2024 Paris Olympics

Valkyries Forward Janelle Salaun looks out at the crowd. She is shown from the front with a large but out of focus crowd behind her.

How Janelle Salaün became a basketball star in 11 years

By Matthew Walter / August 30, 2025

Iliana Rupert: ‘She always had this killer mode, but now she’s efficient with it’

Alanna Smith smiles while holding flowers in front of a sold out arena.

Alanna Smith is the definition of ‘delayed not denied’

By Terry Horstman / May 13, 2025

Smith: ‘It was like the pinnacles of my career in a space of three months’

WNBA legend Sue Bird walks on a court after being named first women's national team managing director.

Sue Bird joins USA Basketball as first managing director

By Emily Caron / May 8, 2025

Bird will be in charge of selecting the women’s national team roster and coaches

TCU guard Hailey Van Lith shoots a 3-pointer. No defenders are in the frame to contest the shot.

How Hailey Van Lith has found redemption with TCU

By Tia Reid / March 8, 2025

After a disappointing performance with LSU in the 2024 NCAA Tournament, Hailey Van Lith has entered her prime with TCU

Graphic with photo of Syla Swords (12) posing while wearing a Team Canada jersey and holding a basketball with the text "Paris 2024" and Olympic rings engraved on it in her right hand. Locked On Women's Basketball logo at top right. White text on orange background reads "Syla Swords makes Olympic history".

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Michigan freshman Syla Swords speaks about her Olympic experience

By The IX Basketball / March 5, 2025

Swords: ‘I was practicing with WNBA players every day for three or four months straight. So you’re going to get better, whether you try to or not’

Minnesota Lynx forwards Napheesa Collier and Alanna Smith celebrate with a chest bump after Smith made a basket and drew a foul against the Washington Mystics.

Minnesota’s identity was on full display in back-to-back wins over the Mystics

By Terry Horstman / August 19, 2024

The Lynx matched last season’s win total with 13 games left

Washington Mystics players Jade Melbourne, Julie Vanloo and Aaliyah Edwards and general manager Mike Thibault posed for a photo at center court before heading to the 2024 Paris Olympics. Each held the flag of the country they represent: Australia, Belgium, Canada and the United States, respectively.

How the Washington Mystics’ Olympians are approaching the rest of the WNBA season

By Jenn Hatfield / August 18, 2024

Jade Melbourne, Julie Vanloo and Aaliyah Edwards are back after joys and disappointments in Paris

Jackie Young (13) aims for the basket while two defenders on the Nigeria team look toward her from either side. A'ja Wilson (9) looks on from behind the defenders.

U.S. gets past Nigeria, Australia coming up in semifinals

By Scott Mammoser / August 7, 2024

Brondello: ‘You need to believe on any given day, you can beat them’

Canada's Natalie Achonwa stands alone facing away from the rim, looking stoic.

As Canada 5×5 exits Paris Olympics, Natalie Achonwa bids farewell to international play

By Hayley McGoldrick / August 5, 2024

Achonwa: ‘Have you seen those that are coming up next? I’d be afraid’

Jackie Young rises to shoot a jump shot in a red No. 13 Team USA jersey in front of the Team Germany bench looking on behind her.

How Team USA ended its group stage with a win over Germany

By Scott Mammoser / August 4, 2024

Jackie Young scores 19 off the bench