Seattle Storm

Seattle Storm point guard Sue Bird enters the Entertainment and Sports Arena. She's wearing shades, gold chains and a dark blue velvet shirt.

Seattle Storm to retire Sue Bird’s jersey in 2023

By Em Adler / January 19, 2023

The Storm announced Thursday that they will be retiring Bird’s No. 10 jersey on June 11, 2023

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

2023 WNBA free agency preview: Seattle Storm

By Rowan Schaberg / January 11, 2023

Will Breanna Stewart stay or go?

Major explosion occurs in Istanbul, a hub for top women’s basketball players

By Isabel Rodrigues / November 13, 2022

On Nov. 14, a source confirmed the safety of all WNBA players in the region to The Next.

Four images of All-WNBA selections in a collage: on the top-left, a shot of Las Vegas point guard Kelsey Plum from behind, holding her follow-through as the ball falls through the hoop, with fans in the background celebrating but out of focus; on the top-right, Phoenix Mercury point guard Skylar Diggins-Smith drives from the key past Connecticut Sun combo guard Natisha Hiedeman, who is falling over towards her; on the bottom-left, Los Angeles Sparks big Nneka Ogwumike jogs up the court while pointing ahead; on the bottom-right, a shot of New York Liberty combo guard Sabrina Ionescu from behind, holding a finger up while looking out towards her teammates and Washington Mystics players

The Next’s 2022 WNBA Awards: All-WNBA

By Em Adler / September 14, 2022

The Next’s official 2022 WNBA awards wrapping up with All-WNBA

The Aces used multiple gritty performances to defeat the Storm and advance to the 2022 WNBA Finals

By Matthew Walter / September 7, 2022

It was by no means easy but behind some tough performances the Aces were able to win two games in Seattle

Lin Dunn

Locked on Women’s Basketball: Lin Dunn reflects on Sue Bird, charts course for NaLyssa Smith and the Indiana Fever 

By The Next / September 7, 2022

Howard and Lin Dunn discuss yesterday’s semifinal matches plus Dunn planning a new coach-lottery strategy to end Indiana’s bad luck and Sue Bird’s last game in a Seattle uniform

Two pictures side-by-side, of Seattle Storm big wing Breanna Stewart on the left and a smiling and jogging-upcourt Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson on the left

The Next’s 2022 WNBA Awards: MVP

By Em Adler / September 7, 2022

Our unofficial tally has Stewart-Wilson as close as it gets

Did the Seattle Storm just let their season slip away?

By Rowan Schaberg / September 6, 2022

How Seattle can recover and force a Game 5

Chicago Sky big Emma Meesseman (33) boxes out Connecticut Sun big wing Alyssa Thomas (25). Meesseman's arms are outstretched, and both players are looking up toward the basket.

Daily Briefing — Sept. 6, 2022: Sky, Aces look to close WNBA Semifinals

By Isabel Rodrigues / September 6, 2022

Here come the Belgian Cats

Aces point guard Chelsea Gray (12) passes the ball between Storm big Breanna Stewart (30) and Storm combo guard Jewell Loyd (24)

Daily Briefing — Sept. 5, 2022: Gray, Wilson lead Las Vegas Aces to Game 3 overtime victory

By Isabel Rodrigues / September 5, 2022

Sorting through the USA Basketball evolving roster