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ARLINGTON, Texas — Azzi Fudd had her best scoring night as a pro Monday. The Dallas Wings rookie put up 12 points on 6-of-9 shooting in a 92-69 rout of the Washington Mystics at College Park Center. Fudd was the No. 1 overall pick in this year's WNBA Draft. She...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Two of the WNBA's youngest rosters meet Monday at College Park Center, where the Dallas Wings host the Washington Mystics to close a three-game homestand. The early weeks have tested both. The Wings are 1-2 and have lost two in a row, most recently 90-86 at home...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Aziaha James and Maddy Siegrist said Monday that head coach Jose Fernandez has not lost the Dallas Wings' locker room, four days after his pointed postgame comments about selfishness following a 90-86 loss to the Minnesota Lynx. The two spoke before Monday's homestand finale against the Washington...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Azzi Fudd spent five seasons learning UConn's language. Two games into her WNBA career, the Dallas Wings rookie said unlearning it is part of the ongoing process of turning pro. Fudd, the No. 1 pick in this year's WNBA Draft, met with reporters after practice Sunday, one...

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Wings spent a rare two-day practice block this weekend rebuilding their defense and preparing for the Washington Mystics, who visit College Park Center on Monday in the finale of a three-game homestand. Head coach Jose Fernandez split the work. He said Saturday's practice stayed on...

ARLINGTON, Texas — When Alysha Clark entered the WNBA in 2010, some of Dallas' youngest players were still in elementary school. Now, 13 seasons later, the veteran forward has become one of the most vocal pillars of a rebuilding Dallas Wings team still learning how to win together. This experience could...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Paige Bueckers sees nothing fundamentally wrong with the Dallas Wings, and the guard said Saturday that the errors behind a 1-2 start are correctable. Speaking after practice, Bueckers said the loss to the Minnesota Lynx showed miscommunications rather than anything structural, and that the film reinforced her...

ARLINGTON, Texas — Arike Ogunbowale is not concerned about the Dallas Wings' 1-2 start, and the guard made that clear after practice Saturday. Asked how the team is handling early adversity, Ogunbowale pushed back on the outside scrutiny attached to three games with a new coach and a new roster....

ARLINGTON, Texas — The Dallas Wings turned Saturday's practice into a problem-solving session, pairing an extended film review with on-court drilling of their pick-and-roll coverage as they searched for the answers behind a 1-2 start. Head coach Jose Fernandez called the practice spirited and said the team responded with ownership...

CHICAGO — Mike Schmitz stood at the NBA Draft Lottery podium Sunday afternoon at Chicago's McCormick Place two days into his job as the Dallas Mavericks' general manager, in the same building where he spent years working the same event as a member of the media. Schmitz, 35, was hired Friday...