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LOS ANGELES — Back in Los Angeles, veteran guard Odyssey Sims says the streaking Dallas Wings have found something worth protecting. "I think honestly we found our momentum. We kind of found where we want to be at," Sims said. "We're still slowly but surely finding our identity, but we're...

LOS ANGELES — Jessica Shepard will carry a heavy interior load Friday, and the reigning WNBA Western Conference Player of the Week says the Dallas Wings will go as far as their defense takes them. "I think defense is the key to the game because obviously we know that LA...

LOS ANGELES — Dallas Wings rookie Azzi Fudd could share the floor Friday with one of her longtime mentors, with Los Angeles Sparks guard Kelsey Plum expected back from an ankle injury. Fudd, the No. 1 pick in the 2026 WNBA Draft, has twice attended Plum's Dawg Class skills camp....

LOS ANGELES — The last time Paige Bueckers played at Crypto.com Arena, she authored one of the greatest scoring nights in WNBA history and still walked off the loser. She returns Friday leading the league's most efficient offense. On Aug. 20, 2025, Bueckers set a WNBA single-game rookie scoring record...

LOS ANGELES — The Dallas Wings (6-3) visit the Los Angeles Sparks (4-5) on Friday in a Commissioner's Cup matchup at Crypto.com Arena. Dallas has won three straight, and a victory would extend the streak to four, its longest since the 2023 regular season. The Wings are also chasing their...

LOS ANGELES — The Dallas Wings added Jessica Shepard last offseason for stability, a veteran to anchor a rebuilt frontcourt after five seasons with the Minnesota Lynx. Two months in, she has given them considerably more, emerging as one of the WNBA's most complete players and pushing Dallas to a...

The NBA offseason is almost here. There are only two teams in the postseason. Every other fanbase around the league is thinking about what their team should do this summer. Even the Oklahoma City Thunder has questions to answer. They were favorites to defend their 2024-25 NBA title heading into...

Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer may not want to trade Kawhi Leonard this offseason, according to Hunter Patterson and Sam Amick of The Athletic. Leonard has one year left on his contract. He will make $50.3 million next season. "What’s more, as one rival executive from another team that...

DALLAS — Mark Cuban says Dirk Nowitzki was skeptical of the decision to hire Nico Harrison to run the Dallas Mavericks front office, a reservation Cuban said he had not made public until now. Cuban shared the detail on a special edition of the Haymaker Network's "House of Haymaker," hosted...

DALLAS — Mark Cuban says he personally pressed new team president Masai Ujiri to retain Michael Finley, describing the longtime executive as the Dallas Mavericks connection to their own history. Cuban made the recommendation public on a special edition of the Haymaker Network's "House of Haymaker," hosted by Ben Rogers and...