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Indianapolis Star
3 days ago
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
2025 WNBA All-Stars arrive before game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse
WNBA Indiana Fever's Caitlin Clark arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Indiana Fever's Aliyah Boston arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Indiana Fever's Kelsey Mitchell arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Minnesota Lynx's Napheesa Collier arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar New York Liberty's Sabrina Ionescu arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Chicago Sky's Angel Reese arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Los Angeles Sparks' Kelsey Plum arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar New York Liberty's Breanna Stewart arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Dallas Wings' Paige Bueckers arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Washington Mystics' Sonia Citron arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Atlanta Dream's Allisha Gray arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar New York Liberty's Ellie the Elephant arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Washington Mystics' Kiki Iriafen arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Seattle Storm's Skylar Diggins arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Seattle Storm's Gabby Williams arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Atlanta Dream's Brionna Jones arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Seattle Storm's Nneka Ogwumike arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Golden State Valkyries' Kayla Thornton arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Las Vegas Aces' Jackie Young arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Minnesota Lynx's Courtney Williams arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Atlanta Dream's Rhyne Howard arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Washington Mystics' Brittney Sykes arrives Saturday, July 19, 2025, before the 2025 AT&T WNBA All-Star game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar
Indianapolis Star
5 days ago
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
Team Clark and Team Collier practice ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game
WNBA Indiana Fever forward Aliyah Boston (7) smiles Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum (10) looks at the court Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Grace Smith/IndyStar Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell (0) smiles Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Grace Smith/IndyStar Las Vegas Aces center A'ja Wilson (22) speaks with reporters Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Grace Smith/IndyStar Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) listens to a reporter Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) speaks with reporters Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (24) smiles Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) and Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (24) fight for the ball Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese (5) and Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) laugh Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) guards Minnesota Lynx forward Napheesa Collier (24) on Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Indiana Fever forward Aliyah Boston (7) speaks with reporters Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Seattle Storm forward Nneka Ogwumike (3) practices Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Atlanta Dream guard Allisha Gray (15) looks up Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard (10) attempts a 3-pointer Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart (30) smiles Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Minnesota Lynx guard Courtney Williams (10) yells Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas (25) and New York Liberty forward Breanna Stewart (30) talk Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Seattle Storm guard Skylar Diggins (4) talks with reporters Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard (10) attempts a 3-pointer Friday, July 18, 2025, during media availability and practices ahead of the WNBA All-Star Game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar
Canada News.Net
5 days ago
- Sport
- Canada News.Net
Kelsey Mitchell, Fever pull out win over Dream despite Jordin Canada's 30
(Photo credit: Grace Smith/IndyStar / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images) Kelsey Mitchell scored a team-high 25 points and the Indiana Fever outscored the visiting Atlanta Dream by 22 in the second half to earn a 99-82 win Friday night in Indianapolis. Aliyah Boston added 19 points, eight assists and six rebounds for Indiana (10-10) before fouling out, while Sophie Cunningham came off the bench for 16 points and 10 boards. Caitlin Clark contributed 12 points and nine assists. Jordin Canada starred in defeat for Atlanta (12-8), scoring a career-high 30 points and dishing out eight assists. Rhyne Howard added 14 points despite missing most of the second quarter with a knee injury and Brittney Griner chipped in 10 to go along with eight rebounds. The Fever blew it open in the fourth quarter, outscoring the Dream 30-17 and leading by as many as 20 points in the last minute. After hitting only 30.9 percent from the field Wednesday in an 80-61 home loss to Golden State, Indiana canned 11 of 30 3-pointers and finished Friday night at 46.1 percent from the floor. Atlanta was 11 of 29 on 3-pointers and ended the game at 44.8 percent from the field. Forward Brionna Jones, who averages 14 points per game, managed just six in 24 minutes before fouling out. In the fourth and final regular-season meeting of the teams, Atlanta ripped off 10 straight points in 71 seconds early in the first quarter for a 12-4 lead as Canada hit a 3-pointer and set up Howard for a 3-pointer. That was the beginning of an explosion few would have predicted. In a matchup that featured eight All-Stars at one point in their careers, it was Canada, who's not been an All-Star, who went off for 26 first half points. Her sixth 3-pointer enabled the Dream to take a 45-40 edge to the break. Indiana fought back in the third quarter, ringing up 29 points as Mitchell sparked the rally with a three-point play, three flagrant foul shots and a long 2-pointer. That enabled the Fever to take a 70-65 advantage to the final 10 minutes.
