COURTNEY WILLIAMS

A’ja Wilson had 26 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Las Vegas Aces to an 85-71 victory over the Connecticut Sun in Game 2 of the WNBA Finals.

Jonquel Jones had 15 points and 10 rebounds and the Connecticut Sun overcame an 11-point deficit in the fourth quarter, beating the Chicago Sky 72-63 in the decisive fifth game of the semifinal series and advancing to the WNBA Finals.

UNCASVILLE, Conn — (AP) — DeWanna Bonner and Courtney Williams each scored 19 points to help the Connecticut Sun rout the Chicago Sky 104-80 on Tuesday night and force a decisive Game 5 in their WNBA semifinal series. Alyssa Thomas added 17 points for Connecticut, which will travel to the second-seeded Sky for the winner-take-all game on Thursday night. Connecticut coach Curt Miller has been saying for the entire series that his team would have to make the game “messy” to beat the Sky. The All-Star forward had six points total in Game 3 and seven in Game 2 — both Connecticut losses. The UConn women's basketball team was in attendance, sitting a few row up from the Chicago Sky bench.

DeWanna Bonner and Courtney Williams each scored 19 points to help the Connecticut Sun rout the Chicago Sky 104-80 and force a decisive Game 5 in their WNBA playoffs semifinal series.

Candace Parker had 16 points and 11 rebounds while Kahleah Copper added 15 points and the Chicago Sky beat the Connecticut Sun 76-72 in Game 3 of the WNBA playoffs semifinals.

Defending WNBA champion Chicago and Connecticut meet Sunday in the WNBA playoffs for the third straight year and a second straight time in the semifinals.

Lynx Sun Basketball Connecticut Sun guard Courtney Williams (10) applauds as Minnesota Lynx center Sylvia Fowles, left, embraces teammate Natalie Achonwa as Fowles leaves in the closing minute o a WNBA basketball game Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, in Uncasville, Conn. Fowles played her final game as the Sun eliminated the Lynx from playoff contention. Fowles, the 2017 league MVP and four-time defensive player of the year, had her league-best 192 career double-double with 10 points and 12 rebounds. She is the only player to lead two franchises (Minnesota and Chicago) in career rebounding and she is the only WNBA player to reach 6,000 career rebounds (6,006 total). Fowles checked out of the game for the last time to a long standing ovation, and hugged her coaches and teammates. The Sun led 78-62 with 7:08 remaining before Minnesota went on a 14-2 run during which Fowles and Aerial Powers scored five points each.

Following Brittney Griner’s sentencing in Russia to nine years in prison Thursday, WNBA players, coaches and fans locked arms and tried to send the American basketball star strength during a moment of silence.

The children's father returned home when his wife "allegedly told him that she had hurt the children," authorities said.

Mother charged: A 26-year-old California is charged with suspicion of murder after her two young children were found dead in a bathtub. (Kali9/iStock)LINDA, Calif. — A California woman is accused of drowning her two young sons in a bathroom at their home on Thursday, authorities said. >> Read more trending newsAccording to a Yuba County news release, Courtney Williams, 26, of Linda, was arrested on suspicion of homicide. Her husband discovered the infant and toddler and called 911. https://t.co/2JcNDsm6Iu — The Modesto Bee (@modbee) April 8, 2022According to the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office, the boys’ father called 911 at about 11:45 a.m. PDT to report possible drownings. However, the investigation remains active and is in its early stages, the sheriff’s office said.

McCoughtry spent the last two seasons in Las Vegas after playing in Atlanta since the Dream drafted her first in 2009. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File) (Phelan M. Ebenhack)Angel McCoughtry is heading to Minnesota and Briann January is going to Seattle for her final season in the WNBA. McCoughtry spent the past two seasons in Las Vegas after playing in Atlanta since the Dream drafted her first in 2009. “We are excited to welcome Angel, one of the all-time greats in the history of our league, to the Minnesota Lynx,” Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve said Wednesday. “The Lynx have been one of the toughest opponents I’ve played throughout my career,” McCoughtry said.

Angel McCoughtry is heading to Minnesota and Briann January is going to Seattle for her final season in the WNBA.

The fifth pick in the 2011 draft is one of five WNBA players who are joining the newly formed Athletes Unlimited basketball league that's starting this winter. Lavender said she was reached out to by Natasha Cloud, who is on the Athletes Unlimited players' executive committee to join the league. “We talked about how WNBA players don’t always want to go overseas since we miss everything with our families,” Lavender said. Athletes Unlimited started in 2020 and has softball, volleyball and lacrosse leagues in which there are no team owners and players share directly in league profits. Choosing Las Vegas as the city was a no-brainer to Athletes Unlimited Co-Founder/CEO Jon Patricof.

The 5-foot-8 guard led Atlanta in points, rebounds, and assists during the 2021 season, but her off-court conduct cast a shadow over her stellar play.

A source close to the franchise tells Insider that Dream players got in a fist-fight after someone made a comment about Courtney Williams' girlfriend.

With less than a week remaining before the WNBA begins its Olympic break, teams are jockeying for position in the standings knowing that it will be a sprint to the finish once play resumes in August following the Tokyo Games and a monthlong hiatus.

The WNBA season is only a few weeks old and there already have been five games that have decided in overtime.

The WNBA season isn’t even two weeks old and the New York Liberty have already doubled their win total from last year and are off to their best start since 2007.

(AP Photo/Mike Carlson, File)NEW YORK – Liberty guard Layshia Clarendon, who identifies as transgender and nonbinary, announced on social media Friday that they had surgery to remove breast tissue. The league, the players' union and the New York Liberty released statements offering support to Clarendon. Clarendon wrote in The Players' Tribune five years ago they identify as “black, gay, female, non-cisgender and Christian," and expanded on their identity in an Instagram post in December. “Existing outside of the binary for me is freedom,” Clarendon wrote. I know that my gender will keep evolving because we change and grow and shape shift and expand.