Washington got another shooter while New York re-signed two guards on a busy day in WNBA free agency. The Mystics signed free agent Kristi Toliver on Tuesday to cap a busy week for Washington after the team traded for Elena Delle Donne on Thursday and sent Kia Vaughn and Bria Hartley to New York. More...

The Washington Mystics signed free agent guard Kristi Toliver on Tuesday, giving them another outside threat. The move caps a busy week for the Mystics, who traded for former league MVP Elena Delle Donne last Thursday. Washington traded away Kia Vaughn and Bria Hartley to clear salary cap space to sign Toliver. More...

Kristi Toliver is headed to Washington. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because no official announcement had been made. The move caps a busy week for the Mystics, who traded for former league MVP Elena Delle Donne on Thursday. More...

ATLANTA (AP) -- Free-agent point guard Brianna Kiesel has signed a multi-year contract with the Atlanta Dream. More...

Elena Delle Donne is headed to Washington in one of the biggest trades in the WNBA's history. The 2015 MVP is joining the Mystics after being traded from the Chicago Sky on Thursday for Stefanie Dolson, Kahleah Copper and the No. 2 pick in this year's draft. ''I'm really excited about this next chapter in my career with the Mystics,'' Delle Donne said. More...

ATLANTA (AP) -- Guard Layshia Clarendon, a restricted free agent, has re-signed with the Atlanta Dream. More...

It's already been a busy week in the WNBA, and teams can't officially sign free agents until Wednesday. There have been three trades in the last five days, and at least one more is set to be done soon with Elena Delle Donne heading to Washington, according to two people familiar with the situation. As a restricted free agent, Delle Donne can't be traded by Chicago until Wednesday at the[ Read More... ]

PHOENIX (AP) -- The Phoenix Mercury have acquired three-time All-Star point guard Danielle Robinson from the San Antonio Stars in exchange for the fifth-overall pick in this year's draft and reserve center Isabelle Harrison. More...

Breanna Stewart didn't think twice about heading to Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday night to join the protest against President Donald Trump's travel ban, which bars citizens of seven predominantly Muslim nations from entering the U.S. ''I felt like I needed to be a part of fighting for what is right. ''Even in the biggest games (of basketball), you're fighting to do your best, for[ Read More... ]

Bria Hartley made a replica New York Liberty jersey when she was 12 after attending one of their games at Madison Square Garden. Now the New York native will get to put on a real one after being traded with Kia Vaughn to the Liberty on Monday as part of a three-way deal with Washington and Seattle. ''My last name on the back,'' Hartley said of the jersey, which was No. 14. More...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Longtime Minnesota Lynx assistant coach Jim Petersen says he is leaving the three-time champions. More...

ATLANTA (AP) -- The Atlanta Dream have reacquired center Aneika Henry-Morello in a trade with the Connecticut Sun. More...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Elena Delle Donne is returning home from China because of a flare up of Lyme Disease. More...

Whether it's to plan for their future once basketball is done, promote healthy living or just to have some fun, WNBA players such as Sue Bird and Maya Moore are getting involved in the food industry. Bird has invested in restaurants in the Northeast for over a decade, getting started when UConn coach Geno Auriemma presented the opportunity for his former players to buy into his place at the[ Read More... ]

Sheryl Swoopes headlines the 12 finalists for the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Swoopes was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame last fall. Swoopes also won three Olympic gold medals for the U.S. More...

Breanna Stewart is returning to the U.S. from China to rehab a sprained posterior cruciate ligament in her right knee. The Seattle Storm star injured the knee last week while playing for Shanghai in the Chinese basketball league. It's nothing major, but it's still an issue I guess,'' Stewart said in a phone interview with The Associated Press on Sunday night from Shanghai. More...

Angel McCoughtry isn't going anywhere when she returns from her break from the WNBA. Earlier this month, McCoughtry announced she'd skip an undetermined portion of the upcoming WNBA season. Other players that were given the franchise tag include Phoenix's DeWanna Bonner, Seattle's Crystal Langhorne, Connecticut's Camille Little and New York's Tanisha Wright. More...

The New York Liberty say Swin Cash is taking on a new role with the team, becoming its director of franchise development. In the position announced Tuesday, the first of its kind in the WNBA, Cash will help with both business and basketball operations, aiding in the growth of the Liberty franchise, in addition to working with players and coaches. Cash joins Los Angeles Sparks general manager[ Read More... ]

It didn't take long for the WNBA's new security app to be put to the test. A handful of WNBA players were in the area that night celebrating and the LiveSafe app provided an opportunity for them to get in touch with league security quickly as events were unfolding down the street from where they were. Between the new app and a group text chat set up by the union months earlier for players in[ Read More... ]

Sugar Rodgers left not long after she arrived. The New York Liberty guard traveled to Turkey this past fall after the WNBA season ended to play basketball there. ''I heard about a bombing that killed 17 people about two hours away and right there I was like I don't want to stay,'' Rodgers said. More...

Atlanta Dream star Angel McCoughtry said she will sit out an undetermined portion of the 2017 season. McCoughtry said in a letter released by the team she needs rest after playing ''a continuous year-round schedule with no offseason'' in Europe and the WNBA for eight straight years. The two-time U.S. Olympian averaged 19.5 points last season to lead Atlanta to the second round of the playoffs.[ Read More... ]

The WNBA is offering an assist to players trying to stay safe while traveling overseas. The league has partnered with LiveSafe, a safety communications platform, to provide a mobile security app to its 60-plus players competing in Russia, Turkey, China and other countries this offseason. ''This was a proactive effort to protect our players and secure their personal safety,'' WNBA President Lisa[ Read More... ]

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) -- Duke suspended Grayson Allen indefinitely from the team, one day after he was caught tripping an opponent for the third time in a year. More...

The San Antonio Stars have promoted assistant Vickie Johnson to be the team's new head coach. Johnson replaces Dan Hughes, who retired at the end of last season. The 13-year WNBA veteran started her pro playing career for the New York Liberty. More...

NEW YORK (AP) -- Sue Bird is thrilled for a chance to show off Seattle. More...