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Caitlin Clark and WNBA players take step closer to strike after ‘slap in the face' CBA proposal from league
Indiana Fever star Caitlin Clark and her WNBA contemporaries just took a step closer to an offseason strike following a weak first collective bargaining agreement proposal from the league. There have been rumblings for months that the WNBA and its players could be headed to a work stoppage after this season. How much players make has always been a hot-button topic around the league. And throughout its existence, its athletes did not have much leverage in CBA talks with the WNBA often taking losses. Advertisement However, Caitlin Clark and the class of 2024 rookies helped expand the league's popularity. And led it to record revenue and attendance last year. It gave WNBA players what they needed to push for increased wages in the next CBA. The current CBA ends after this season, and the two sides have begun talks on a new one. However, things have quickly gotten off to a bumpy start. Credit: Grace Smith / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images 'A source close to the negotiations told Front Office Sports that the WNBA sent the proposal to the union last week and that it's the first proposal the league has sent,' FOS reported. 'The source confirmed that the players felt the initial proposal wasn't 'entirely responsive' to their request.' The report follows WNBAPA player representative and Phoenix Mercury player Satou Sabally telling media Tuesday that the WNBA's opening proposal to the union was a 'slap in the face.' The average yearly salary for a WNBA player is $147,745. They are looking for a sizable increase in that number and aiming to see top stars make millions per season. Advertisement The WNBA recently agreed on a new 11-year, $2.2 billion media rights deal — that players were not involved in — and announced expanding the league by three more teams earlier this week. The league reportedly made $200 million in revenue last year. However, reports have suggested the WNBA has lost around $10 million per season since it was founded in 1996. Related Headlines
Indianapolis Star
08-07-2025
- Sport
- Indianapolis Star
2025 WNBA All-Stars, captains Caitlin Clark, Napheesa Collier
Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers (5) celebrates during the second half against the Indiana Fever at the American Airlines Center. Jerome Miron-Imagn Images Jun 19, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark (22) before the game against the Golden State Valkyries at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Darren Yamashita, Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Trevor Ruszkowski, Trevor Ruszkowski-Imagn Images LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - MAY 27: Allisha Gray #15 of the Atlanta Dream during an 88-82 Atlanta Dream win over the Los Angeles Sparks at Arena on May 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and/or using this Photograph, user is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement (Photo by) Harry How, Getty Images Ellen Schmidt, Getty Images Grace Smith/IndyStar Jun 19, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Indiana Fever forward Aliyah Boston (7) laughs before the game against the Golden State Valkyries at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Imagn Images Imagn Images Imagn Images Imagn Images Jun 7, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Seattle Storm guard Skylar Diggins (4) reacts fater scoring against the Seattle Storm in the second half at Footprint Center. Mandatory Credit: Rick Scuteri-Imagn Images Imagn Images Jun 20, 2025; College Park, Georgia, USA; Atlanta Dream guard Rhyne Howard (10) dribbles against Washington Mystics guard Brittney Sykes (20)during the second half at Gateway Center Arena at College Park. Mandatory Credit: Dale Zanine-Imagn Images Imagn Images Patrick Smith, Getty Images Indiana Fever guard Kelsey Mitchell (0) smiles after a play Thursday, July 3, 2025, during a game between the Indiana Fever and the Las Vegas Aces at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Grace Smith/IndyStar Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum (10) smiles Thursday, June 26, 2025, during a game between the Indiana Fever and the Los Angeles Sparks at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The Los Angeles Sparks defeated the Indiana Fever, 85-75. Grace Smith/IndyStar Getty Images Michael Chow/The Republic, Michael Chow/The Republic / USA TODAY NETWORK Via Imagn Images Imagn Images Jun 1, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Minnesota Lynx guard Courtney Williams (10) gestures after making a three point basket against the Golden State Valkyries during the third quarter at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Imagn Images Imagn Images Jun 7, 2025; San Francisco, California, USA; Las Vegas Aces guard Jackie Young (0) during the second quarter against the Golden State Valkyries at Chase Center. Mandatory Credit: Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images Darren Yamashita, Darren Yamashita-Imagn Images
