WNBA players rated the Phoenix Mercury as the league's best-run franchise, according to a poll conducted by The Athletic. State of play: In the anonymous poll of 39 players from all 13 franchises — no rookies were included to best represent veterans' views — 28.6% of respondents picked the Mercury.

Even though Diana Taurasi has retired, the WNBA's biggest trash talker remains in Phoenix. Taurasi held down the honor for the past two years, but now it's Mercury star Alyssa Thomas' turn. Thomas now holds the baton as the league's No. 1 trash talker, according to her peers in an anonymous poll from The Athletic.

A three-part documentary about retired WNBA star Diana Taurasi is scheduled for release on Prime Video starting Aug. 7, according to a trailer released by the streaming platform.

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The major free agent who could change the balance of power among the top three teams is Emma Meesseman, the 2019 WNBA Finals MVP who last played in the league in 2022, when she was an All-Star for the Chicago Sky.

The Lynx superstar brought her All-Star fit best to Indianapolis, Indiana, for her fifth selection to the game.

Brittney Sykes and Brionna Jones have been named by WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert to replace Caitlin Clark and Satou Sabally in the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star Game.

As the women's basketball league continues to expand, racial attacks against players are getting loud on social media