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Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images) The Washington Mystics earned their sixth win of the season on Tuesday with a 70–50 win over the Atlanta Dream. Elena Delle Donne was the leading scorer for the Mystics, as she scored 15 points. Delle Donne also hit a historic milestone…

Photo by Stephen Gosling/NBAE via Getty Images) The Washington Mystics earned their fifth win of the season on Friday with a gutsy 78–73 win over the Atlanta Dream. Ariel Atkins was the leading scorer for Washington in the win with 18 points. Three other Washington players would hit double figures…

(Photo by Dale Zanine/NBAE via Getty Images) The Atlanta Dream earned their fourth win of the season on Tuesday with a dominating 101–79 win over the Indiana Fever. Rhyne Howard was the leading scorer for the Dream with 19 points. Three other Atlanta players who would hit double figures…

Hey, The basketball world has had no shortage of memorable events recently. We saw star-making performances from Ja Morant en route to ultimately having his season ended by the Golden State Warriors. We saw yet another playoff collapse from James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers. We saw the Boston Celtics…

We’re saying goodbye to the Summer Slump, and hello to the WNBA & the NWSL! The “Summer Slump” is a term used in the sports betting industry to describe the slowdown in betting activity that typically occurs during the summer months. With the Super Bowl a distant memory and the…

I hope this blog can bring attention to the persistent idea that it is assumed a man could absolutely coach in a women’s league, but a woman could not coach in a men’s league. — First Quarter I will start with what this blog is not. This is not an article about how “Becky Hammon can’t coach the best basketball in the world that’s why she’s coaching in the WNBA” or how “Becky Hammon didn’t get chosen for the NBA so she conceded to the…

The WNBA season is almost here! Just a few scant days separate W fans from 2022 tipoff — although as I noted a few days ago… you’d never know it at the sportsbooks :( Nevertheless, the books all should have some bets available once the games actually start, and, given…

Let’s lead with two things, one clearly more important than the other: Sports betting is a rather seedy institution that preys on addicts and uses gamification and misleading “promos” to sap people of their money in what is often a losing endeavor. In fact, it’s so rigged that books can…

The GIST: The WNBA has scored ratings win after ratings win in recent months, and the timing of the rise couldn’t be better. …