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Caitlin Clark shrugs on the court

The Weekly Fast Break: Hustling for wins and records

By Missy Heidrick / January 24, 2023

Buckeyes crack while Boston and Siegrist break records

Dara Mabrey plays for Notre Dame in the 2021 ACC Tournament in Greensboro, N.C. (Mitchell Northam / The Next)

Notre Dame’s Dara Mabrey to miss rest of season with ACL injury

By Mitchell Northam / January 23, 2023

Notre Dame loses a veteran leader and a great shooter

Dearica Hamby shoots a layup with her limbs fully extended.

Dearica Hamby accuses Las Vegas Aces of bullying, manipulation and discrimination

By Aya Abdeen / January 21, 2023

‘To be treated this way by an organization … leaves me sick to my stomach’

Dearica Hamby, wearing a USA practice pinnie, raises her right arm in the air while holding a basketball in her left.

Los Angeles Sparks trade for Dearica Hamby

By David Mendez-Yapkowitz / January 21, 2023

Sparks send Amanda Zahui B. and a draft pick to Aces for Hamby and a 2024 first-round pick

Chicago sky big Azurá Stevens dribbles while posting-up Washington Mystics big Myisha Hines-Allen, as Stevens puts a hand on Hines-Allen's hip and starts to spin around her

The Offseason Matrices: The Next’s 2023 WNBA offseason and free agency tracker

By Em Adler / January 20, 2023

The Next’s 2023 offseason and free agency tracker is here! WNBA contracts and team interests, cap sheets, trades, coaching changes, and more.

Seattle Storm big wing Breanna Stewart stands with her hands on her hips, photographed from a side angle.

The Next’s 2023 free agency projections, part 2: Unrestricted free agents

By Em Adler / January 20, 2023

Where will Stewie sign? Our team predicts it all.

Dallas Wings forward Kaela Davis defends Kristi Toliver driving towards the basket (Photo Credit: Domenic Allegra).

Free agency, prioritization and the toll on the WNBA’s middle class

By Isabel Rodrigues / January 20, 2023

‘I just don’t think we understood the magnitude of it’

Courtney Vandersloot of the Chicago Sky shooting the ball in the second-round of the single-elimination game against the Minnesota Lynx. Photo Credit: John Mac

Courtney Vandersloot to meet with Lynx; Many suitors for Azurá Stevens

By Howard Megdal / January 19, 2023

The post-Fowles plan takes shape

Two images side-by-side. On the left, Dallas Wings wing Marina Mabrey dribbles the ball up the court. On the right, Seattle off-ball guard Gabby Williams points ahead while running up the court as teammates celebrate on the Storm bench to her right and fans celebrate beyond the baseline in the background.

The Next’s 2023 free agency projections, part 1: Restricted free agents

By Em Adler / January 19, 2023

Projecting Pancake Gustafson’s landing spot and much more

Connecticut Sun big wing Jonquel Jones releases a fadeaway jumper off her fingertips, as Los Angeles Sparks center Liz Cambage holds up an arm towards her to weakly contest the shot

Inside the thinking of Connecticut Sun around Jonquel Jones, Jasmine Thomas deals

By Jacqueline LeBlanc / January 18, 2023

‘Now it’s about being able to deliver’