Washington Mystics

Washington Mystics point guard Natasha Cloud shakes hands with Bethany Donaphin, head of league operations for the WNBA, after the Mystics secured the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 WNBA Draft.

Daily Briefing — April 11, 2022: Welcome to Draft Day

By Emily Adler / April 11, 2022

And the transfer carousel is not slowing down

Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard receives a pass during warmups.

Atlanta Dream trade for top pick with eyes ‘expected’ on Rhyne Howard, as Washington plans for the future

By Spencer Nusbaum / April 6, 2022

Washington looks to snag favorable pick in 2023; sources believe Dream will snag Kentucky’s Howard

Commissioner Cathy Engelbert at the podium at the 2021 WNBA playoffs

WNBA announces 2022 Disney broadcast schedule

By Emma Paidra / March 4, 2022

Disney networks will broadcast 25 regular-season games and upwards of 27 postseason games

What Tianna Hawkins and Natasha Cloud’s dominance in Athletes Unlimited means for the Washington Mystics

By Jenn Hatfield / March 1, 2022

Hawkins and Cloud demonstrated their growth on the court and found joy off of it during the five-week season

NaLyssa Smith posts up a defender outside the paint

Daily Briefing — March 1, 2022: Better than the average Bears

By Emily Adler / March 1, 2022

And your Power 5 awards, awarded

Athletes Unlimited season ends with talents recognized, return promised

By Gabriella Lewis / February 28, 2022

Athletes Unlimited Hoops is set to return in early 2023

Players on the Minnesota Lynx circle-up and put their hands together in the middle before a send-off

ROUNDTABLE: ‘Too Many Lynx,’ starring Cheryl Reeve

By The IX Basketball / February 23, 2022

The Next staff offers solutions for Minnesota’s roster crunch

Kristina Moore jogs down the court facing sideways, as a ref behind her signals a made three

Daily Briefing — Feb. 15, 2022: CATCH YOU LATER — Tamika Catchings out of Indiana

By Emily Adler / February 15, 2022

Angel Reese soars for Terps

Belgian national team captain Emma Meesseman (center) stands with her teammates before a game against Puerto Rico in the FIBA World Cup Qualifying Tournament on Feb. 10, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Photo credit: Domenic Allegra)

‘I felt home’: Emma Meesseman returns to DC with the Belgian Cats

By Jenn Hatfield / February 12, 2022

Emma Meesseman’s first two games in the Entertainment and Sports Arena since October 2019 were vintage performances

Emma Meesseman takes a fadeaway jumper with Megan Huff attempting to rise to contest

The Next’s WNBA offseason visual tracker

By Emily Adler / February 5, 2022

A visual rundown of all the WNBA’s offseason movement