Napheesa Collier to miss Unrivaled season due to surgery
The Minnesota Lynx star helped create the “3-on-3” women’s basketball league.
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The Minnesota Lynx star helped create the “3-on-3” women’s basketball league.
Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier said Thursday she will undergo surgery, sidelining her for the upcoming season of the 3-on-3 basketball league she cofounded.
In many ways, this year in Minnesota sports mirrored the most spectacular games. There were triumphs and trials, feats and foibles, delights and disasters.
Minnesota Lynx head coach Cheryl Reeve, the winningest coach in WNBA history, will join the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame next year.
Minnesota Lynx superstar Napheesa Collier earned her third consecutive All-WNBA First Team selection on Friday.
Two Minnesota Lynx players — Napheesa Collier and Alanna Smith — have been named to the WNBA's All-Defensive First Team.
Minnesota forward Napheesa Collier canceled a meeting with WNBA Commissioner Cathy Engelbert expected to take place next week, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Saturday night.
Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier turned her end-of-season interview on Tuesday into a passionate and bold critique of the WNBA leadership, and referees for losing control of games.
Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier issued a scathing statement on Tuesday, saying that the WNBA has "the worst leadership in the world."
Sloane Martin tells the story of the game beyond what fans see on TV, and brings fans exclusive conversations with the standout player of each game — a role she treasures.
One woman who had a front row seat to all of this, and narrated the journey for fans, is Sloane Martin. In this week's women in sports, Marielle Mohs shares the unique story behind the "the voice of the Lynx."
Alyssa Thomas scores 23 points, and DeWanna Bonner hits clutch 3-pointers in the fourth quarter as the Phoenix Mercury rally from a 13-point deficit to beat the Minnesota Lynx 86-81 in Game 4.
Minnesota Lynx star Napheesa Collier will miss Game 4 of the WNBA semifinal series against Phoenix on Sunday, two days after injuring her left ankle late in Game 3.
The WNBA has suspended Minnesota coach Cheryl Reeve for one game for her conduct and comments during and following the Lynx's 84-76 loss to the Mercury on Friday night.
The top-seeded Minnesota Lynx were beaten by the Mercury 84-76 in Game 3 on Friday night, leaving Phoenix in control of their WNBA playoff semifinals series.
Satou Sabally scored 11 of her 24 points in the fourth quarter and Alyssa Thomas had 19 points and 13 assists to help the Phoenix Mercury erase a 20-point deficit and beat the Minnesota Lynx 89-83 in overtime.
Courtney Williams scored a game-high 23 points, Kayla McBride scored 21, and Napheesa Collier added 18 points and nine rebounds as the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx defeated the Phoenix Mercury 82-69 on Sunday in Game 1 of the best-of-five semifinal series.
DiJonai Carrington's season is over after spraining her left foot in the first round of the playoffs, the Minnesota Lynx announced Saturday night.
Each player received 29 votes from the 72 media members who participated. It's the first time the award, first given out in the WNBA's inaugural season in 1997, went to more than one player.
Napheesa Collier made a go-ahead 18-footer with 1:24 left on the way to 24 points, and the top-seeded Minnesota Lynx rallied from a 17-point third-quarter deficit to beat the Golden State Valkyries 75-74 and move on in the WNBA playoffs.
Napheesa Collier scored 20 points to lead five players in double figures and the Minnesota Lynx breezed to a 101-72 victory over the Golden State Valkyries on Sunday in Game 1 of the best-of-three first-round WNBA series.
Minnesota Lynx guard Natisha Hiedeman has scored at least 18 points in five of her last six games, including in Game 1 against the Valkyries, and is playing her best late in the year.
Natisha Hiedeman scored 21 points, Napheesa Collier had 19 and the Minnesota Lynx beat the Golden State Valkyries 72-53 to set a franchise record with 34 wins.
Kelsey Mitchell scored 18 points and the Indiana Fever wrapped up the regular season with an 83-72 win Tuesday night over the league-leading Minnesota Lynx, who were resting MVP candidate Napheesa Collier.
Moore and Fowles join Seimone Augustus and Lindsay Whalen in the Hall of Fame. This is the first time four players from the same WNBA team have achieved this high honor.
