WBL

A player jumps for the ball

How NaLyssa Smith will become a key component in the Aces’ success

By Kelly Johnson / July 7, 2025

Becky Hammon: ‘She’s a baller, she’s a hooper, she’s another big body’

Pioneers at Final Dinner

For the first time, WBL’s San Francisco Pioneers will reunite in the Bay Area

By Maya Goldberg-Safir / June 27, 2025

Musiette McKinney: ‘We never said goodbye to our city, where it all started’

Molly Kazmer named finalist for Naismith Hall of Fame

By Julie Schreiber / February 15, 2025

Kazmer: ‘I am part of a forgotten era of Trailblazers and a generation of firsts’

Cindy Haugejorde shoots for the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 1970s.

Cindy Haugejorde, Iowa’s first star, reflects on her journey and the evolution of women’s sports

By Angie Holmes / February 1, 2025

Haugejorde is proud of her role in Hawkeye history

Women jump for the ball during a basketball game

Locked On Women’s Basketball: The lasting impact of Brenda Pitts

By The Next / December 27, 2024

Pitts: ‘I was born with a basketball in my hands’

Seattle Storm point guard Sue Bird holds the ball away from a defender's arms while looking to pass

Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announces eligible candidates for women’s class of 2025

By Sydney Wingfield / December 20, 2024

Finalists will be announced on Feb. 14

Monterey head coach Jill Schneider claps from the sideline of a basketball game.

Despite dashed Olympic dreams, Jill Schneider’s legacy is golden

By Tee Baker / November 9, 2024

The coach behind the nation’s No. 1 recruit, Aaliyah Chavez

As women’s basketball evolves, the legacy of the WBL persists

By Arie Graham / August 26, 2024

Charlene McWhorter-Jackson: ‘Everything they are getting now is a result of things that we did’

Worn basketball that reads "Wilson" on the top and "WBL" on the bottom.

Ball movement: Using the game’s history to pay it forward

By Kiri Oler / July 26, 2024

Legends of the Ball celebrates the rich history of women’s professional basketball

Fifteen Milwaukee Does players sit for a team photo. #30, first row, third row from the right is Brenda Pitts.

From the court to the classroom, Alabama native Brenda Pitts changed the Tide of the sport industry

By Natalie Heavren / July 14, 2024

Pitts: ‘I tried out. The rest is history’