Lynx Announce Sylvia Fowles Will Return For Final Season
The Lynx say Sylvia Fowles will be back in Minnesota for the 2022 season, which will be her last in the WNBA.
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The Lynx say Sylvia Fowles will be back in Minnesota for the 2022 season, which will be her last in the WNBA.
It appears the reigning WNBA Defensive Player of the Year will be back in Minnesota next season.
From gold medal-winners to the Gophers reclaiming the axe to the emergence of young superstars, it was a year to remember for Minnesota sports fans. Here are the biggest Minnesota sports stories from 2021.
The former Lynx player retired from professional basketball at the end of the 2018 season. She led the Lynx to four WNBA championships.
Minnesota Lynx head coach and general manager Cheryl Reeve will lead the USA Basketball Women's National Team through 2024.
The Minnesota Lynx's Cheryl Reeve will be the next USA Basketball national team coach, a person with knowledge of the situation said Tuesday.
"I am very excited to start a family with my fiancé Alex," Collier said.
Families in one of Minnesota's Native American communities now have a new place to play.
Timberwolves and Lynx owner Glen Taylor officially introduced new partners Alex Rodriguez and Marc Lore Monday, and though they all declined to address the recent firing of Gersson Rosas, they did provide some insight to the future of the team.
Courtney Vandersloot led a balanced offense with 19 points and the sixth-seeded Chicago Sky raced past the third-seeded Minnesota Lynx 89-76 in the second-round, single elimination WNBA playoff game on Sunday night.
It's the fourth time Fowles has won Defensive Player of the Year.
Minnesota Lynx center Sylvia Fowles has won the Associated Press Defensive Player of the Year award for the third time.
Aerial Powers scored 27 points and the Minnesota Lynx made four free throws in the final 30 seconds to knock the Washington Mystics out of playoff contention with an 83-77 win on Sunday, the final day of the WNBA season.
The Lynx were up seven midway through the third quarter before closing with a 13-4 run to lead 70-54. The Fever, playing their third game in six days with only seven players available, never threatened in the fourth quarter.
Las Vegas needs one more victory or loss by Minnesota this week to earn the No. 2 seed and the other double bye to the semifinals. The Lynx are third with Phoenix and Seattle both in the mix for the third and fourth seeds.
