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Sports Diana Taurasi is retiring after 20 seasons, ending one of the greatest careers in women’s basketball history. The WNBA’s career scoring leader and a three-time league champion, Taurasi announced her retirement on Tuesday in an interview with Time magazine. All-time scoring leader ends career with 3 league titles, 6Continue Reading

Sports Monica Wright Rogers on Thursday met Toronto media for the first time since being hired as general manager of the WNBA’s Tempo. The expansion team, Canada’s first in the league, will begin play next year. ‘It was evident that she was the right fit,’ says president Teresa ReschMyles Dichter ·Continue Reading

Sports For years, Carleton University in Ottawa has been synonymous with basketball. Led by head coach Dave Smart, the men’s program racked up 17 titles in a 20-year span. So when Dani Sinclair left her alma mater Victoria to become the Ravens’ women’s head coach in 2020, she was readyContinue Reading

Sports·Analysis Amid recent excitement around Toronto’s WNBA expansion team, one critical aspect has fallen through the cracks: the basketball itself. What will ultimately determine the team’s ability to reach its fans is on-court successMyles Dichter · for CBC Sports · Posted: Jan 31, 2025 5:06 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading

Sports Five years after Kobe Bryant, 13-year-old daughter Gianna and seven others were killed in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, Calif., several women’s basketball players reflected on what he meant to their game and how he championed it. In retirement, NBA legend mentored stars, including WNBA champion Taurasi, IonescuAlanis ThamesContinue Reading

Sports Caitlin Clark raised the profile of women’s basketball to unprecedented levels in both the college ranks and the WNBA, and Tuesday was named the Associated Press female athlete of the year for her impact on and off the court. Former college star set WNBA records in 2024 on wayContinue Reading

Sports·ROUNDUP The Dallas Wings hired Chris Koclanes as the franchise’s new head coach, the team announced Monday. He has more than a decade of experience as an assistant coach in the WNBA and Division 1 women’s basketball. Mystics name former NBA exec Jamila Wideman GM and Sydney Johnson head coachDougContinue Reading

Sports With the second-half season on the horizon, the challenge for Logan Reider is for her and the Saskatchewan Huskies to carry that momentum into March’s national championship tournament at UBC. ‘It was pretty incredible to watch,” says head coach Lisa Thomaidis Myles Dichter · for CBC Sports · Posted:Continue Reading

Sports Another rising Canadian basketball star will make his college debut next year in the U.S. Six-foot-five Tristan Beckford of Vaughan Ont., announced Wednesday that after considering numerous offers, he has decided to suit up for Arkansas State University for the 2025-26 NCAA season. ‘They made me feel like IContinue Reading