The 2025 WNBA season captured fans’ attention with a series of thrilling games. The Las Vegas Aces and the Phoenix Mercury faced off in the Finals, where the Aces showcased their dominance by winning the series with a flawless 4-0 record.
The WNBPA has been vocal about the tense nature of the CBA negotiations with the WNBA. But as the January 9 extended deadline quickly approaches, the players’ association’s leadership has not shied away from voicing its dissatisfaction with what the league is willing to offer.
Perhaps the biggest rivalry in all of women's basketball right now is the one between Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier and WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert.
Unrivaled is rounding the corner to its second annual season, scheduled to begin on Jan. 5. Co-founded by WNBA icons Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx) and Breanna Stewart (New York Liberty), the recent news of Collier's absence in the league this year was rather shocking.
With the start of the new year, that means its time for the start of another Unrivaled season in Miami. Unrivaled, which was co-founded by Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier and New York Liberty star Breanna Stewart, will tip off its second season on Jan.
Napheesa Collier will miss the second season of the 3×3 league she co-founded, as surgery on both of her ankles will sideline Unrivaled’s reigning MVP and 1-on-1 Tournament champion for four to six months.
It was announced on Thursday, New Year’s Day, that one of the co-founders of Unrivaled, Napheesa Collier, will miss the 2026 Unrivaled season due to injuries in both of her ankles and will undergo surgery.
The Unrivaled women's basketball league is tipping off its second season on January 5. Yet, the league was dealt a tough blow before games even began, as news broke on January 1 that Minnesota Lynx star and Unrivaled co-founder Napheesa Collier would be missing the entire season.
WNBA superstar Napheesa Collier will miss the upcoming Unrivaled season and be sidelined for four to six months following scheduled surgery on both ankles.
The WNBA All-Star Game is an exciting time, and some of the league's best players are in action. The most-recent game was held in Indianapolis, and Team Clark faced Team Collier.
During Game 4 of the WNBA Semifinals between the Minnesota Lynx and the Phoenix Mercury, the Lynx were playing without star forward Napheesa Collier due to injury.
Now that the 2025 WNBA season is in the rearview mirror, the league's attention has turned toward the ongoing negotiations between the league office and the players' association for the next Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA), which is supposed to be instituted for the 2026 season.
On Sept. 30, during her 2025 exit interview, Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier was brutally honest, challenging WNBA leadership in a direct statement.
Lynx star Napheesa Collier was named to her third consecutive All-WNBA First Team on Friday. It is Collier's fourth All-WNBA honors in her career, earning first team honors in 2023, 2024, and 2025 and second team honors in 2020.
The relationship between WNBA star forward Napheesa Collier and league commissioner Cathy Engelbert apparently hit another setback, with the player canceling a meeting scheduled for next week, ESPN reported on Saturday.
In the midst of preparing for the 2025 WNBA Finals, A’ja Wilson and Chelsea Gray took questions from the media on Thursday, October 2, just the day before hitting the court against a familiar foe in the Phoenix Mercury.
While the WNBA awaits the crowning of a 2025 champion, MVP Napheesa Collier made it clear that there is growing resentment between WNBA players and league leadership.
WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert's supposed comment about Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark highlights why she's losing favorability within the league.