WELCOME BACK
New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu returns after playing only 2 1/2 games last season before spraining her ankle and missing the remainder of the season. The No. 1 pick in the 2020 draft will try to help the Liberty improve on the league s worst record last season.
Nearly a dozen other players who missed last season because of injury or opting out because of the coronavirus are set to return.
WELCOME HOME
The WNBA will be playing in home cities this season after the entire 2020 campaign was held at IMG Academy in Florida because of the coronavirus pandemic. While attendance will be limited to start the year, the league hopes to be able to have more fans in the arenas as the season progresses.
WELCOME BACK
New York Liberty guard Sabrina Ionescu returns after playing only 2 1/2 games last season before spraining her ankle and missing the remainder of the season. The No. 1 pick in the 2020 draft will try to help the Liberty improve on the league s worst record last season.
Nearly a dozen other players who missed last season because of injury or opting out because of the coronavirus are set to return.
WELCOME HOME
The WNBA will be playing in home cities this season after the entire 2020 campaign was held at IMG Academy in Florida because of the coronavirus pandemic. While attendance will be limited to start the year, the league hopes to be able to have more fans in the arenas as the season progresses.
WNBA returns, celebrating 25th anniversary season
By DOUG FEINBERGMay 14, 2021 GMT
NEW YORK (AP) The WNBA is back and celebrating its silver anniversary.
It was a busy offseason for the longest running women’s professional sports league that will tip off its 25th season Friday night.
There was a lot of player movement in the offseason, headlined by Candace Parker heading home to Chicago after playing the first 13 years of her career in Los Angeles.
Defending champion Seattle will try to become the first WNBA team to win consecutive titles since Los Angeles did it in 2001 and 2002. The Storm still have a strong nucleus with Sue Bird, Breanna Stewart and Jewell Loyd leading the way.