The Sparks made a bit of a surprising roster move on Saturday with the decision to cut two-time WNBA champion Mercedes Russell.

An unbalanced slate, early tipoffs and repeated matchups have coaches frustrated. Meanwhile, the Sky are managing Angel Reese’s minutes as she takes on a bigger role.

She was the runner-up for the MVP honor last season, when Minnesota made the WNBA Finals. Collier established herself as the MVP front-runner right away and is still in that role, although our top challenger is on her heels. -- Voepel

It's an exciting time to be connected to the WNBA—as a fan, an ownership group and virtually everything in between.

Each year, Engelbert usually calls WNBA players to tell them they were named an All-Star. That wasn't the case for Citron, who found out she made the cut through a pretty wild sequence of events.

Following the WNBA's 2029 expansion return to Detroit, the new team's name may not be one with historic ties. Someone else owns it.

As the league enters its All-Star break, it finds itself at a hazardous crossroads and in the now-unavoidable crosshairs.

The WNBA doesn't need a single player to carry the viewership load. High viewership is linked with accessible broadcast time slots on major networks, especially weekend afternoons.