalwart Liz Cambage over her accusations team photos had been “whitewashed”.

WNBA star Sue Bird recently took a swipe at soccer saying it is “generally” made up of “cute little white girls.”

NEW YORK (AP) — Basketball star Maya Moore has married Jonathan Irons, the Missouri man she helped work to free from prison after a 22-year-old wrongful conviction.

Black Lives Matter is a Marxist organization that opposes the natural family structure of mothers and fathers, noted Sen. Kelly Loeffler.

According to reports, several prominent black players are considering sitting out an NFL’s game in an effort to “force change.”

Atlantic writer Jemele Hill insisted that black athletes should stop “entertaining” America because the country does not “value black lives.”

Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris used the phrase “monumental courage” to describe the NBA and WNBA decision to cancel games in protest of the officer-involved shooting of Jacob Blake.

Members of the WNBA’s Washington Mystics paraded onto the court Wednesday wearing white t-shirts – each with a letter of Jacob Blake’s name – and featuring seven bullet holes on their backs.

NBA star Chris Paul says that collecting NBA players in the lockdown bubble in Orlando, has actually helped their activism by giving players an opportunity to “educate” themselves.

Wednesday on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA) criticized the WNBA’s embrace of activism in a highly politicized time.

Several members of the Women’s National Basketball Association have taken a stand against team owner and Republican Georgia Sen. Kelly Loeffler, by wearing t-shirts touting her opponent in the upcoming election.

The Seattle Storm and New York Liberty, walked off the court during the playing of the national anthem prior to their game on Saturday.

U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler insists that forcing Black Lives Matter themes in women’s basketball will make some fans “feel excluded.”

The Women’s National Basketball Association has decided not to try and force out U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler after her open letter asking the league to approve pro-America slogans along with its social justice agenda.

MCDONOUGH, Georgia — Last week, Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), co-owner of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream, denounced that league’s decision to “insert” the Black Lives Matter political movement into the sport.

Wednesday during an appearance on Fox News Channel’s “The Ingraham Angle,” Sen. Kelly Loeffler (R-GA), who is in an election fight for her U.S. Senate seat, pushed back against Black Lives Matter (BLM) in the wake of announcing her opposition to the WNBA’s decision honor BLM on the grounds it sends a message of exclusion.

WNBA team co-owner and Georgia U.S. Sen. Kelly Loeffler, says she is against the league’s plans to honor the Black Lives Matter movement this season because espousing a “particular political agenda undermines the potential of the sport and sends a message of exclusion.”

The NBA and the NBA Players Union are collaborating on a plan to paint “Black Lives Matter” on the sides of the three basketball courts the league will use when play resumes next month in Orlando, ESPN reports.

CBS This Morning host Gayle King is furious at her network for airing video showing her asking pointed questions about rape accusations lodged against Kobe Bryant, video that got her in trouble with blacks and black celebrities on Twitter.

Six players were ejected during Saturday’s WNBA game in Phoenix, as Brittney Griner and Kristine Anigwe faced off starting a short brawl on the court.

Megan Rapinoe’s girlfriend, WNBA player Sue Bird, stuck up for the U.S. Women’s soccer star in her feud with President Donald Trump.

WNBA star Sue Bird has taken exception to what she has described as President Trump’s “hate-filled Twitter spree” against her girlfriend and U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT) co-captain Megan Rapinoe.

According to a report, no women’s sports champions have accepted an invitation to the White House to celebrate their big win since President Trump came to Washington, and few have even been offered the opportunity.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The gender equality initiative Time’s Up says its president and CEO resigned because of sexual misconduct allegations against her son.

Highlighting the huge pay gap between men and women in professional basketball, WNBA rookie A’Ja Wilson slammed the massive payday earned by newly minted L.A. Laker LeBron James.

Speaking with TMZ Sports, former WNBA star and Olympic gold medalist Lisa Leslie said she would not be willing to meet with President Donald Trump to discuss equal pay for women, reasoning, “I don’t think he’s about equality at all.” Trump

Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA) coach Cheryl Reeve told reporters that the lack of a White House invitation to celebrate her team’s championship, shows that President Trump does not value women’s sports.

The Seattle Storm of the WNBA has joined forces with the nation’s premier abortion factory Panned Parenthood and Left-Wing blogger Dave Zirin expressed his joy in the newly formed partnership.

WNBA champions the Seattle Storm is the first professional sports team to announce a partnership with Planned Parenthood.

A recently retired Women’s National Basketball Association player is charging the league with bullying and oppressing players who aren’t gay.