Posts by Jenn Hatfield

Jenn Hatfield has been a contributor to The Next since December 2018 and is currently the site's managing editor, Washington Mystics beat reporter and Ivy League beat reporter. Her work has also appeared at FiveThirtyEight, Her Hoop Stats, FanSided, Power Plays and Princeton Alumni Weekly.

Washington Mystics waive three players in search for flexibility

June 29, 2021

Mike Thibault is patiently playing the long game, with an eye toward the playoffs

Inside Megan Gustafson’s first week with the Washington Mystics

June 27, 2021

Cross-country flights, a reunion with a former mentor and a game against the team that cut her

Elena Delle Donne has ‘a new back,’ but she’s still waiting on her comeback

June 24, 2021

What we know and don’t know about Delle Donne’s recovery and timeline

The rookie and the vet: Ariel Atkins and Tina Charles, two Mystics on Team USA

June 22, 2021

‘I’ll be by your side every step of the way’

Twice as nice: How Tina Charles and Theresa Plaisance rewrote the record books against Indiana

June 20, 2021

The first-year Mystics teammates have obvious on-court chemistry despite limited practice time

Another game, another career high for Ariel Atkins

June 19, 2021

But don’t call it a breakout season for the Washington Mystics All-Star candidate

Mystics feel the ‘Sunday scaries’ in loss to Atlanta

June 14, 2021

Things went from bad to worse for Washington with an injury to Natasha Cloud

From legendary coach to rookie professor, Muffet McGraw keeps sharing her wisdom

June 12, 2021

Inside the activities that are keeping McGraw ‘busier than I ever thought I would be’ in retirement

Kristi Toliver returns, but Mystics prevail

June 11, 2021

DC’s defense didn’t defer to former hometown hero

Tina Charles is a problem for opponents

June 9, 2021

‘The grind goes unnoticed, but the results don’t’