Cathy Engelbert

Courtney Williams with pink hair jumps with her arms extended into teammate Napheesa Collier, both in their white Lynx uniforms

The Lynx vibes are strong on Team Collier

By Terry Horstman / July 18, 2025

Three Minnesota players featured on WNBA All-Star Team Collier, led by Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve

On a bill baord, Caitlin Clark and A'ja Wilson fce each other with the words "Let her cook" and Gatorade logo inbetween them

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Status of WNBA CBA negotiations

By The Next / July 8, 2025

Megdal: ‘There’s a lot more money there everywhere you look,’

Podcast promotion graphic with a photo of WNBA executives. There is a text overlay that reads "Inside WNBA expansion." There is also a Locked On Women's Basketball logo and smaller photo of host Howard Megdal.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: Inside WNBA expansion

By The Next / June 30, 2025

In an emergency podcast, host Howard Megdal breaks down the expansion to Cleveland, Detroit and Philadelphia

The WNBA logo is seen on the court at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sept. 25, 2024 ahead of a WNBA playoff matchup between the Indiana Fever and the Connecticut Sun.

The WNBA’s bubble season reverberates five years later

By Michelle Smith / June 15, 2025

It can be argued that what we are all experiencing now in the WNBA, the national exposure, the television ratings, the sponsors, the Caitlin Clark phenomenon, the expansion of the league in Golden State and the preparation for a game-changing collective bargaining agreement – none of it happens if the league can’t pull off a season in isolation in Florida in 2020.

The New York Liberty's championship banner rises while the torch flames up.

After emotional ring ceremony, the Liberty flip the switch to defeat rival Aces

By Jackie Powell / May 18, 2025

Inside the Liberty lifting their first championship banner

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Live from the 2025 WNBA Draft: Winners, losers, sights, sounds and Cathy Engelbert

By The Next / April 15, 2025

In today’s episode of Locked on Women’s Basketball, host Jackie Powell is joined by The Next’s Emily Adler and the two discuss the winners and losers of the 2025 WNBA Draft. Hint: The California teams did very well, by Adler’s standards. “(The Valkyries first two picks have) pretty solid upside from both of them, adding…

Thumbnail images of WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert and WNBA guard Arike Ogunbowale are positioned alongside the title "WNBA team 16 & 1 on 1 finalists"

Locked On Women’s Basketball: WNBA expansion, Unrivaled updates

By The Next / February 14, 2025

Which cities have the best shot at landing a WNBA expansion franchise?

Atlanta Dream and Seattle Storm will play in league’s first regular season game in Canada

By Sydney Wingfield / December 16, 2024

Engelbert: ‘The WNBA Canada Game has been a tremendous opportunity to grow our league’s footprint’

WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert speaks at a press conference.

Locked On Women’s Basketball: What we know about Portland

By The Next / September 20, 2024

The Rose Garden Report’s Sean Highkin joins Natalie Heavren to talk about Portland welcoming a new team

An orange and white basketball placed on a basketball court.

WNBA officially announces expansion into Portland

By Kiri Oler / September 19, 2024

‘We’re not just building a team; we’re creating a movement with Portland as our home’