This is the first in Swish Appeal’s series of WNBA awards debates, where members of our staff will make a winning case for the leading candidates...
Category: Basketball
Azana Baines is ready for the 3×3 U23 World Cup
The 2024 FIBA 3×3 U23 World Cup begins this Wednesday, Sept. 11 in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. A day before leaving for the tournament, the United States’ Azana...
Sun Update: Can Connecticut score consistently?
In their 11 games since the Olympic break, the Connecticut Sun are 7-4, a solid record that most teams would sign up for, but, in context...
A look at the WNBA playoff picture
Ten days remain in the 2024 WNBA regular season, with every team scheduled to play four or five more games. Although seven of the eight playoff...
Izzy steps up as Sky keep playoff hopes alive
When news broke out that Angel Reese had sustained a season-ending wrist injury in Friday’s win over the Los Angeles Sparks, there was immediate cause for...
Preview: New York Liberty vs. Las Vegas Aces
Ten WNBA teams will play on Sunday, starting with the Washington Mystics hosting the Minnesota Lynx at 3 p.m. ET on ESPN3. At 4 p.m. ET,...
WNBA Fantasy Grab Bag: Engstler a high-risk, high-reward pickup
In fantasy basketball, sometimes you need to take calculated risks, especially near the end of a season when injuries and trades may have made it more...
This Week in Women’s Basketball: Angel is out for the season
Unfortunate injury news headlines this week’s dose of women’s basketball developments: Injury cuts short Angel’s stellar rookie season Angel Reese’s phenomenal rookie season will end prematurely,...
Passing the Torch: With Guidance From His Dad’s Career in the League, Rising Junior Tajh Ariza is Ready to Make the Family Name His Own
The first time Trevor Ariza noticed his son was different was in a fourth-grade basketball game. After breaking down a poor 8-year-old with a single move,...
SINCE THE BEGINNING // This Nike Air Zoom Generation Collab Celebrates SLAM’s 30th Anniversary
words, photography & design // Nick DePaula By the time the already-dubbed “King James” appeared on the cover of SLAM #78 at the midway point of...